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The Twitterati Go For "Dong"

Owen Thomas — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:08:01 EDT

If you have no idea what people on Twitter are talking about, fear not. They have no idea what they're talking about, either. The latest mutterings from Chris Anderson, John Byrne, and other online twits:

Conservative punditrix Michelle Malkin nourished her spawn.

BusinessWeek.com editor John Byrne, whose importance should be evident from his ALL-CAPS username, exposed the inner workings of the world's most boring business magazine.

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson opted for "dong."

Journalism-school dropout Reed Kavner learned there's no such thing as a cheap lunch.

Chicago Tribune reporter Wailin Wong corrected bloggers.

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The Twitterati Wear Shorts to a Cage Match

Owen Thomas — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:40:33 EDT

Things that the media's Twitter addicts are savoring: onion rings, Hulk Hogan, and weather warm enough for shorts. Michelle Malkin, Sarah Lacy, Xeni Jardin and others reveal their not-so-hidden desires:

Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara reminisced.

Freelance writer Glenn Fleishman quite possibly spent more time concocting a metaphor for his work on a feature story than he did on the story itself.

Sassy conservative punditrix Michelle Malkin craved junk food, and not just the intellectual kind.

Boing Boing space-princess blogger Xeni Jardin seemed to mock her coworkers' obsession with copy protection.

Globetrotting tech-book author Sarah Lacy unleashed her gams on an unsuspecting Middle East.

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Guns, Profanity, Paranoia, and Fear on Twitter

Owen Thomas — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:00:12 EDT

Twitteronia is a scary place to be. A Googler got violent, an NBC TV host swore, and we frightened a top AP editor — while Michelle Malkin had a breakdown. Today's twittiest tweets:

Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, now a Google engineer, contemplated violence. (There's some kind of thing about guns going around on Twitter! We don't get it, but we sure hope that's what Schachter's referring to!)
KNBC TV personality Shira Lazar corrupted the youth of America.
Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara expressed an entirely legitimate concern.
Bizarro right-wing conservatrix Michelle Malkin made it official: She is not PC.
New Yorker writer Tad Friend cried in public.

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On Twitter, Seeing Is Believing

Owen Thomas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:23:26 EST

Perez Hilton saw a market opportunity, Michelle Malkin saw her kid, Jimmy Fallon saw Martha Stewart, and CNN's Rick Sanchez saw red! Today's tweets from the media elite:

Internet gossip (we like those!) Perez Hilton sought refreshment after an exhausting twitterfight with Ashton Kutcher.

CNN's Rick Sanchez GOT SO MAD HE HIT THE CAPS LOCK KEY.

Late-night funny guy Jimmy Fallon looked forward to meeting Martha Stewart.

Fast Company's Ellen McGirt expressed her enthusiasm.

Conservative punditrix Michelle Malkin did her part to ensure the survival of the blogger species.

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Google undresses its politics with revealing photos

Tim Faulkner — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:29:39 EDT

Tech gadfly David Cassel was surprised when a Google search of "Michelle Malkin," the Asian-American Ann Coulter, displayed images of the shrill female commentator in a bikini. Full disclosure: One of them was a faked image that ran on sister site Gawker. Surely an aberration as the search engine experiments with including images and videos right on the main search results page? Ah, but a search for the original Ann Coulter, too, displayed bikini shots (also faked). What about male conservative commentators? Jeff Gannon, questioned for his White House press-conference softballs and exposed for posting nude photographs to gay escort sites, unsurprisingly, appears ... exposed. And on the left?

Nothing. Searches for liberal commentators did not reveal any racy photos — in fact, they didn't display any images at all. Could Google's algorithms be expressing a political bias? Or, more likely, are conservative pundits simply more photogenic? Whatever the cause — glitch or political in-joke — other Googlers have decided that the equal-time principle applies to search-engine bikini shots. A search for "Michelle Malkin" no longer includes any images, and the Photoshopped image of Ann Coulter has also disappeared. Pity. We were so looking forward to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann in a Speedo.