Hey, Zoners! I had a few good news items find their way to my inbox just in the past 24 hours, so I thought I’d share early this week. Here’s your zeitgeist for July 21st, the mid-week drive-by edition. Did Newsweek get a Colbert bump? The early numbers are in for the special Colbert-edited issue [...]
The Colbert Issue: A Newsweek Omnibus
June 14, 2009 By
Remember back two weeks ago when we still didn’t know where in the world or when Stephen Colbert was going and Newsweek announced he’d be the first ever guest editor of the magazine? Remember back when Stephen still had a lovely, rich, full head of gorgeous hair and we were shocked (shocked, I say!) to [...]
Spc Tareq Salha gets more on-air time at home
June 10, 2009 By
On last night’s broadcast from Baghdad, Stephen’s guests were Spc. Tareq Salha and Sgt. Robin Balcom. This morning the CBS affiliate in Chicago interviewed the city’s own Spc. Salha. Sorry I can’t embed it, but you can view the interview here. There’s a bit of a satellite delay, but he gets a chance to say [...]
Guest editor Stephen Colbert edits Newsweek’s “Letters” page
June 8, 2009 By
Tip of the hat to Roland (who’s been digging up links right and left these past couple days), who pointed us in the direction of the “Letters” page of the current issue of Newsweek. As you may recall from the article in the New York Observer, we were told we could expect “a section dedicated [...]
EDIT: Stephen Colbert on the cover of Newsweek – Yay or Nay?
June 7, 2009 By
For those of you who have been reading the site today, you’ll know that my impression of the new cover of Newsweek was definitely not on the positive side: However, after the interesting discussions in the comments, I decided that a bit of a Mea Culpa is in order. While my personal opinion of the [...]