August 27, 2007 at 8:12 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: Articles of Interest, bad guys, bob_dobbs, connecticut_post, description, disinformation, drinking_club, Fnord, hash_house_harriers, hooligans, ikea, irc, media, news, new_haven, oddities, placing_the_blame, Potent Potables, ridiculous, subgenius, unbelievable_news, wall_of_shame, wiki, wikipedia ·
Just when you thought the day’s news couldn’t get any more ridiculous, New Haven, Connecticut comes through with the whopper of the day.
A couple members of the Hash House Harriers - “A drinking club with a running problem” - were charged with first-degree breach of peace, which is a felony.
Their crime? Siblings Daniel and Dorothee Salchow used flour to mark the trail for the group’s other runners for that day’s jog and party. The flour was used because it’s noticable and biodegradable.
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August 27, 2007 at 5:24 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: Articles of Interest, bad guys, creeps, description, disinformation, Fnord, hooligans, internet, media, Movies, news, owen_wilson, personal_happiness, ridiculous, rumor_mill, suicide, wall_of_shame, yahoo ·
Owen Wilson was brought to the hospital today via ambulance. It is unknown at this time why exactly, but he has already released a statement regarding this incident, stating:
“I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time,” the 38-year-old actor said in a statement released through publicist Ina Treciokas.Via Yahoo! News
Naturally the news is abuzz with this event. It is this author’s opinion that there will be a great deal of journalists who will not do as he requests and simply allow him privacy during this time - and I don’t just mean the obviously opportunistic tabloid types. There are already a great deal of articles running that he “reportedly tried to commit suicide”. The real questions are, how can they so casually include this hearsay, and how much worse will it get before the end of the day?
This internet rag, known as the National Ledger, has already gone so far as to claim knowledge of “a slit wrist and ingestion of a bottle of pills”; this bit being written just before a complete breakdown of his astrological chart. There were also no sources cited for their claim. Splendid detective work, National Ledger, now get back to your charts and your remarkable slew of banner ads.
Give me a break, people. The guy went to the hospital. It happens to thousands, for various reasons. I sincerely hope that this base speculation is as far as the majority of the media goes into prying into his not-very-private-right-now life. Good luck to you, Owen Wilson, in what may be a difficult time. I for one wish you swift and peaceful healing.
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August 17, 2007 at 2:24 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: bad guys, disinformation, Fnord, Goodies, internet, Internet Toys, news, placing_the_blame, politics, popularity-contest, propaganda, ridiculous, rumor_mill, scientology, Uncategorized, wall_of_shame, wiki, wikipedia ·
If you’re in the mood to unearth evidence of spin control and disinformation on that internet bastion (or bastard depending on one’s viewpoint) of information, Wikipedia, then Wired’s blog Threat Level has just the post for you.
Here they provide links to Virgil Griffith’s Wikipedia Scanner. A tool specifically designed to out a lot of the suspect editors out there in the Wikiverse.
The commentors on the Wired post have dug up tons of dirt already.
Here’s a goody from their “Wall of Shame”:
scientology removes criticism by Anonymous
removed: Its relationship with the city has repeatedly moved between “friendly” and “hostile,” as the church has worked with the city to establish better relations; while at the same time actively opposing the local ”[[St. Petersburg Times]]” and even protesting the Clearwater police department
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