Prejudice, advertising and degree

For those who haven’t seen this segment on the Gruen Transfer, go and watch it first. Be warned, it’s offensive and designed to be. (For overseas readers, the Gruen Transfer is a TV show analysing advertising with competitors creating ads for outrageous...

Hysterically funny…

journey2master  is on the phone to goldfish42 , who just shared this with us — warning NOT SAFE FOR WORK:When you’re done, watch the out-takes. Brilliant.

Freaking awesome journalism

For anyone who’s interested in women and the media (and you all know that’s one of *my* Mastermind special topics), check out this terrific piece from Salon on how women newscasters in the US have covered this election.

The world’s going to hell, but never mind

I don’t have time to write my own entry right now (too busy marking) but instead I’ll point you at anthonybaxter  and crazyjane13  for excellent analyses of both the American "I can’t believe it’s not socialism" $700 billion...

Click here for Convergence

Final session. Gerard Noonan has started with a description of how filing in the old days involved finding a pay phone, dropping a coin in the slot, dialing, unscrewing the cover of the handset and attaching alligator clips to it to send what he calls...