Observer Lops Off Tom Friedman's Moustache of Understanding
Times columnist/globalization cheerleader Tom Friedman is in China. So too is Observer editor Tom Scocca, who decides to attend a lecture given by the Moustache of Understanding. The result, currently available in intermittent bursts on the Observer's remarkably unreliable website, is one of the most brutal,…
David Brooks Dumb Enough To Believe Stuff He Reads In His Own Paper
David Brooks notes a growing trend in the American class system: Rich folks are working harder than ever, while your proletariat types are sitting on the couch, drinking iced tea and watching Elizabeth Hasselback's conniption fits. This sort of came as news to us, considering the first rich guy we thought of is the…
Remainders: The Lexus And The Motherfucking Olive Tree
• Coffee-chucking State Sen. Ada Smith also proficient at throwing phones. [NYDN]
• We're trying to think of something more embarrassing than plagiarizing Office Pirates for your MySpace blog. Maybe reading Office Pirates in the first place. Either way, a close run thing. [OP]
• Tom Friedman uses a bad word in his …
Tom Friedman Still Working On Column About Bears, Woods
The Moustache of Understanding today twitches in the direction of the Peruvian rain forest, bringing forth this gem:
Media Bubble: Are We Six Months Away From Tom Friedman's Livejournal?
• New Yorker writers are dismissive about blogging; prefer to use their finely-honed talents discussing Bazooka Joe, bridge suicides. [NYO]
• Frank Barnako would pay to see Tom Friedman blog. Apparently it's not enough for Tom to be wrong on Wednesdays and Fridays. [Marketwatch]
• Reporter for paper no one reads…
Bald Men, Combs: G.M. Takes On "The Times"
Picture it: An industry dinosaur forced, through its own adherence to outdated methods and technology, to watch leaner, more dynamic competitors overtake it though innovation and decentralization. If you guessed General Motors, you're right! If you guessed The Times, you're also right! What we have here today is a…
Media Bubble: People Do Read Newspapers, They Just Don't Buy Them
• Hey, maybe newspaper readership isn't actually declining, if you count all those people who read papers on the web. Which would seem to make sense. [E&P]
• Syd Schanberg points out that old media will have to stick around in some form, because someone has to do the original reporting. To which we say: Duh. [VV]
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Introducing the 'Moustache of Understanding' Jack-o-Latern
We have no idea who Justin Patrick Schwinghamer is, or even if that's his real name, but after receiving these photos of his Tom Friedman-inspired Jack-0-Latern, we can surmise at least one thing: This is the face of TimesSelect.
Dept. of Things We Pretty Much Already Knew
Although he is, apparently, a rock star. That one we didn't know.
