Is "BREAKING NEWS!" a joke?

Breaking News! It gets your attention even when some news reports aren't that accurate or urgent. Is this just a method to put the withering television news back in the spotlight? RT's Priya Sridhar explains that ten years ago you would only see breaking news when there was something breaking but today it's so common with the pressure to fill a 24 hour news cycle and remain competitive.

TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults

Doing away with kid-friendly info bubbles and colorful photos, new 'TIME Advanced' will cater to adults with an interest in news.

Welcome to the Idiocracy

You know our society has become too stupid for its own good when this is considered news.

Seriously?

6 Subtle Ways the News Media Disguises Bullshit as Fact

So, I am guilty of spending far more time than is socially acceptable reading articles on Cracked.com. And the most evil thing about that website is that once you get to the bottom of the article, you are given about a dozen links to other Cracked articles tangentially related to the one you just finished. Two hours later, your productivity has ground to a halt, but you've acquired a disturbing amount of information on the subject of weird sexual fetishes.

Accounts of my distractability aside, I just found this great Cracked article - 6 Subtle Ways the News Media Disguises Bullshit as Fact - that definitely deserves a look. It's a really good look into how the media is able to sneak bias into their stories while presenting it as fact. And into how news stories can often just be complete bullshit hiding behind a sensational headline.

Michael Jackson News Coverage: Two Libertarian Views

Roderick Long didn't like it, Lew Rockwell did.