Sex columnist is out for having plagiarised her FIRST column

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:02 PM EST (nypress.com)

It has come to our attention that some of the questions in this week's debut of the New York Press's new sex-advice column, "Lip Service," were taken from past columns by Dan Savage, the nationally-syndicated sex-advice columnist and editor of The Stranger.

us-news, new-york-press, claudia-lonow, dan-savage, plagiarism, journalism, ethics, lip-service, sex-columnist

If "Real Journalism" Fails As A Business, Should Government Step In?

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:49 PM EST (TechCrunch)

When the business model of "real journalism" fails, what should society do in response? When things are considered important, but can't be supported with a business model, government sometimes steps in. National parks, highways, police and national defense are all examples.

us-news, journalism, newspapers, print-media

Number of young people found hanged in 'suicide cult town' rises to 13

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:42 PM EST (the Mail online)

The true scale of a suicide epidemic among young people in a small town was revealed yesterday. As well as the seven deaths linked to social networking websites, a coroner revealed that a further six had also died within a year.

world-news, internet, uk-news, social-networking, south-wales, bebo, suicides, internet-suicide-cult

Turning Japanese: the first foreign geisha

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:49 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

She comes from Australia and her real name is Fiona Graham, but to her customers she is Sayuki and her aim is to educate the world in a unique national tradition. David McNeill met her

world-news, geisha-memoirs-of-a-geisha, japan, sayuki, fiona-graham

Crash! Biggest fall in shares since September 11

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:22 PM EST (Independent.co.uk)

It was the day that the fear factor took over. From Asia to South America, share prices tumbled yesterday as the world's investors gambled that a US recession was now inevitable. In London, the City endured its darkest day since the nadir of 9/11.

business, stock-market-crash, sub-prime-crisis, stock-exchange, recession, uk-news

'Internet suicide cult' rips apart town as SEVEN young people hang themselves

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:11 PM EST (the Mail online)

A small town has been rocked by the copycat suicides of seven young people. Local people fear the hangings are linked to a chilling internet cult. Within 24 hours of the latest death last week, two friends of the teenage girl had also attempted suicide.

technology, suicides, internet-suicide-cult, bebo, social-networking, internet, uk-news, south-wales

Year 2007 sees repression worsening in Tibet: Report

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:53 PM EST (phayul.com)

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy's 2007 annual report finds cases of arbitrary arrests and detentions inside Tibet increased almost threefold compared to 2006 indicating a worsening of human rights situation in Tibet ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

world-news, tibet, repression, human-rights, free-tibet, beijing-olympics, china, buddhism

Journalist's hand cut off

Seeded on Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:32 PM EST (rsf.org)

According to Ashok Rauniyar, a local representative of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, his assailants shouted "Do you write the news with these hands?" before cutting one of them off.

world-news, press-freedom, journalist, nepal, manoj-sah

Chinese Olympics Logo 2008 - NOT!

Seeded on Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:27 PM EST (pizdaus.com)

"The Olympic Games is not simply a sports event and its meaning is beyond sports itself." -- Wei Jizhong, senior consultant to the Beijing Organizing Committee.

world-news, beijing-olympics, china, activism, sport, human-rights, cartoon

Rotating Power Outages An Equalizer in South Africa

Seeded on Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:53 AM EST (The Washington Post)

As she drove home to this township, known as the Dark City during apartheid because it lacked electricity while Johannesburg's white neighborhoods nearby blazed with light, community activist Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa experienced a delicious moment of irony.

world-news, south-africa, electricity, power, power-blackouts, loadshedding, johannesburg, sandton, alexander, apartheid

Power cuts disrupt surgery in South Africa

Seeded on Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:45 AM EST (Telegraph)

Michael Bevan was on an operating table as surgeons performed a delicate procedure on the artery supplying blood to his brain, when, without warning, the lights went out.

world-news, south-africa, power-blackouts, loadshedding, power-failures, electricity

A New Text Message in Islamic Law - I divorce you

Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:41 AM EST (The Washington Post)

The Cairo woman stared in disbelief at the text message in her cellphone inbox.

world-news, cellphone, mobile, text-message, sms, divorce, islamic-law, text-message-divorce

Shock at beating death of executive who filmed police violence with mobile phone

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:39 AM EST (rsf.org)

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the way a construction company executive, Wei Wenhua, was beaten to death by municipal law enforcement officers known as "chengguan" in Tianmen, in the province of Hubei, on 7 January when he used his mobile phone camera to film them i …

world-news, china, censorship, murder, wei-wenhua, chengguan, mobile-phone, cellphone

Can the world afford the Tata Nano?

