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Redbox starts online service.
The kiosk DVD rental vendor will now offer a streaming service as well. Though it won’t be as extensive as that of Netflix.
When do you run a disturbing photo?
This photo (and cover headlines) from the New York Post earlier this week have been attracting an enormous amount of attention. Post freelancer R. Umar Abbasi took the photo of Ki Suk Han, who was pushed in front of the … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What if a student pretended to have a Mexican accent for an entire semester of a speech class, and then revealed his real San Diego accent on the last day of class? What kind of stories spread the fastest on … Continue reading
NY Times v. Guy Fieri – The News Value of a Brutal Review
You may have heard that last week New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells absolutely savaged Food Network host Guy Fieri’s new Times Square restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar. The review, written entirely as a series of questions, suggests that … Continue reading
Fighting Wars With Social Media – Israel v. Hamas
Wednesday afternoon I was working at putting the finishing touches on a guest lecture I was about to give on social media, and so I went looking for an up-to-date example. And here’s what I found…. Yes, that’s the official … Continue reading
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Questions Worth Asking – James Bond Edition
Is Skyfall the best James Bond movie so far? Rotten Tomatoes gives it 91 percent fresh critic rating, but some people think it veres a little too close to some recent action thrillers. Which leads to the next question: Is … Continue reading
Stupid Advertising Client Tricks
Advertising agency professionals have always, I’m certain, wanted to complain about the stupid things clients say they want done. But recently an Irish agency put together a poster exhibition based on the stupidest things their clients have ever said. Below … Continue reading
Presidential Victory and Concession Speeches
2008 was seen by many as a high point for presidential victory and concession speeches, with both candidates giving excellent messages. Here are the 2012 speeches from Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: Obama’s Victory Speech Romney’s Concession Speech
Truth 6 – Activism and Analysis are not the Same Thing: Numerical analysis matters
Yesterday I posted a number of predictions from pundits about how the presidential election would turn out. The best predictions did not come from the partisans, they came from the number crunchers who took a hard look at what the … Continue reading
Election Day Media World
Our pundits have spoken! And today we get to find out what we the people have to say about how the election turns out. And that means tomorrow (I hope!) we get to judge how well the pundits did at … Continue reading