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latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Sep 25, 2008
Heck hath no fury like a talk-show host scorned. So it wasn't surprising that David Letterman threw a hilarious hissy fit after John McCain canceled on him as part of McCain's return to Washington to solve the …
Also tagged: john mccain, hollywood, television, breaking news, politicians, pop culture, airwaves, campaign 2008, self promotion, public shaming, coming attractions
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Sep 11, 2008
A few years ago I shook my head when a much younger colleague -- now a rising star at The Times -- included what seemed to me a gratuitous piece of information in a political story. Reporting on a rumble in the Senate …
Also tagged: events, newspapers, letters, pop culture, stupidity, quotables, found objects, the children, cold copy
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Sep 5, 2008
We in the elite media (umm, that was meant to be self-mocking, not presumptuous) are often characterized as acolytes of the Left, the Man, Corporate America -- pick your demon. In our defense, we often assemble these …
Also tagged: radio, john mccain, barack obama, campaign 2008
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Aug 21, 2008
There are a lot of odd people around, many of them roaming distractedly about the dusty halls of this downtown Los Angeles institution, who get deeply irritated by overused words and cliches. We in the journalism field …
Also tagged: pop culture, editorial follow ups, airwaves, campaign 2008
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Aug 15, 2008
Late hit, but my friend Maria Russo's fine recent piece on the attempted comebacks of Tina Brown and Bonnie Fuller as worldwide interweb personalities gives me a rare chance to do something I've always wanted to do …
Also tagged: evolution, irony, pop culture, stupidity, doubletalk, historical curios, the dead, credentials, teh interwebs
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Jul 25, 2008
Politicians lose certain (read: most) rights to privacy when they aspire to public office, but this particular breach makes me shudder a little. From the Guardian: The rabbi of Jerusalem's Western Wall criticised an …
Also tagged: middle east, barack obama, religion, newspapers, letters, politicians, in the blogs, attaboys and raspberries, bizarre theories, barbarism, campaign 2008, international affairs, public shaming
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Jul 25, 2008
Can we ever get enough of mature women sex tourists on Viagra? I didn't think so! Commenter Jeannette Belliveau (I just hear that name and I'm already hooked) hipped us yesterday to her book "Romance on the Road," that …
Also tagged: books, sex, disclosure, quotables, self promotion, found objects
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Jul 24, 2008
Because The New Yorker hates the future, it will not allow you to read online a wonderful blast from the past: Charles Van Doren's version of his role in the "Twenty One" scandal. You may know of the scandal around …
Also tagged: books, television, academia, in the weeklies, public shaming
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Jul 24, 2008
Barack Obama's VP shortlist might have gotten shorter: The National Enquirer yesterday published a story claiming it had caught John Edwards meeting with an alleged mistress and illegitimate child. Then again, the …
Also tagged: sex, politicians, pop culture, stupidity, in the blogs, bizarre theories, campaign 2008, public shaming
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Jul 23, 2008
The New York Times reports recent financial numbers, and they're so horrifying I'm not even sure they're fit to print: The June performance followed an 11.9 per cent decline in May advertising revenues, and suggested …
Also tagged: newspapers, economy, omphaloskepsis