On the cover of the current issue of TelevisionWeek is an article entitled Better Late Than Wrong. For those of who haven’t been reading my blog long enough, there’s a saying the news industry that goes, “Get it first, then get it right.” This article points out that, in this year’s election reporting, the emphasis…

This is a list of the top 100 most commonly banned/challenged books between 1990 and 2000 according to the American Library Association. Bold means I’ve read it (or had it read to me), italics means that people I went to school with read it (for class or pleasure) and underlined means that I’ve heard of…

My dad sent me this via e-mail today: A question for supporters of George W. Bush. Have you heard that CBS is planning to air Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 next week? And that, in order to get around equal time guidelines, they’re going to classify it as news programming? Does that hack you off? Good.…

Out of curiosity, I wondered what would happen if you tried to use a Gmail invite twice. It doesn’t work (of course) and Google spits out the following error (actual message altered to protect the “innocent”): The link you followed to create a Gmail account has already been used to create an account for XXXXX@gmail.com.…

Writing an entry about what I did this past weekend seemed rather juvenile, ergo the title. However, I did have an interesting weekend. Friday night found me at a Democratic rally watching the debate. I wouldn’t really say that I’m a Democrat or a Republican (or much of anything else for that matter), and people…

Dick Cheney is a liar. Not only is he a liar, he’s an idiot. During the VP debate, he advised viewers interested in his version of the facts about Halliburton to visit factcheck.com. Trouble is, factcheck dot COM redirects you to GeorgeSoros.com which contains arguments on “why we must not re-elect President George Bush.” What…

The following is a letter that was written by Wall Street Journal correspondent Farnaz Fassihi to some of her friends about what conditions in Iraq are really like. Being a foreign correspondent in Baghdad these days is like being under virtual house arrest. Forget about the reasons that lured me to this job: a chance…

Every TV station gets its share of calls from (dumb) irate viewers. About a quarter of the time their complaints don’t really apply to the station (especially when they call the wrong the station). Here’s what one dumbass– Er, valuable viewer had to say recently: Hi. I have an issue and I was wondering why…

A friend of mine works on the set of FOX’s show, Northshore. Here’s what he has to say about it: Over 200 men and women, good and true, bust their ass twelve-to-fourteen hours a day making a beautiful LOOKING show. The problem, however, is that there is one talentless hack sitting behind a typewriter in…

Before I forget again, I wanted to mention that I never understood how people could sleep through their alarms. I often wear earplugs when I sleep and I’ve never slept through my alarm for more than a minute. It probably helps that I have Morah next to me so she can elbow me until I…