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(Please excuse the subject matter; this post is on media criticism, not really on illegal and corrupt sex acts.)
Infrequent, it is when the topic of zoophilia makes the news cycle. Which is what makes the news cycle during the second weekend in May 2011 remarkable. Zoophilia, the clinical term for the more vulgar term bestiality (vulgar being a less common term for common), was all over the place in the last news cycle.
CNN Oddly Celebrates Hero Libyan Suicide Bomber
by Josh Clark | March 25, 2011
So I like to think it’s pretty tough to disgust me. But a piece last night on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN managed to come pretty close. The piece in question, which has been thoroughly buried, meaning I can’t dig it up, was a human interest segment on a suicide bomber in Libya. The weird thing, it was done in the same way Western media approaches stories on American troops who jump on grenades to save the rest of their platoon or a the normal guy who loses his life rescuing a kid from a burning building. Except, as I’ve said, this was a suicide bomber.
Since we get asked so much about our favorite podcasts, I decided to share my iTunes playlist. These are all shows I listen to pretty much weekly. Or I save them up and mainline them. Podcasting is still an emerging media, so much so that Wordpress is telling me that “podcast” is a misspelling. Listening to other podcasts is good for everybody who chooses this conduit to get their message out to the world. It’s pretty cool when you think about it.
‘Why I Love the New York Times,’ by Josh Clark
by Josh Clark | November 30, 2010
I kind of like how the New York Times has recently more frequently adopted a first-person viewpoint lately. When it began publishing articles based on thousands of State Department cables released by Wikileaks this week, it also published editorials on its decision to accept and publish the sensitive information in the classified cables. Putting an even more human face on the paper, the Times’ executive editor went on All Things Considered yesterday.
Since it happened over the weekend (a weekend with gorgeous weather and many Halloween parties), you may have missed the coverage of the Rally to Restore Sanity. If you did, here’s a quick recap: About 200,000 to 250,000 people showed up to see the show. The show started at noon with about an hour of [...]
There’s a point to publishing negative scientific findings, Ars Technica’s John Timmer pointed out recently. Without them, other researchers’ time and effort may be wasted. Part of the reason for sharing data is not just to shed light on new avenues, but to illuminate dead ends. The scientific community is meant to work as a [...]
I’m back! How badly did you miss me? Probably not much since I wrote a couple posts that were meant to publish on Thursday and Friday like some kind of magic or hoodoo. My magical hoodoo failed, however, and dear Chuck Bryant was kind enough to go in and do it the old fashioned way on my behalf.
Recent Postings by Category
BrainStuff
- Thank You and Best Wishes to Marshall Brain
- Contest – Design a $300 house and win $25,000
- How the Philtrum works – the place under your nose where your face comes together
The Coolest Stuff on the Planet
- Sailing, Takes Me Away…To The Seychelles
- Cute Animal Tuesday: Black Vulture
- Traveling on the Orient Express
Keep Asking
- Why can a 5 foot 8 inch man dunk a basketball on a 10 foot rim while some people of taller stature can’t?
- What happens to our sun once it runs out of fuel?
- How do we know the age of the universe?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
- Who invented the Christmas card?
- How the Kinsey Report Fueled Whiskey Sales
- How to Get Your Wedding Announcement into The New York Times
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
- The Seven Deadlies: Pride Cometh Before the Brain
- Warhammer 40K: 25 Years of Orks in Space
- A Visit to the Tellus Science Museum
Stuff You Should Know
- The Southern Death Cult, the Maya and Georgia
- Deformed Baby Spider Brains
- Amazing Medical Conditions: Maple Syrup Urine Disorder
The Stuff of Genius
CarStuff
- Was Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial a little too political?
- Why is NASA studying car safety?
- Tips for in-car Navigation Systems
How-to Stuff
- How to Make the Most of a Gallery Crawl (When You’re on a Shoestring Budget)
- How to Swim with Dolphins (When Deep Water Terrifies You)
- How to Cure a Homemade Cookie Craving Without Turning on the Oven
PopStuff
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 43: Drag Queens: You Better Work!
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 42: Road Trip!
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 41: Celebrity Couples
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Stuff to Change the World
- Who will own the Arctic?
- Obesity: The New Global Crisis
- Bill Gates Makes For A Pretty Decent Cartoon
Stuff You Missed in History Class
- Butch Cassidy: Should we read between the lines?
- Are we rooting for D.B. Cooper?
- Party Time: A Look at Unconventional Politics
