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jayrosen:

Actually Governor Romney, what you just said is completely incorrect… This is NPR.

NPR has a new ethics handbook, which came out February 24th. Here’s the key part:

We report for our readers and listeners, not our sources. So our primary consideration when presenting the news is that we are fair to the truth. If our sources try to mislead us or put a false spin on the information they give us, we tell our audience. If the balance of evidence in a matter of controversy weighs heavily on one side, we acknowledge it in our reports.

Fair to the truth. Pretty cool. It’s already started to have an effect. This is from an NPR report on Feb. 27th about auto bailouts and the Republican candidates.

NPR REPORTER: Mitt Romney, son of former American Motors CEO George Romney, criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the bailout.

MITT ROMNEY: Instead of going through the normal managed bankruptcy process, he made sure the bankruptcy process ended up with the UAW taking the lion’s share of the equity in the business.

NPR REPORTER: Actually, the U.S. Treasury got most of GM’s equity. 

Such a simple word: “Actually….” And now it has a chance to become standard practice at NPR.

For more on this, see my post: NPR Tries to Get its Pressthink Right

(Photo by Matthew Reichbach. Creative Commons License.)

A step in the right direction. Bravo, NPR! I will buy more tote bags because of this!

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wilwheaton:

thegreg:

derbygirl:

triumphofintellectandromance:

thegoatjustatethemoney:

undergr0undkingz:

tyleroakley:

Before you defend Chris Brown, let alone support him, read the police report of what happened between him and Rihanna in 2009.

Damn.

i am fucking speechless.

THIS is why we should not support this man.  (And, for the record, Rolling Stone, it’s not funny that Chris Brown makes light of his DV charge when hitting on women.) 

This is why I won’t ignore Chris Brown when people continue to fawn over him, and when he’s said what he did “wasn’t a big deal.”

It was a big. fucking. deal.

Chris Brown is a piece of shit of monumental proportions and he should have to apologize for this every day for the rest of his life. The fact that the fucking scumbag somehow feels victimized by this is abhorrent.

Fuck him and fuck anyone who defends him.

I wish the self-appointed defenders of Chris Brown were as angry at him for beating Rihanna as they are at me (and others like me) for reminding me that he did.

Domestic violence is never, ever, ever okay. It is inexcusable.

This is terrifying. What’s even worse is the people who defend him. 

bishopia:

Because I love you all (as friends) and I love Game of Thrones, I combined them both into some sweet valentine’s day cards for you to give to your sweetheart or favorite prostitute. Enjoy! Click for big version or get the bigger printable version…

RELATED: I’ve got two prints with these characters for sale at inprnt.com - House Stark and just about everyone.

This has been making my days better ever since I found it last week. Give it a listen. It will make you smile. 

(via Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures | Lullatone)

(Source: laurenashleybishop, via wanderlustqueen)

Obama answering questions on a Google Hangout. Despite what you think about him or his administration, he’s done a great job embracing technology. Well done. 

nationalgeographicdaily:

Beltane Fire Festival, Scotland
Photo: Jim Richardson

On the eve of the Beltane Fire Festival, these costumed participants help celebrate the beginning of the summer growing season. The pagan festival, which has roots in Celtic fertility rituals, also features drummers and acrobats.

Ah Beltane. Also known as my birthday. 

thepinesaredancing:

Baaaahahahahha. 

But, seriously, Houston, you are a piece of shit. 

So true. Sometimes I think about considering Dallas or Houston as an option to get back to the Great State… but that usually ends quickly. It’s got to be Austin. 

Or maybe Terlingua. 

(Source: texashumor)

This is crazy, I know, but I still kind of want it. I’ve been trying to find someone who can taxidermy a goat to look like a unicorn for years. Anyway. 

Designed for anyone who has far too much money and loose change, this is the piggy bank of all piggy banks. Its a real piglet that has been taxidermied and inserted with what all piglets probably dream of as babies, a coin storage unit and a cork plug. Make your plush overpriced apartment complete with this little guy.

The piglet bank will take up to 12 months to produce from the time of order. We expect half the money up front and half when the piglet had been completed. Just so you know that we don’t actually kill the Piglets, they die of natural causes and these are the ones that we use.

Price $4000

I totally had this guy when I was a kid. 

(via toysofthe80s)