Indeed, the tide is turning for Katie Couric. The former Today personality who two years ago tried making it as an evening news anchor has struggled for ratings and, in this industry, respect. She got neither. But the presidential election may save this woman. Last week we noted how the Keith Olbermann controversy had overtaken all the drumbeating about Couric's terrible audience numbers and her inevitable split with CBS' Les Moonves. And today, David Carr — who is not a member of the Times new media desk — repeats our thesis. CONTINUED »
“Me love you long time–” the quote comes from a Vietnamese prostitute in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, but 2 Live Crew made it infamous in the song “Me So Horny.” Fergie, Nelly Furtado, and Mariah Carey have all used the line or variations of it in their songs, but do they know that it’s considered a racial and sexual slur by many? Probably not. MTV talked to some prominent Asian Americans, some of whom have to regularly deal with “Me so horny; me love you long time” being yelled at them on the street, about the line and what it means to them when they hear it.
Vote today in the National Organization for Women's "Media Hall of Shame: 2008 Election Edition." Don't let David Shuster or Cameron Cardow win against your pick! [ Jun 23, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond
Now that Sen. Hillary Clinton is squarely out of the running for president, it's the perfect time for the media, desperate for new angles for Dems v. Repubs election battle that's barely kicked into gear, to reflect on the very small, minute, seemingly impossible possibility that the press was unfair – some say sexist! – to the New York senator.
Are the charges of sexism merely sour grapes from women who feel disenfranchised now that the leader of all womynkind will not be president? Or are they legitimate charges against a group of good 'ole boys who were not only unfair to Clinton, but not exactly welcome to the idea that they were unfair?
In quizzing a swath of media types, the Times, like a bisexual couple at a swingers party, found it goes both ways: CONTINUED »
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