It’s Friday, the real news is depressing, and this has a connection to our most recent alma mater. Plus it brutalizes the LA Times, which around here makes it pure media critique gold:
Multiple links embedded in the original, but we’re going to make you click through as a small way of making up for our somewhat lax interpretations of fair use. The problem with those Annenberg School sinecures, by the by, is that eventually they expect you to produce something. Trust us on this. You can put it off for a year or two, but eventually they make demands for “papers” and “progress toward your [sic] PhD.” Or so we’ve heard.
References:
* Who Has to Try to Kill Themselves in this Town to Make the Front Page? [Kausfiles]
Previously:
* Slate’s Negative Review of 300 Provides Countless Reasons To See The Movie
* I Wish I Had An LA Times Subscription, So I Could Cancel It
* Maybe the Dumbest Slate Headline Ever
