Pew: Weiner filled 17% of "Newshole" Last Week, Santorum Falls Behind http://bit.ly/jSMfQq
Rep. Anthony Weiner’s now-infamous self-portraits accounted for 17 percent of the newshole measured by the News Coverage Index last week.
Not making this up – it’s really called newshole.
PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index examines the news agenda of 52 different outlets from five sectors of the media: print, online, network TV, cable and radio. [...]
A parody TSA Twitter account – still relatively fresh – is likely to bring new challenges to Twitter’s privacy policy and what exactly defines “a threat to homeland security.”
Behold the insight of Agent Smith (@TSAgov):
Your privacy is safe with us. We have Agent Grover monitoring the scanner images, and he’s legally blind. #tsa #tsagov
Do you [...]
A statewide tax increase on booze (and beer) is in the works here in Indiana. The measure would also raise hotel, food and drink costs in Marion County. A state Senate committee OK’d the bill 10-2 today.
The cost to the common drinker, courtesy Fort Wayne’s Journal Gazette:
Alcohol taxes are figured per gallon and essentially would [...]