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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1694 days ago

Adverstalgia: Taste Thou the Fruit of the Freakies Tree

By James Poniewozik

Yesterday’s discussion about sugared cereal, commercials and Gen X nostalgia for our dangerous youth got me wondering about my favorite breakfast treat from when I was five or six years old. Behold, proof that everything is indeed on YouTube: Fun facts: * Freakies’ flavor = Quisp = awesome * Despite the art, the commercials’ animation [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1694 days ago

Should Reporters Give to Campaigns?

By James Poniewozik

I dunno if this is a Swampland or a Tuned In topic, but I’ll take it: MSNBC (link via Romenesko) just posted an extensive study of reporters–TV, radio and print–who have contributed to political campaigns, with or without the blessing of their company policies. (The donations are a matter of public record.) You probably won’t [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1695 days ago

Lost Discussion Group: What's Up with Walt?

By James Poniewozik

For this week’s LDG, let’s go back to the first season and a character who promised to be very, very significant in Lost’s future: Walt. In the first season, we got a glimpse of Walt’s apparent psychic abilities, which made him a kindred spirit to Locke. (Walt, after all, was the one character who wanted [...]