Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“Can I give you a call?” It’s the worst possible reply to an email, but one I receive all too often in the course of reporting. Phone calls are journalistically indispensable when you want to conduct an extended interview, but for a routine query or point of clarification, email is much, much better. Besides which,…
PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — In a matter of seconds, Pedestal Rock at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast was no more. Erosion didn’t claim the famous formation. Video appears to show vandals doing it, and David Kalas said he caught them in the act. “It’s just like such a slap in the face, you know what…
Workers say they want people to see the “real Chipotle.” Photo: Joe Raedle Disgruntled workers are starting to detail the ways Chipotle allegedly screwed them out of wages, and so far the stories definitely make the problem sound bigger than “a few rogue managers” not following policy (as the chain has suggested). CNNMoney — which…
Why I’m suing Chipotle for ‘wage theft’ storytext Leah Turner claims she worked hundreds — maybe even thousands — of hours at Chipotle without getting paid. Her manager would tell her to “clock out” but continue working until all of her tasks were done, Turner says. So she would keep going, knowing that the extra…
Photo Gretchen Carlson, a former anchor at Fox News, filed suit on July 6, leading to Roger Ailes’s ouster two weeks later. Credit Bryan Anselm for The New York Times The parent company of Fox News said on Tuesday that it had settled a lawsuit with its former anchor Gretchen Carlson, who said that Roger…
cache hit 219:single/related:638773830a99b9be3550a9dfeee3de1d empty On June 30, 2016, a costly battle took place in Eve: Online. An alliance of players calling themselves the Imperium—assisted by allies in the game’s low security region—destroyed four Titan-class ships (the game’s largest and most expensive), and inflicted damage worth half a trillion of the in-game currency (ISK) on their…
The organisers of an exclusive camp at Nevada’s Burning Man festival have denounced “hooligans” whom they accuse of raiding their camp, stealing items, gluing trailer doors shut and cutting the power. Pershing County sheriff’s office was called to the festival to investigate after the night-time raid targeting the White Ocean camp as it hosted its…
By now we’ve all heard Lena Dunham’s comments from an interview she participated in with Amy Schumer where the two discussed NFL star New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who Dunham was seated next to at the Met Gala last week. What the comments boil down to is yet another example of entitlement and…
It took 15 days to end the mighty 20-year reign of Roger Ailes at Fox News, one of the most storied runs in media and political history. Ailes built not just a conservative cable news channel but something like a fourth branch of government; a propaganda arm for the GOP; an organization that determined Republican…
Photo: Mark Davis/WireImage Even in the truly bizarre lineup of guests at the Roast of Rob Lowe, one non-comedian, non-actor, magnet-of-hate, Ann Coulter, really had trouble selling her “sense of humor” to the crowd. Coulter has since claimed credit for writing most of her own jokes, which is a bold…