Media
Twitter War: School District Vs. Daily News
A few weeks ago, the Scoop begged the universe to teach the Daily News how to use Twitter correctly. The universe has answered those prayers. […]
Someone Please Teach the Daily News How to Tweet
The Scoop acknowledges that everyone — himself included — makes mistakes. Everyone, however, does not tweet their mistakes without any context. Even famed tweeter and Daily […]
Philadelphia: 13th Most Underrated City in the World
Hoagies? Check. Rocky? Check. Liberty Bell? Check. Travel + Leisure‘s new list of the world’s most underrated cities ranks Philly in the 13th position and […]
See Bradley Cooper Cry
At first the Scoop didn’t believe Bradley Cooper’s claim that he “couldn’t stop crying” during the taping of Inside the Actors Studio, but fellow doubter […]
Charlie Sheen Calls Wired 96.5
How Meta. Yesterday, Wired 96.5 commissioned an airplane to fly over Charlie Sheen’s house. Attached to the plane was a banner that read, “Philly’s Wired […]
Don’t You Know That We’re Toxic?
According to Forbes.com, we’re living in the most toxic city in America. Our “wooder” quality and hazardous waste sites helped us achieve the title. [via […]
Insert ‘Rat’ Cliche Here
Upper Darby Pizzeria Proprietor Plays To Win, Loses. The cops say he tried to infest a competing pizza shop with mice. If their report is […]
Citypaper and Philadelphia Weekly Need to Step It Up
Good news for local culture junkies: The Onion’s local edition, the A.V. Club, launched this morning. Bad news for the alt-weeklies: The A.V. Club’s curated […]
Larry Mendte Won the Lottery
In our March issue — which hits newsstands later this week — Larry Mendte opens up about his life after the Alycia Lane scandal. In […]
Better Cops Needed
The Police Department Needs Better Cops. So says the It’s Our Money crew in an editorial today: “Bad cops are a signal, not that all […]
Are Dropouts Pushed Out?
Are High School Dropouts “Pushed Out”? In Philly, four in 10 public high-school students will never graduate, which is, of course, unacceptable. The group Youth […]
We Stopped Caring About the Barnes a Year Ago
Milton Street Will—Quote—“Wax Eloquent All Up And Down.” Yesterday, John Street’s convicted-tax-cheat brother and his “army of ex-offenders” announced his bid for mayor, demanding that […]
Memo to Philly.com: This Logo Is Hideous
The Scoop is not a professional graphic designer. He has no background in art. He has received no training in what makes something aesthetically pleasing. […]
Ed Rendell Is the New Daily News Sports Columnist
There’s a lot happening over on North Broad Street today! It’s Larry Platt’s first day in charge and in his introductory manifesto is making the […]
Comcast: Brace Yourselves
USA Today analyzes what the media giant will do with NBC news and the scrutiny Comcast will soon face nationally. Perhaps years of threats and […]