I woke up Thanksgiving morning to some tragic news: Robert Barnes, member of a family I’ve gotten to know over the better part of the past decade, died. His passing comes nearly eight months after a group of adults and kids…
Tag: journalismism
Holy Shit: Fox29 Did A Story On The Booming ‘Black Market Business’ Of Nitrous Balloons Outside Concerts
ICYMI: People huff nitrous oxide out of balloons in, among many places, concert parking lots. Fox29 brought you a HUGE BREAKING NOBODY-EVER-KNEW-ABOUT-THIS story the other night on this very topic. It’s as batshit cray as you’d imagine. The fucking Nitrous…
I Want To Know Who Offered Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino $5K For A Golden Shower
On this week’s episode of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, one focal moment — besides those involving Kendra Wilkinson probing into Hank Baskett’s possible transsexual fetish — involved Jersey Shore legend Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino. Summarized succinctly, he maintained that…
Hey Look, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Endorses Fleeing The Scene Of A Fatal Accident
A 2-year-old Milwaukee toddler ran into a Milwaukee street on Sunday night and was fatally struck by a van, which remained at the scene. There, the 41-year-old driver was fatally shot, as was, mysteriously, a 15-year-old. Horribly tragic all around.…
Hey Look, A Horribly Hackish Headline, Subhed And Lede Upstaged A (Likely) Horrible Film
The first thing I saw was this … If I ever write a headline like this in earnest, I'm going to hang myself from a locker by my underpants: http://t.co/EX4EKxHhlj — FILMDRUNK (@Filmdrunk) March 6, 2015 … and I couldn’t…
When Network News Shows Have Difficulty Spelling Recognizable Names Properly
Monica Lewinsky was in town on Monday, talking to the “Forbes Under 30 Summit” about the downside of all this online witch-huntery that consumes our very culture today. Carolyn Beeler, who also works at NewsWorks, attended Monica’s speech and wrote…
When Overzealous Local-News Affiliates RT Without Thinking
Philadelphia’s Fox affiliate went on an RTing tirade this morning, ostensibly in support of its new weekend-morning program (and National Pet Day). This zealousness prompted early-morning me to throw some spaghetti up against the wall to see if it stuck.…
My Harrowing Experience On US Airways Flight 598 Aka The Dog-Poo Plane
Try as I might, I’ll never forget Truffles, the pooch that pooed so extensively aboard US Air Flight 598 from LA to Philly that the flight was diverted to KC, Mo. for some clean-up. Oh, of course I’ll forget about…
Fact Check: Local TV-News Traffic Reports About Philly-To-Shore Traffic
Investigation: Was this report from 6abc actually filmed on the Atlantic City Expressway? Result: The sign on the side of the road says Route 42, which leads to and fro the ACE. Ergo, the footage was not filmed on the…
Tale Of The Tape: Jocelyn ‘Bonnie’ Kirsch vs. Shayna ‘#TitsyCarThief’ Sykes
Yes, I know this is sexist. But whatever. When a local media trots out these convicts like pieces of meat whenever possible, how’s a young lad to react? Anyway, on the left up there, that’s Jocelyn Kirsch, Philly’s tabloid fixation…