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    From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume

    Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.

    Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment

    Story Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet

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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    11/02/09

    In reply to From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume

    I guess it's a little more creative than this... #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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    Image of GZAthegenius GZAthegenius
    11/02/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Well dressing up like Kevin Rose is easy by comparison, all you need is a backwards hat, some headphones and a striped t-shirt. To dress up a Zuckerberg you'd have to buy a brown zip-up hoodie and smash you face against a wall for a solid hour. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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    Image of Flippyjack Flippyjack
    11/03/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I'm a white guy with no fashion sense- apparently I look like a million-billionaire!
    Fuck. This is kinda depressing, but in addition to looking kinda like an older version of them, I use facebook and read digg.
    Who started Gawker? Lemme guess: white guy in a stupid T-shirt, probably younger than me.
    whats up homie. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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    Conchie Birdie promoted this comment Flippyjack was starred Flippyjack was unstarred
    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    11/03/09

    @Flippyjack: Um, would you believe a white, British guy in a fashionable, casual button-down, nearing the age of XX? Sorry, homie.
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    11/03/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Like the Brian Woodbury song says: All white people look alike. Those teeth are not British. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    Ah, it's a lonely job. Christ, find Obama a brother, shoot in black and white, raise Kruschev from the dead and be done with it! I mean, is there ever a picture of the President in the Oval Office doing the Happy Dance or lighting a fart? #barackobama
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    Where are all of the Obama on the crapper shots the American public is clamoring for?
    Get on it Souza, you hack! #barackobama
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    Image of joefuntime joefuntime
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    um, its a small office. i think you're being 100% paranoid. where should he stand, in front of the desk? on it? #barackobama
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    maude_flanders promoted this comment joefuntime was starred joefuntime was unstarred
    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.

    I haven't seen one like this yet... #barackobama
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    Image of blix blix
    10/28/09


    @Lizawithazee: Or this. #barackobama
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    Image of mrbrownthumb mrbrownthumb
    10/28/09

    @Lizawithazee: Image from obamamessiah.blogspot.com
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    blix promoted this comment mrbrownthumb was starred mrbrownthumb was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    10/29/09

    @mrbrownthumb: Heh! Good one. #barackobama
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    They also did the same thing (JFK at Window burdened with leadership, probably during the Missle Crisis) for the opening credits of both West Wing and Commander in Chief . #barackobama
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    All he needs now is a mobbed up dad. #barackobama
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    10/28/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: heh #barackobama
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
    Call me when they get a photo of Biden peeking his head out of the little door under Obama's desk. #barackobama
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    10/28/09

    @scroll_lock: That will be cute, but I'd give up my Social Security for him riding Macaroni around the front lawn. #barackobama
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    10/28/09

    @ampersandparade: Or drop-kicking Socks to Pluto for peeing in his shoe. #barackobama
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    10/28/09

    @BettyCrocker: @ampersandparade: Or picking up a visiting Dubya by the ears. #barackobama
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/28/09

    @ampersandparade:

    Are you younger than 40? You aren't getting Social Security! #barackobama
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    Image of limber limber
    10/26/09

    In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
    I abhor BOTH of these hideous redesigns. Though Salon looks better than CNN.

    I wish CNN would just shift all of their video stuff to a centralized video section, or a single piece of homepage real estate that flicks through vital videos. I used to go to CNN to get quick headlines, and now it's all entertainment and lifestyle crap. And now it looks like a hideous media wall.

    In conclusion: go to the BBC news page.

    ...actually, I take it back, I actually quite like Salon. My hatred for CNN's content and over-reliance on video overwhelmed me for a moment.
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    Edited by limber at 10/26/09 4:01 PM limber was starred limber was unstarred
    Image of ostartero ostartero
    10/26/09

    @limber: What are you talking about? As of 3:34pm central time there's no entertainment or lifestyle links in the lastest headlines. It's redesign DOES move all there video stuff into a centralized video section. And from a graphic design standpoint CNN's redesign is much more organized, stylized, and coherent than Salon's.

    You're letting your bias out on something you don't even know about. #cnn
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    limber promoted this comment ostartero was starred ostartero was unstarred
    Image of limber limber
    10/26/09

    @ostartero: Center column, as of posting: three personal stories, UGC "photo of the day", celebrity cancer drive, Mad Men article. Right column, an ad and "popular stories" poll. The entirety of breaking news has been relegated to the narrow left column. Out of those bulleted stories, I'd say about five are quasi-news ("Mrs Edwards talks love story"?) or not worthy of breaking-news cover. I'm sticking above the fold here, prime real estate.

    There's a video section, but when I initially looked at this, the front page was larded with videos. I don't think users are as willing to toggle random videos as these designers think they are. As another poster mentioned, many people access CNN at work, where they can't/won't start a video and want the text alternative -- something CNN frequently skimps on.

    Feel free to like the redesign, but you're off base assuming I don't know about the field.
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    Edited by limber at 10/26/09 6:56 PM limber was starred limber was unstarred
    Image of Our Lady of the Massacre Our Lady of the Massacre
    10/26/09

    In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
    Salon switched back to their old layout today (some time around noon I think) #cnn
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    Baroness promoted this comment Our Lady of the Massacre was starred Our Lady of the Massacre was unstarred
    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/26/09

    @Our Lady of the Massacre:
    I wish they would, I still see the new layout. Which I loathe. I can't tell what's new content, it's strewn all over, mixed with older posts . #cnn
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/26/09

    @Baroness: Ah- I see there's a link at top- "Go to Present Salon". Whatever that means, but yeah, there's the old layout, good. #cnn
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    Image of Bob Slydell Bob Slydell
    10/26/09

    In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
    Other than the red banner at the top, how are these site designs similar in the least? Kind of a stretch. #cnn
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    gooneruk promoted this comment Bob Slydell was starred Bob Slydell was unstarred
    Image of limber limber
    10/26/09

    @Bob Slydell: The header and the casual style of the branding's the real kicker, but the nav's extremely similar, the 3-column layout, the blocked advert in the right-most column... There's enough similarities for it to be funny.

    The content and actual functionality of the sites are certainly different, and this just looks like a case of best practices groupthink, but it does take you aback at first glance. #cnn
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/26/09

    In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
    The new CNN is AWFUL. That "click to play" thing is the main point of visual interest on the page, totally burying the rest of the content in favor of the video. That may be a savvy decision, but if they want workday hits it's going to have to change. #cnn
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    10/26/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: I think this is becoming a trend; ESPN.com has been doing it as well. #cnn
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    09/23/09

    In reply to Story Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet
    Next, journalists quit papers to become busboys.
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    Image of krismry krismry
    08/18/09

    In reply to New York Times, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit
    The youngs among you maybe slightly amused to know that those long background and mood pieces used to be known among newsroom cynics as Thumbsuckers. Who knew entire newspapers would one day consist of nothing but? Take your time. Advertisers knew.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    08/18/09

    In reply to New York Times, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit

    This image seems appropriate to this conversation.
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