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USA Today—America's infographic-est newspaper—is tackling the question that is tormenting the minds of USA Today readers: is that book about the little boy meeting Jesus in Heaven real? More »
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The U.S. government won huge lawsuit against the tobacco industry five years ago, based on the fact that the tobacco industry has been unconscionably killing Americans with blatant lies for 50 years. And the tobacco companies were like, "you got us! Okay, haha, you got us. We'll stop that." More »
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Nir Rosen was known as an author and pundit with extensive experience in the Middle East—until this week, when he became known as the guy who was forced to resign from his position at NYU after thoughtlessly mocking Lara Logan on Twitter. To Rosen's credit, he has been forthright and effusive in his apologies, and has repeatedly admitted that he did something stupid. So what wisdom can he share with the rest of us, as a man who has suffered the wrath of a global internet backlash? NYU Local scores an interview with Rosen, in which he says: More »
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This video, explaining everything you need to know about a career in journalism, is being passed around the office at the New York Times. You'll see why. Would you like to write about pork belly futures, for a trade magazine? More »
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Facebook's ideal Facebook movie is one which depicts Mark Zuckerberg coding alone in his dorm room, the action climaxing in a bathroom break. But The Social Network has cocaine and boobs. What happened to Hollywood's age-old defense of the truth? More »
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What is truth? How do we know what we know? Philosophers have struggled with these questions for centuries, but Republicans have found an answer: if it wasn't filmed and uploaded to YouTube by a Teabagger, it didn't happen. Period. More »
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In the case of the mean prosecutors vs. the plucky journalism students playing out in Illinois, the most surprising fact is that some people still believe journalists are a benevolent race of energy beings devoted solely to uncovering the truth. More »
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This morning Joe Scarborough was like, hey, I'm a Republican, but Republicans sure do say and do many stupid, stupid, stupid things these days, due to the innate stupidity of Republicans! And Pat Buchanan kind of looks at him, silently. More »
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In Part Two of New York Times reporter David Rohde's account of his captivity by the Taliban, we learn two things: 1) The Taliban lies, and 2) it seems like the New York Times' public relations professionals lie, too. More »
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Tucker Max did an interview with City Pages in Minneapolis about his movie. He said at least six untrue things: More »
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Ha, some fine individual has taken the time to obsessively write a Twitter feed called "Bad Taglines," which is nothing but smart-ass slogans for various companies. They're kind of dumb. But funny dumb. Let's just show you some, okay? Sure. More »
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Well, this is just fine: some patriotic jester has leaked TMZ an audio clip of Obama calling Kanye West a "jackass." America needs to listen to this tape and know the truth: Our president is a totally normal dude. More »
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Current TV journalist Laura Ling did actually momentarily, for a second, "very, very briefly" cross into North Korean territory before she was arrested there last March, her sister said. Kim Jong-Il was right! Let's go to the official record. More »
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Tetrahydrocannabinol has been demonstrated to induce human glioma cell death through stimulation of autophagy! That means that weed totally cures cancer. Dude. More »
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Although we just stepped out for a cigarette, we in theory support the 'Truth' anti-smoking campaign, for the sake of the kids. But not if it means being set upon by a screaming dork mob. More »
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"The truth is that Lorillard markets its Newport brand cigarettes to adult smokers of all ethnicities," writes Lorillard CEO Martin Orlowsky to the Chicago Tribune today. "The truth is that our marketing is not disproportionately directed to African-Americans. The truth is that we do not target underage smokers. The truth is that there are twice as many Caucasian menthol cigarette smokers as there are African-American menthol cigarette smokers. I challenge those who want to prove otherwise to come forward with evidence to support their charges." Ha, well... More »
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First, the media implants an unattainable idea in our heads about what a human body should look like. Then, on top of that, popular publications give confusing advice about how to achieve that impossibly cut look! In the last couple of days, the lying liberal media has published several articles on various fitness techniques. You don't need to read any of them, because we're about to round them all up and drop some serious knowledge on you about the phony, media-driven fitness fantasy. After the jump, how to save money and kick ass in this shallow, workout-obsessed world. More »
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