The silence is deafening. All over the Internet and printed publications, people are making “mute points”: • A press release promises small businesses that “one of the benefits of online marketing is that your geography becomes a mute point.” (If no one can hear your business, can anyone find it?) • A letter to the
Shhh! It doesn’t matter
The silence is deafening. All over the Internet and printed publications, people are making “mute points”: • A press release promises small businesses that “one of the benefits of online marketing is that your geography becomes a mute point.” (If no one can hear your business, can anyone find it?) • A letter to the
Muller’s media circus
UC Berkeley physicist Richard Muller was all over the media last week talking about his “total turnaround” from global-warming skeptic to adherent of the longstanding scientific consensus that the planet is heating up. The question is: Did he deserve the attention? The frenzy started with an op-ed published in The New York Times, in which
Muller’s media circus
UC Berkeley physicist Richard Muller was all over the media last week talking about his “total turnaround” from global-warming skeptic to adherent of the longstanding scientific consensus that the planet is heating up. The question is: Did he deserve the attention? The frenzy started with an op-ed published in The New York Times, in which
ESPN’s Tim Tebow lovefest
US sports coverage last week was split neatly into two distinct, Jungian halves, represented by those sportscasting sweethearts, married couple Dan Hicks and Hannah Storm. Hicks works for NBC, and called the swimming competition at the London Olympics. His enthusiastic descriptions of Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin winning gold appeared only on tape delay… Share
