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September 15, 2005
Bush's Bathroom Break: The Photographer Speaks
Rick Wilking on capturing the infamous Bush note, and on his experiences documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The Blurbs
August 23, 2005
Irony Is Lost on the Copywriters
Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on The Aristocrats, Dukes of Hazzard, Weeds, and more.
Oops
August 13, 2005
Playing Defense
A newspaper fires an extremist writer, then blames bloggers; plagiarism as journalism's fig leaf; a fictional hockey career; protecting readers from a comic strip; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
Oops
August 13, 2005
Playing Defense, Continued
The continuation of Gelf's roundup of enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
The Blurbs
August 3, 2005
Hustled
Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on Hustle & Flow, Bad News Bears, Thomas Friedman's books, and more.
Science
July 28, 2005
Meet Mikey, Chimpanzee Cover Boy
Chimps are our closest relatives. And the young ones just happen to be very cute. By using them to sell magazines and other products, are we exploiting them or helping to save them?
The Blurbs
July 26, 2005
Fantastic Four Is No Fun
Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on Fantastic Four, Mind of Mencia, Sunday Philosophy Club, and more.
Oops
July 21, 2005
Fuzzy Math and MollyMath
Counting Iraqi dead, labelling Bill O'Reilly, speedy wife-carrying, and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
Oops
July 14, 2005
Blind Justice
Volatile guilt, a reporter with a flair for fiction, taking it easy on priddy oggies, and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.
Internet
July 12, 2005
Does Google News Have a Sense of Humor?
How does Google News treat satire? And what's in the search algorithm's secret sauce anyway? Gelf investigates.
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