Month October 2006

Ministry of Truth

How Orwell is this? The newly-established unit would use “new media” channels to push its message and “set the record straight”, Pentagon press secretary Eric Ruff said. “We’re looking at being quicker to respond to breaking news,” he said. “Being…

Newspapers. Dying media

Out of the top 25 newspaper in circulation, the latest numbers show only two (NY Post and Daily News) had a circulation increase. All the rest were down, with the L.A. Times taking the worst hit, down 8%. This was…

And now…the silly string police?

(There is, in fact, a logical explanation. This sign is on Hollywood Blvd in L.A. where the annual Halloween parade is held. Past parades apparently have included vast deluges of silly string, which is quite hard to clean up.)

Confused Koslings no more?

Green Lisa emails that some of the Confused Koslings who, even though they oppose the war, originally supported prowar incumbent Howard Berman solely because he is a Democrat rather than antiwar Green candidate Byron De Lear, are now coming around.