Bad Behavior
New Rules for Live Car Chases on TV News
I know exactly how a suicide was broadcast live on Fox News. I have been in the anchor chair and provided play-by-play for dozens of […]
Convention Center Lost $15 Million Show Over Electric Screwdrivers
Philadelphia is a maddening place. And nowhere are things more maddening than at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Roger Goodell and His Rich Bosses Won’t Give In Till a Player Is Hurt
If Roger Goodell and his filthy-rich bosses don’t have the regular officials back on the field by Sunday’s games, then the only thing that will […]
Staphmeal’s Joshua Scott Albert Turning Himself In, Needs a Lawyer
Joshua Scott Albert, the blogger behind Staphmeal, tells the Philly Post that he is planning on turning himself in to the Philadelphia Police Department on […]
Michael Vick Deserves Old-School 700-Level Jeers
Looking back at this week in the news, the anniversary of 9/11 made everything else feel insignificant by comparison—quite a feat in this election season […]
Of Course a Cheating Husband Proposes to His Mistress Near a Toilet
Cheating is cheating. That’s all there is to it. No getting around it. You can explain it away or justify it or blame someone else […]
This Guy Doesn’t Really Want to Kill Mitt Romney or Cops
Staphmeal blogger Joshua Scott Albert, who came to notoriety in Philadelphia for saying nasty, generally unintelligent and sometimes anti-Semitic things about restaurants and their owners, […]
Overly Sensitive Olympics Viewers Are Wrong About NBC’s Monkey Promo
The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about […]
Obama Says Temple Shooting Could Prove We Love Each Other
Think of it this way: You’re in the middle of a long day at work, you’re signing some documents that need to go out the […]
Teenage Plastic Surgery Won’t End Bullying
Earlier this week, CNN host Dr. Sanjay Gupta featured Nadia Ilse, a 14-year-old girl who received plastic surgery to stop bullying. Through the Little Baby […]
City of Philadelphia Wants to Protect the Nitwits
We all got a big kick out of the city’s April Fools’ prank this year—the world’s first “e-lane” for distracted pedestrians—but the joke did carry a message: […]
Why Would ABC Bother With Journalism When They Can Just Google James Holmes?
Earth to TV news: Speed kills. Americans’ confidence in TV news has hit an all-time low, says a new Gallup poll, and it doesn’t take […]
Banning Guns Won’t Stop Evil
As we see the pictures of the dead, read the stories of the wounded, hear interviews with those who escaped unharmed, and watch the video […]
Judge Was Right to Tell Mom to Cut Off Daughter’s Ponytail
We know about an eye for an eye. But a ponytail for a ponytail? A Utah Judge recently ordered a 13-year-old girl to serve 30 […]
Now the Media Is Bullying School Bus Monitor Karen Klein
I was 11 years old that night I went out after dinner to Mr. Grocer. Mr. Grocer was a small, 7-Eleven-type store a few blocks […]