08w10:3 Are you really that acquiescent in the United States? Posted March 8th, 2008 by timothy. 1 Comment Goodreads | 2008 week 10 number 3 (Are you really that acquiescent in the United States?) Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press | Glenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/08/carlson/index.html “Here was Power’s exact quote: “She is a monster, too –- that is off the record –- she is stooping to anything.” But the reporter who was interviewing her, Britain’s Gerri Peev of The Scotsman, printed the comment anyway — as she should have, because Peev had never agreed that any parts of the interview would be “off the record,” and nobody has the right to demand unilaterally, and after the fact, that journalists keep their embarrassing remarks a secret. […] Illustrating that point as vividly as anything I can recall, MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson had Peev on his show last night and angrily criticized her publication of Power’s remarks. Carlson upbraided Peev for her lack of deference to someone as important as Power, and Peev retorted by pointing out exactly what that attitude reflects about Carlson and the American press generally (via LEXIS; h/t Mike Stark): CARLSON: What — she wanted it off the record. Typically, the arrangement is if someone you’re interviewing wants a quote off the record, you give it to them off the record. Why didn’t you do that? PEEV: Are you really that acquiescent in the United States? In the United Kingdom, journalists believe that on or off the record is a principle that’s decided ahead of the interview. If a figure in public life. [empahsis Greenwald]”
08w10:2 Nullos Posted March 3rd, 2008 by timothy. 1 Comment Goodreads | 2008 week 10 number 2 (Nullos) I learned about Nullos through this Reddit link (included for its comment thread): http://el.reddit.com/info/67yf7/comments/ It linked to a copy of this article (itself pretty graphic): Interview with a Nullo http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/I/ea_25408intervie.htm And the thread has link to these images (NSFW, graphic, I warned you): http://www.bmezine.com/service/samples/tour4.html This one being the most remarkable (a living Ken Doll): http://www.bmezine.com/service/samples/nullohigh/penec3.jpg And testimony from some anonymous who wants to have it done: “Where do I begin? Well I am 20 years old and I have a very strong desire to become a nullo. Preferably a genital nullo, which means Removal of the genitals and relocation of the urethra. Leaving a smooth surface. some people refer to people who have genital nullo as “smoothies”! This desire started when I was a child and only progressed when I went into my teen years. I remember perfectly when I was about 8, how I would look at my penis and testicles and pretend there was nothing there. I never thought about cutting it off or a preferred term, surgical removal. Because at age 8, I just pretended that it wasn’t there. Several years pass and I turn 13. By then I have hit puberty and I am getting normal erections.”
08w10:1 Conrad Black goes to jail Posted March 3rd, 2008 by timothy. 0 Comments Goodreads | 2008 week 10 number 1 (Conrad Black goes to jail) The Rise and Fall of Conrad Black | ABC Late Night Live http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/lnl_20080227.mp3 http://goodreads.timothycomeau.com/shorty/net/black_lnl/ (RAM) “At the end of the 1990, Conrad Black’s media empire was the third largest in the world. In Canada, he controlled nearly half of English-language and 18 per cent of French-language newspaper circulation. In the United States, he owned the Chicago Sun-Times and a large chain of community newspapers; in Britain, the prestigious Daily Telegraph and other publications; and in Israel, the symbolic but significant Jerusalem Post.” Black must stay in us: Original Sin | Timothy Comeau http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothycomeau/2309162570/
