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#journalismism

Young Sulzberger In: The Case of the Authorial Scoundrel

01/20/10

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#avatards

These things look like that thing.

01/11/10

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#curiouser

The Johnny Depp Mad Hatter Rorschach Test

Some funny Spanish-talk Tumblr site pointed out that Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's upcoming film CGI Alice in CGI Wonderland looks like Madonna. My editor's wife thinks he looks like Elijah Wood. Both responses are correct! What do YOU see?

01/07/10

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By Richard Lawson

#history

Herbert Hoover: Like Obama or Exactly Like Obama?

Click here to read Herbert Hoover: Like Obama or <i>Exactly</i> Like Obama?

Last July's Harper's cover story was an essay by Kevin Baker about how Barack Obama is basically Herbert Hoover 2. Today The New Republic has a story on how Barack Obama is totally Herbert Hoover, redux. More »

01/05/10

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By Pareene

#toomuchgoop

This thing looks like that thing.

01/04/10

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#hereyougo

Sarah Jessica Parker Looks Like a Horse

Here's a thing that is mean and sad, but also admirably blunt. It is a Photoshop of the Sex and the City 2: Requiem poster where SJP's head has been switched out with a horse's. Because, you know, that joke. More »

01/04/10

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By Richard Lawson

#lookalikes

First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President

It's always been tough to imagine Justin Timberlake fitting into a movie about the geeky origins of Facebook, even if he was slated to play hard-partying advisor and "founding president" Sean Parker. That mental struggle is over. More »

11/09/09

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By Ryan Tate

#kevinrose

From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume

BusinessWeek made Kevin Rose a Web 2.0 poster-boy when its cover proclaimed he had "made $60 million," in completely imaginary money. Three years later, that bubble long gone, his picture makes the perfect ironic Halloween costume. More »

11/02/09

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By Ryan Tate

#prematuresanctification

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

At left is President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on October 20. At right are Robert Kennedy (standing) and John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in April 1962. White House photographer Pete Souza likes Obama too much.

10/28/09

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By John Cook

#thisthinglookslikethatthing

Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment

CNN and Salon both recently relaunched their web sites, and what do you know? We can't tell if CNN's going for the "more of a true web publication" thing or Salon's going for the "39 million unique visitors" look. More »

10/26/09

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By John Cook

#journalismism

Story Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet

Forbes, September 2: "Scott Gould happily ditched the securities market for a restaurant job." WSJ, yesterday: "Scott Gould went from trader to waiter-by choice." It's almost as if one followed the other for some easily determined reason. We'll never know.

09/23/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#fromthearchives

Click here to read <em>New York Times</em>, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit

New York Times, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit

The biggest problems with the New York Times: fluff stories being given prominence, a withering reporting staff, and credulous hacks ready to put lies from politicians on page one. Welcome to 1964. More »

08/18/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#itsthehair

Click here to read It's No Coincidence that <em>Spy</em> and <em>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</em> Both Came Out in 1986

It's No Coincidence that Spy and Ferris Bueller's Day Off Both Came Out in 1986

Someone sent along this side-by-side of Kurt Andersen and John Hughes, two men whose sensibilities came to define the late '80s and early '90s, for better and for worse. Where have we seen this bit before?

08/07/09

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By John Cook

#confusion

Nobody Can Tell These Magazines Apart

Harper's Magazine is a wordy, smart magazine for self-satisfied liberals. Harper's Bazaar is a glossy fashion magazine. But according to the publisher of Harper's, it's a constant battle to make sure people don't confuse the two. More »

07/30/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#imagefile

AARP Town Hall Models Set After Other Trusted Debate Program

Doesn't the set at left, used for a retired person "Town Hall"-style meeting, look a bit like the set for the exhaustively sleazy Jerry Springer Show? Old people watch a lot of TV, so it was probably a comfort.

07/28/09

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By Richard Lawson

#doppelgangers

Edelman Memo or Totalitarian Propaganda?

Massive enemy PR firm Edelman is moving its office from Times Square to Hudson Square. Employees received (and leaked!) a motivational brochure that has a decidedly...propagandist design style. Compare: More »

07/16/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#conflictsofinterest

Jeff Jarvis tweets: "WaPo access program sounds like a Dan Abrams production."

07/02/09

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#valleywag

Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It

Think these screenshots of Microsoft's Bing search engine and travel website Kayak look similar? So does Kayak, and an independent software-copyright attorney contacted by GigaOm. Can you tell which is which? More »

06/30/09

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By Ryan Tate

#comparisons

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Book Thief?

Potential plagiarist, at least! When author Susan Hassett sent her book Living with Celiac Disease to screechingest View hostess Hasselbeck, perhaps she was seeking some advice or PR. Instead, Hasselbeck published her own similarly-themed book a year later. More »

06/23/09

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By Richard Lawson

#hair

Phil Spector, Un-Wigged

Producer extraordinaire Phil Spector killed somebody and went to jail and now he's not allowed to wear his wig. How unfortunate for everyone involved. Click through for Spector, be-wigged: More »

06/10/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#jobs

Bankers vs. Spies: A Lifestyle Comparison

The CIA is looking to hire a few good former hedge funders and investment bankers to put their "skills" to use on behalf of the USA. But could I-bankers really stand the rigors of the CIA lifestyle? Let's compare: More »

05/28/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

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