I’d like to introduce you guys to a friend of mine: Sarah Haskins. Sarah and I go way back. According to this interview, we graduated from Harvard together and then did a stint in Chicago’s Second City improv troupe. Now we both live out in L.A. and work as professional writers and comedians. There’s a little more to the story than that— including the fact that by ‘we,’ I might actually mean ’she’— but I don’t want to bore you with details. I just wanted to let you know that we hang out every Thursday night on current tv’s show Infomania. She makes the hilarious observations and snarky comments about how advertisers market to women, and I eat my Pugsley’s mushroom and onion pizza and consider taking a shower. And now we want you to join us! Check out tonight’s bit about skin care:
That reminds me— I should probably go take a shower. Or something.
— Emily
Filed under: Edits, News | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, gotcha journalism, John McCain, journalism, media, remebering 2008, Sarah Palin
The fourth in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our October 8th issue.
Gotcha!
The Danger of Palin’s War on Journalism
By Bill Donahue
Co-Deaditor-In-Chief
It would be fairly foolish to expect politicians to willingly give straight-forward answers that fully satisfy the questions asked by journalists. They, in their attempt to court voters, are trying with all their might to answer in such a way that is beneficial to their image and does not expose weakness. It makes sense that they would try to change the subject, answer euphemistically, or do anything else to avoid tough questions. This is a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. (more…)
