Pew: Weiner filled 17% of "Newshole" Last Week, Santorum Falls Behind http://bit.ly/jSMfQq
Many BSU freshmen unclear why they are in college
Headlines that warm your alumnus heart
Sidebar: Wondering about the legalities of a mandatory survey triggering letters home. Maybe we’re off base on that?
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. [...]
Minor oversight.
Whoops! Just an oversight. I’m sure there’s nothing else questionable! Just to be sure, let’s check the story’s lead:
The closet door became unhinged lately when a number of gay men in sports decided to turn the knob and hold a public liberation.
Maybe it’s time to retire literary uses of the closet metaphor.
The Atlantic features a short, yet revealing interview with actor Paul Marcarelli, better known to society as Verizon Wireless’ “Test Guy.”
Outed in the interview, he reviews a couple awkward and painful moments (hearing “Can you hear me now?” as his grandmother was lowered into her grave) in the course of his nearly 10-year stint as [...]
If you missed Friday’s “Onion News Network” premiere on IFC, you haven’t laughed hard enough this week.
The the fake news hosts’ remarkable talent rivals their major network counterparts. Their interaction with NBC’s “Today” show crew provides all the proof (and laughter) you need to back that statement. [via HuffPost]
The action goes down in the last 45 seconds or so, but watch the full clip to get a feeling for how the pot boiled over.