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September 5, 2006
Gelf Gets Married; Paparazzi Kept at Bay (Bridge)
If you'd like to congratulate Gelf writer and editor David Goldenberg on his wedding Sunday to Sara Thierman, you'll have to get in line behind the roving pack of reporters and the many Goldenberg-Thierman fans. Well, not really. But the happy couple did get their Warholian 15 minutes—the time it would take to read the Chronicle article that started it all, listen to the radio-news clips, and watch the video of two local TV stations (NBC and ABC affiliates) that covered the notorious nuptials. Surprisingly, all the hoopla wasn't due to Sara's medical mastery nor David's Gelf affiliation; instead, the wedding provided some much-needed color for reporters trying to put a human face (or two) on the terrible toll of Bay Bridge construction.
Media
August 31, 2006
When Reporters Make News
Among the highlights of this week's edition of Oops, Gelf's quasi-weekly round-up of media corrections: To move a story along, one journalist files a complaint to the government, then writes about it; Salon can look at child porn, after all; and "Big Bill" and other inventions from Norway. Here's one of our favorite corrections this week:
Media
August 26, 2006
"A Big, Semi-Gory, Campy, Mother [Bleeping] Gas"
In this week's edition of Blurb Racket—the Gelf feature in which we take a close look at those critic blurbs that are a fixture of ads for movies—see breakdowns of blurbs for Snakes on a Plane, Idlewild, Material Girls, and more. This week's Bogus Blurb of the Week comes in an ad for Factotum:
Sports
August 23, 2006
Majoring in Horticulture
Over at SI.com, John Rolfe writes that universities should allow big-time athletes to major in their respective sports. It's a strange thought piece, and it's unclear exactly how sarcastic Rolfe is trying to be, if at all. But even if the column isn't particularly practical (after all, there's no discussion of money), Gelf particularly likes this line: "As the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to culture, but you can't make him think."
Media
August 23, 2006
Sexing Up The News
In this week's edition of Zooming In, Gelf's quasi-weekly roundup of undercovered local stories from around the world: retro communistic Czech chique; a baby panda blog; and vigilante Johannesburg justice. One of our favorites deals with inadvertent porn on a Swedish public broadcasting channel.
Media
August 22, 2006
Visualizing K-Fed
Kevin Federline's television debut on the Teen Choice Awards was everything that critics hoped it would be: embarrassing, ridiculous, and craptacular. Thousands of people wrote in to say as much about the performance on YouTube. But for some reason, Erin Carlson, the Associated Press writer covering K-Fed's debut, decided to rely on sources who hadn't even bothered to watch the sub-four-minute segment.
Internet
August 22, 2006
Hacking Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick, the famous hacker who spent five years in jail after breaking into the systems of several tech companies, had a few of his own websites defaced by hackers over the past few days. On each site, the homepage was replaced with a sprawling missive about the lameness of hacking, sex with Mitnick's grandmother, and shoutouts to friends, all sprinkled liberally with "fucks." Also, there's a picture of Mitnick with a crude penis drawn onto his forehead and cum on his hands and mouth. (You can see a screengrab of the page here.) Funny and newsworthy, but how should a reputable tech news site cover the incident?
Internet
August 18, 2006
First the Tattoo. Then the Film.
Jim Dozier loved the idea of Snakes on a Plane so much that he got a huge, multicolored tattoo of the film's logo before he ever saw the film itself. Yesterday, he watched the movie for the first time. Gelf caught up with Doz to ask him if SoaP deserved the hype—and the ink.
Sports
August 17, 2006
SI.com's Triple Bogey
SI.com's Gary Van Sickle must not read Gelf. If he did, he wouldn't keep writing his ridiculous golf tournament previews that serve only to reinforce the notion that journalists don't understand math. In setting odds for players to win the last two majors, Van Sickle has been incredibly optimistic. For both the US Open and the British Open, Gelf poked fun at Van Sickle for giving odds for the individual players that—when converted to percentages and added together—were so high that several golfers should have won the same tournament. For the PGA Championship, Van Sickle again is way off.
Media
August 14, 2006
If You Quote the Reviews Accurately, the Terrorists Have Won
In this week's edition of Blurb Racket—the Gelf feature in which we take a close look at those critic blurbs that are a fixture of ads for movies—see breakdowns of blurbs for World Trade Center, Scoop, Miami Vice, and more. This week's Bogus Blurb of the Week comes in an ad for Pulse:
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