tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965783081453060079.post5047470747397231812..comments2023-04-10T04:41:45.293-04:00Comments on Triangulations: Bowling for Torturemikhailbakuninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13158822054353654203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965783081453060079.post-66782900340020198102008-04-18T13:43:00.000-04:002008-04-18T13:43:00.000-04:00Beginning? What took you so long? Oh. Apparentl...<I>Beginning?</I> What took you so long? <BR/><BR/>Oh. Apparently I'm not the only one to take advantage of that easy setup.<BR/><BR/>Wait until they release the graphic version of the report! Then people will stand up and pay attention! <BR/>I'm not kidding. Just look what adapting the 9/11 Commission Report into a "graphic novel" (the comic industry's most incorrectly used term) did for its popularity. People will choose pictures over words nearly every time!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569180426066178711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965783081453060079.post-1809823598817015982008-04-08T00:55:00.000-04:002008-04-08T00:55:00.000-04:00You're just beginning to hate the media now?They a...You're just beginning to hate the media now?<BR/><BR/>They always do this; light 'n' easy stories are easy to report on (and people are amused by anecdotes that a would-be presidential nominee can only score a 37 in bowling) but investigative, deep stories with far-ranging implications are practically left to the intellectuals or the news junkies, because no one else wants to read depressing and complicated stories. <BR/><BR/>Look on Google News one day and compare how many outlets picked up the latest American Idol loser compared to the big news story of the day or week. Now that's depressing. <BR/><BR/>For example, the Spitzer investigation is still hitting the papers, but now it's about when he lied, the nitty-gritty legal jargon of the case. It's inside all the papers, essentially forgotten. It's not scandalous anymore now that all available photo albums of Ashley Alexandra Dupre have been exhumed.<BR/><BR/>(For the record, I didn't recognize John Yoo's name right away, but as soon as you mentioned "Torture Memo" I knew. Which, when I read about it last week, thought was huge. Thank you, Wall Street Journal.)MediaMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548519999729515206noreply@blogger.com