VID: Larry King on Drugs, Cryonics, Politics, Airplane Sex Orgies, and Half-Libertarianism
The broadcast legend talks about new media, his online shows, and how he would have interviewed Osama bin Laden.
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Larry King on Drugs, Cryonics, Politics, Airplane Sex Orgies, and Half-Libertarianism
The broadcast legend talks about new media, his online shows, and how he would have interviewed Osama bin Laden.
An Alternative History of The Nation
The lost libertarian leanings of a long-lived left-wing magazine
"In Batgirl-Joker Cover, the Batshit Hits the Fan":
Is online activism a form of censorship or an act of audience participation?
It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
What Exactly Is In Homeland Security's Report on Sovereign Citizens?
CNN got its hands on a document. It would be nice to know what it says.
Fifty Shades of WTF
Everybody hates E.L. James' bondage fantasy except for hundreds of millions of readers and moviegoers. Maybe, just maybe, the fans are onto something.
Friday A/V Club: Ice-T's Guide to Sexual Subcultures
When the down-low panic came to Law and Order: SVU
NBC Suspends Serial Humble-Bragger Brian Williams for Six Months, Costing Him $5 Million
Move comes despite defenses from millionaire media friends like Jon Stewart (who's also retiring, BTW).
All the President's Voxsplainers
Remember when Vox was going to give us all a better way to "understand the news"? What we get instead is a better way to become courtiers to power.
Brian Williams vs. New Media (AKA "a Guy Named Vinny in an Efficiency Apartment")
Faking a story about being attacked in a war zone is awful, but it's not the newsman's biggest mistake.
No, Campus Feminists Didn't Shut Down Kate Smurthwaite's 'Free Speech Comedy Show'
Behold the anatomy of an outrage cycle
Owning Ideas—An Outdated Idea?
Maybe intellectual property in its current form has outlived its expiration date.
Clearly What Indianans Need Is a Taxpayer-Funded State News Outlet
Governor proposes his own media coverage.
There Will Be No More Bare-Breasted Models in the London Sun
The line that separates the news from softcore porn just got a little less blurry.
British Spy Agency Practiced Scooping Up Journalists' E-mails
Ten minutes of communications at news outlets like The Guardian, The New York Times, and NBC collected.
Search Engines Trump Traditional Media as Most-Trusted by Millennials
In Google News we trust.
Sky News Really Doesn't Want to Show the New Charlie Hebdo Cover
Self-censorship in action
Charlie Hebdo Plans to Publish Its Next Issue On Schedule, With an Expanded Print Run
Defiance in the face of murder.
