Salon has a story today by Margriet Oostveen, a Dutch journalist for NRC Handelsblad, detailing her job as a volunteer for the McCain campaign: Ghost-writing fake letters of support for the candidate, following prescribed talking points. This follows a long history in public relations of "astroturfin… Read full post »

(UPDATE: Off to a strong start with dazzling submissions by Louis, Kristopher, Daniel, Jerry, Michal and Ben. Page, that doesn't count!)

To test a bunch of features all at once, I'm going to pander to the cheapest trick I can think of: A cute… Read full post »

Salon writers and readers are more than a little obsessed with the final season of "The Wire." (Read the current wrap-up of Sunday's episode here.)

 

With one episode left (and HBO refusing to put the final episode on its On Demand service -- drats!) what are your predictions… Read full post »

In last week's SF focus group, there seemed a unanimous desire for more direct call-to-action messaging on the Open cover, directing users to . . . do something. It's a great point. And whether we actually use a slogan on the site or not, I thought it might be a good… Read full post »