'A poised, creamy insincerity'- April 26, 2005 Hehehe. OK, guess who that line is referring to--in the Times of all places; yes, occasionally you can find real wit, even there, even outside Frank Rich and the Sunday Arts page. Diane Sawyer. Nailed her. It's a really interesting piece about the Today Show's gradual ratings decline, and the network's misread of the same. I was particularly interested because believe it or not, I'm a big fan of Katie Couric. And Diane Sawyer gives me the shivers, so I was all the more puzzled by the...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/media/2005/04/26.html#a1573 A little unfinished business on Bowling and Columbine- April 17, 2005 So I've been getting a lot of emails since Red Lake happened. About Columbine, naturally. Lots and lots of people out there still hungry for information, so it seems like a good moment to finally put one to rest: Bowling for Columbine. Never happened. The whole disarming image of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold blissfully bowling away five hours before the massacre as if nothing was about to happen Fascinating piece of fiction. Yet another in an endless stream of Columbine...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/media/2005/04/16.html#a1561 Metaphor abuse- April 6, 2005 Watching Charlie Rose over lunch. Just put my finger on what chafes me so badly about Thomas Friedman. (OK, one of many gross things he does, but a biggie.) The metaphors. Tom, enough! One metaphor to explain another. Then hammers the same one over and over: "It's like pouring cement down your oil well." And always delivered with his patented smugness. Particularly irksome from him, because they're such a manifestation of the characteristic I knew bugged the crap out of me, his incredibly..http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/media/2005/04/06.html#a1558 |