Archives for February 2006

So go nuts: "Modern communication isn't about truth, it's about a resonant narrative," says Eric Dezenhall, a former Reagan administration aide and now president of his own crisis management firm. "The myth of PR is that you will educate and inform people. No. The public wants to be told in a story … [Read more...]

GRABS FROM AZ, BUT STILL Album Art , almost after the fact... CLICK THE FALSIE: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke admitted that conservatives are lying... That's right, in his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee, Bernanke had an exchange with Independent Congressman Bernie … [Read more...]

FEB 21-28 So go nuts. … [Read more...]

EDITOR'S DESK Does nobody want to CONTEXTUALISE the fact that LIBBY FLIPPED ON HIS BOSS last week, who then went out drinking and shooting his hunting buddies...? Nice to know Cheney's running this war. … [Read more...]

COULD LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY Between Charlie Rose quizzing Diane Keaton about Warren Beatty (how long have they NOT been a couple? and would Rose EVER bring up Keaton with Beatty?) to John Tierney in today's NYT you'd think we'd never even gone through the ERA fight, or just spent some quality time … [Read more...]

KIDS THESE DAYS Have a lot more time for this typa thing: bloggregate, which poses a curious distinction from the "pros" on Pazz and Jop. (Here's a cool movie list.) EMAIL EAVESDROP Well when I was 15 I snookered my Mom into letting me spend my couple hundred dollars of savings on a new stereo, … [Read more...]

YEAR OF NO CONCENSUS Just out, OUTRAGED that Chris Brokaw got only TWO ballots, and it's a third my fault. Lots to sniff here... Don't forget Filmoculous ("let's get lost...") TOOLS: AJAX Newsalloy SHIELD Didn't you sense Forest Whitaker ITCHING to give Chicklis a stick of gum last week? … [Read more...]

LOBBYIST REFORMATION John Ashcroft Has a Come to Jesus Moment WORLD ON A STRING DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW When I was a distracted campus layabout, we had more creative ideas than this, which has faded into the collective unconscious ether like that magic marker CD trick. Some of these were … [Read more...]