Meet the Generation That Will Save and/or Destroy the New York Times and more...

Wed Mar 17 2010

dynasties
Meet the Generation That Will Save and/or Destroy the New York Times

The only way the New York Times can escape the clutches of a Mexican billionaire is by successfully instituting a paywall. Who has it chosen to manage this treacherous path? The publisher's nephew. He used to run a DJ school. MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 17:36

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teabaggers
Tea Partiers Once Again Attacking Congress With Crazy Signs

There was another independent, nonpartisan "Tea Party" on Capitol Hill today! Just a buncha regular folks with funny signs that aren't at all racist but are a little bit provided by the RNC. Then they met a mean congressman. MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 15:01

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internal memos
Deadline Panic at AOL Over Hipster Contributors

AOL hired an army of underemployed music lovers to interview bands at South by Southwest. But the citizen journalists, paid $50 per story, are missing their deadlines, so AOL sent a panicked mass email (below). MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 13:01

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rants
Enough With the Jay-Z Fetish

Jay-Z is a pretty good rapper. Jay-Z is not the best rapper ever. Jay-Z is not a role model. Jay-Z is not a hip hop hero. Not even for you, cool kids. Get off Jay-Z's dick. MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 12:54

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recaps
Gossip Girl: The Food of Love

Last night's episode was all about people reaching out for one another. Unrequited lovers reaching for a warm body. Mothers reaching for sons. Daughters for fathers. Jenny for a sack of pills. MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 12:36

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quackery
Scientology Weight-Loss Shamstress Kirstie Alley Says a Bunch of 'Bullshit' on Today

Kirstie Alley was on Today this morning hawking Organic Liaison, her weight-loss rip-off. Asked if all the (true) claims about the link between Organic Liaisons and Scientology are true, which they are, she said, "Bullshit." MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 11:42

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sad
Does Sad Obama Have Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Poor Barack Hussein Obama. Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post thinks he has a "happiness deficit" because he hates his job. But we have another theory: Barack Obama isn't sad... he's afflicted by SAD. Seasonal Affective Disorder. MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Mar 16 2010 03:17

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