Tag: PRESS

Everybody's favorite reality TV star ex-governor will finally have her official e-mails released this spring. Major members of the press, including the Associated Press, have been clamoring for Sarah Palin's documents for over two years, but the Alaskan governor's office has repeatedly stated the need for extensions. May 31st however (pending another extension, of course), we will finally be privy ...

Here is this week's Reason That Twitter Should Be Banned. In yet another high-profile overshare, Octavia Nasr, the Lebanese-born Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs for CNN, was fired Tuesday for posting a single tweet about the passing of one of Hezbollah's most influential clerics. She wrote: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a ...

In a move sure to ruffle the feathers of more traditional sports journalists, St. John's University has granted a man press credentials to tweet from the sidelines of its men's basketball games. According to Mashable, this will be the first time a press-row credential has been given to someone solely for the purpose of using Twitter. Peter Robert Casey, the man who will draw the ire of some and ...

While the Internet has certainly ushered in a new information age, most people, when searching for news, will focus primarily on the information sources they already knowingly support, according to a study performed by Ohio State University. The study monitored 156 college students as they read online articles on a variety of subjects, including gun control and abortion, and tracked the time the ...

Contrary to what the hype would have had you believe, Christ himself did not return to Earth this past Friday to render judgment. Apple simply released a cell phone. Now that the day of days has come and gone and the planet is recovering from its collective hangover, we think it's time to step back and ask ourselves just what the heck happened. What did we all get caught up in? It's no secret ...