Here’s something everybody should understand about journalism. The reporters, columnists and news anchors you follow almost …
Boardwalk Empire
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Iranians Protest Election, Tweeps Protest CNN
Over the weekend, as protests over the alleged re-election win of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swelled in Iran, reports on the unrest in the country leaked out onto Twitter. (Even as the government of that country was evidently restricting access to opposition websites and text-messaging.) But in the Twitterverse, a separate uprising took place, …
Hard Sell
On his excellent Art Law Blog the New York attorney Donn Zaretzky has been playing devil’s advocate on the topic of deaccessioning — the occasional practice by museums of selling off works in their “permanent” collection. As you probably know, the longtime rule of both the American Association of Museums and the Association of Art …
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Top Terror Leader Dishes in Web Chat!
OK, this is not exactly TV-related, but it is fascinating nonetheless. al-Qaeda’s number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has posted answers to questions solicited on jihadist websites early this year and last year. Bin Laden’s deputy responded to often-hostile questions on subjects ranging from the killing of Muslim innocents to al-Qaeda’s action …
All-TIME 100 Albums
The album may be dead, but it’s certainly not forgotten. TIME’s critics have chosen the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954.
All-TIME 100 Novels
Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME.
All-TIME 100 Movies
TIME’s Richard Corliss updates our All-TIME 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923 — the beginning of TIME — with 20 new entries