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Facebook: used more on the weekend.

Two points to make about this World Editors Forum story: 1. No fucking shit more articles are shared on Facebook over the weekend; most of us have lives, things to do during the day, etc. Doesn’t it follow that not only will one see an increase in article trading by way of FB, but a general [...]
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“The Origins Of Facebook And Its Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg”

I’m only on page 2 of the first piece, but if this series lives up to its self-promotion, this is the one we’ve been waiting for (“we” being the people who know who Mark Zuckerberg is). UPDATE: Wow, Business Insider… two years of reporting for that?
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NPH = Gargamel?

Neal Patrick Harris’ stock went up in my book after I saw him guest judge (read: tear people up on) American Idol. Not that NPH ever had stock issues in my book. But this could be his tipping point… from pretty cool to fucking awesome: Neil Patrick Harris has a TV-heavy resume. Now he’s just landed [...]
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Did Bob Beckel Swear On Hannity Last Night?

No. He didn’t. And pretty clearly, too. But some are still running with it (with the same headline we’ve got.. rule 471 of new media journalism: If you haven’t an answer, run it anyway, but as a question.). Here’s the video. Its pretty clear he says “yet” not “shit”.
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Never read it.

Foer leans back and smiles, just a little smug. “That’s the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don’t have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores” – he points a fork in my direction – “have to be neurotic. Personally, I don’t have time for all that; I don’t want to get into it.” Then why’d you [...]
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Dirty Laundry

Newsweek — They still make it, apparently — has published a dialogue between its editors and contributors about the journalistic definition of the word “terrorist” … Really, it mostly proves what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers they’ve got editing that magazine, with the possible exception of Michael Isikoff, who, even still, refers to a guy [...]
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Ahmadinejad liked Titanic better, sources say.

[via Peter Combe at a tale of a few cities]
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NSFW

Andrew Sullivan, we like your blog posts a lot, but if you’re gonna lead with a photo of a naked man with panties on his head being tortured by the US government, maybe give a little warning?
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“Torching a crack rock is very different from typing a Tweet.”

This one exemplifies the “column that forces a metaphor to allow its author to brag about his drug experiences” archetype.
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A thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters…

…Probably could have drawn the conclusion posited by Nicole M. LaVoi on Women Talk Sports, that — hold on to your butts — Sports Illustrated objectifies women! Well yeah, no shit. The subject is Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn, who I’m told is very good at skiing and who is also quite attractive. She’s featured on this month’s [...]
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