Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the Amateur is a blistering tirade against “Web 2.0,” blogs, YouTube, citizen journalists, and the like. Keen champions professional journalists as bastions of truth; however, in an off-handed comment, Keen admitted that his own book wasn’t fact-checked. Accordingly, the book fails to fulfill its own calls for accuracy and objectivity. […]
Investor Liquidates Conscience
NEW YORK, NY — In an unprecedented move, a Wall Street trader today liquidated his conscience in order to settle its debts with his ego, a spokesman for the trader said. The trader, Franc DeFraud, made the move shortly after the market opened. The sell is expected to greatly increase DeFraud’s disposable income and ego. […]
Bin Laden Found on MySpace
CYBERSPACE — Suspected terrorist and one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was recently found on the popular networking site MySpace. For security reasons, the CIA has declined to release the exact Internet address of the terrorist. However, the agency did release printouts and details of the terrorist’s profile on the site. Bin Laden […]
Math Responsible for Global Warming
A new report on global warming cites mathematics as the main culprit behind the phenomena. The report, entitled "Shoot the Messenger: How to Cope With Climate Change" was released by the American Institute of Foreign Petroleum. "Were it not for algebra, the upward slope in the average global tempurature would have gone unnoticed and unproven," […]