Consumerist
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recession
What Do Sales Data Show About This Recession?
Sure, it's intuitive and obvious that people spend less during a recession in general, but the titans of retail also keep track of what Americans are and aren't spending money on. According to the Associated Press, gleaned from reports from some of the nation's major retailers, here's what Americans are buying, and what we aren't. More » -
coupons
Why Do Some Stores Act Stupid About Coupons?
Some stores—like A&P Supermarkets and Bed Bath & Beyond, for example—seem to have a sort of antagonism against coupon users. (For that matter, some of our commenters do too, but they are wrong.) Steve Gosset notes on his "Reality Bites Back" blog that the shortsighted coupon policies at these two stores only ended up costing them more fees, or even a sale.
"Coupon Nazis Strike Again at Checkout Counter" [Reality Bites Back]
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drinking water
Update:
If you weren't one of the 41 million Americans drinking water contaminated with sex hormones and pharmaceutical waste, welcome to the club! Testing prompted by the AP's damning investigation has revealed that another five million people, including residents of Reno, Colorado Springs, and Chicago, now sip the potentially dangerous pharmaceutical soup. More »4146 Million Americans Drink Pharmaceutical Waste -
contracts
ISPs Are Maniacal Stalkers Who Read Your Email And Watch You Surf The Web
Internet service providers are actively tracking 100,000 users, reading every email they send and every website they visit, according to the Washington Post. The report coincides with a damning Associated Press investigation of ISP contracts which finds that they reserve broad rights to read essentially anything you view on the internet without any intervening supervision or regulation. More » -
survey says
TSA Declares Victory, Achieves Same Vaunted Status As IRS
The IRS is celebrating the results of an AP poll that ranks the TSA as the most hated arm of the federal government. More than anything, Americans apparently hate being inconvenienced by seemingly pointless and arbitrary security checks.The AP poll, conducted Monday through Wednesday, found that the more people travel, the less they like TSA.
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chicago tribune
Consumers Are Manic Depressive
Unable to decide whether the economy is good or bad, the Chicago Tribune settles for a resounding, "Yes." More » -
macs
A Worse Virus Than Mac Trojans: Bad AP Journalism
According to this piece by the Daring Fireball blog dissecting an AP article on the recent rumors that Macs are susceptible to viruses, sometimes journalism is fluffy and insipid. More » -
plagiarism
MSM Plagiarize Raw Story Yet Again!
Poor Larissa. She's long been the lefty light of our life, the fire of our loins. La-ri-ssa: tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to sizzle, at three, on the teeth. La! Ri! Sa! So we were heartbroken when we discovered that scarcely a week after her site, Raw Story, was plagiarized by the AP, mainstream media has done it again! More » -
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ap
More on AP Blog Plagiarism: "We only credit blogs we know."
Some follow-up to the story we reported on the other day about the AP not crediting bloggers. Luscious Larissa Alexandrovich, the blogger who was plagiarized by AP for a story she did on revised guidelines for US security clearance, wrote us to point our attention to the new tact AP is taking to excuse the plagiarism: now they claim that while they do credit bloggers, they don't credit bloggers they don't know. More » -
journalism
AP Journalists Plagiarise Blogger
Journalists don't respect bloggers. That's okay, we don't respect journalists much either. Although we will always admire a clever writer, an excellent observationalist, a sound investigator or a great reporter, the entire concept of the "journalist" — untouchable, clergy-like purveyors of knowledge and opinion in a modern world that would be lost without them — makes us want to headbutt splayed scissors. Journalists are the guys too inept and self-righteous to be good reporters, commentators or essayists. More »
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