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“Jonah was and remains on a features contract with Wired,” spokesman Jon Hammond told BuzzFeed. “We chose to maintain our contract.” Lehrer, Hammond said, made “a horrible mistake” in fabricating quotes for his book, “Imagine,” but Hammond said Wired continues to stand by a comment he made when Lehrer was first caught in a lesser…
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Let’s play “Mount Rushmore”
rgr-pop: jamiesoncox: I was chatting with Michelle this morning about pop divas (because honestly, what else would we talk about? The Olympics? Paul Ryan?) and this idea bubbled up when discussing the oeuvre of Mariah Carey. I noted that my personal Mariah Mount Rushmore would include “Always Be My Baby”, “Heartbreaker”, “We Belong Together”, and…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Farming Simulator Mad Skill | No Plow | 360 Crop Rotation | Sudden urge to post this again because why wouldn’t I? (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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The way you demonstrate your trustworthiness to a major media company (credentials, qualifications, professionalism) is almost diametrically opposed to how you demonstrate credibility online (transparency, reputation, accessibility). Michael Barthel in Salon. Cut, paste, plagiarize Everything on the Internet is stolen. So why does the Web delight so much in nailing a plagiarist in the MSM? (via…
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The way you demonstrate your trustworthiness to a major media company (credentials, qualifications, professionalism) is almost diametrically opposed to how you demonstrate credibility online (transparency, reputation, accessibility). Michael Barthel in Salon. Cut, paste, plagiarize Everything on the Internet is stolen. So why does the Web delight so much in nailing a plagiarist in the MSM? (via…
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museumoflatinamericanart: Joaquín Torres García (Uruguay, 1874-1949) Composición constructiva 1934 Ink on paper Gift of Jorge Virgili in memory of his brother Salvador and all those who have suffered from AIDS M.2010.031
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Hubris and Envy
lareviewofbooks: Robert Zaretzky with some historical perspective on the Lehrer affair: His book, haild by the critics, presents itself as a guide to human nature; it claims scientific rigor, yet is written for the non-specialist. And then, it is discovered that when he is not recycling old material, the author has simply invented new material,…
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Hubris and Envy
lareviewofbooks: Robert Zaretzky with some historical perspective on the Lehrer affair: His book, haild by the critics, presents itself as a guide to human nature; it claims scientific rigor, yet is written for the non-specialist. And then, it is discovered that when he is not recycling old material, the author has simply invented new material,…