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:37 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

It's either the start of a people's revolution or the trigger for social and environmental headaches across the globe. The Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, was unveiled with great fanfare in the Indian capital yesterday amid bright lights and blaring music

science, tata-nano, cheapest-car, india, environment, carbon-emissions

Miles Kington: Everything you've heard about healthy eating is wrong

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:33 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

Olaf Knuttsen is the head of the Medical Rumours Syndicate, suppliers of medical rumours to the press and media. When the media think it is time for another overnight shock, they get on the blower to Olaf.

health, satire, medical-scres, miles-kingstone, column

Website aims to aggregate 'every interview since 1859'

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:29 AM EST (pressgazette.co.uk)

Celebrity interviewer Rob McGibbon has launched a website business which aims to provide a comprehensive index of journalistic interviews.

entertainment, website, rob-mcgibbon, celebrities, interviews, accessinterviews, journalist, journalism

The gay poem that broke blasphemy laws

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:26 AM EST (pinknews.co.uk)

The announcement that the government may support moves to strike down blasphemy laws comes 30 years after Denis Lemon was found guilty of committing libel against Christianity, the last prosecution for blasphemy.

world-news, uk-news, britain, blasphemy, law, denis-lemon, mary-whitehouse, james-kirkup, gay-news, jesus

I lost everything after succumbing to the office piranha's seduction

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:22 AM EST (the Mail online)

Once, retail boss Colin had an enviable life. He was in line for promotion, had a beautiful North London home, two children he adored and a loving wife who was expecting their third baby.

world-news, office-romances, office-piranha, philanderers, sex

Do Not A Voice-Mail Babbler Be

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:12 AM EST (The Hartford Courant)

If you would like to leave a long, rambling message with no apparent point, please hang up now. If you are calling to verify that your e-mail has been received, please go outside and do five laps around the block.

technology, voice-mail, phones, voice-mail-messages

Erica Jong: Fear of Crying Unfair

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:10 AM EST (New York Post)

Now Hillary Clinton "cries" and everyone cries foul. Just using her feminine wiles, they say. Playing unfair, they say. Bill Kristol and Maureen Dowd call her manipulative, scheming and false. She didn't even cry - just misted up - and what a hullabaloo.

politics, erica-jong, hillary-clinton, crying, feminism, feminist

Late call on New Hampshire primary prompts gaffes in UK press

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 4:39 AM EST (pressgazette.co.uk)

An early edition of The Independent this morning appeared to mistakenly call the New Hampshire Primary for Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama.

world-news, democrats, election, barack-obama, obama, election-2008, democratic, new-hampshire, clinton, hillary-clinton

Hillary Clinton won because she cried

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 4:30 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

A softer image of Sen. Hillary Clinton helped propel the former First Lady to a surprise victory in the New Hampshire race for the Democratic party presidential nomination, aides said.

politics, democrats, election, republican, gop, barack-obama, obama, election-2008, democratic, new-hampshire

Sony BMG Drops Music Copy Protection

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:59 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Sony BMG will start selling music downloads in the copy-protection-free MP3 format later this month in North America, as even the last holdout among the major record labels crumbled to the growing trend.

technology, sony-bmg, music, download, mp3, copy-protection, plantinum-musicpass

Lying, Cheating and Stealing - how to spot plagiarists and fabulists

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:37 AM EST (The Baltimore Sun)

In recent years, scandals of plagiarism and fabrication have blighted The New York Times, USA Today and The New Republic.

education, journalism, journalist, magazines, media, plagiarism, fabrication, editors, journalists, sub-editors

Logos that became legends: Icons from the world of advertising

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:34 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

Did you know that the Apple apple began life as a graphic depicting Sir Isaac Newton sitting below a tree with an apple falling on his head – a tribute to his discovery of gravity?

education, media, marketing, logos, icons, design, chanel, lacoste, ferrari, mcdonalds

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