On Tuesday, my pager went off indicating abnormal traffic pattern on Independent Sources. We were getting an unusual amount of search engine traffic for “Holly Ashcraft” as well as other related terms like “USC baby trash.” It turns out that Law & Order was running a show with a plot line mirroring the Ashcraft case. […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A big hat tip and thank you to Area 417 for pointing us to the Fark photoshopping treatment of children’s books by Ted Kennedy. This was our favorite:
Many, many as funny.
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Anti-drug abuse groups are rumored to be in discussions of bringing back the”this is your brain on drugs” campaign with Leif Garrett at its center. According to the experts at Independent Sources, it is hard to find a more disturbing before-and-after image of the harrowing effects of drug abuse.
From left to right..”Sweet innocence, casual […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From a survey in Newsweek’s online edition this week:
Memo to the online edition staff: y’all might want to include your own medium there …
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The quiz also asks whether your biggest domestic concern is the war in Iraq. Let me get that map of the U.S. I had …
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The Los Angeles Times has established what it takes to be a “former” pop star — you can’t have had a hit in almost thirty years.
Michael Jackson fans expressed relief that their idol will continue to be considered simply a current “pop star” for several more years, despite years of poor album sales.
The distinction […]
Okay, we could come up with about 10 million reasons to not live in Los Angeles including getting shot at by road-raged drivers while stuck in traffic on the 405. But on days like today (sunny, mild temperatures) or last Friday (sunny, warm) when one can ride 40 miles on a beach front bike path […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From Newsbusters:
By now, we’ve all heard about Hillary Clinton’s bombastic “plantation” remark at an MLK Day event at a Harlem church yesterday (Monday, January 16, 2006).
One place you won’t hear about it is in today’s print edition of the Los Angeles Times, who failed to find room for even one word about the statement.
Remarkably, earlier […]
When Harry Shearer signs off his weekly show from “Santa Monica, the “home of the homeless,” he’s not kidding. An estimated 700-1,000 people live on the city’s streets (and in its doorways, and parks, …).
This isn’t news. Former LA Times reporter Mack Reed wrote in LAVoice that “Santa Monica opened its arms to the homeless […]
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We’ve been with Lunarpages since our inception and have recommended them to many friends. However, they say that Independent Sources is using too much of our shared server’s resources, so we either pay $99 / month for a dedicated box, or move […]
Cheerleading, tumbling lessons and camps since age 3: $30,000
Annual cost of attending USC: $50,000
Annual cost for staying just the right shade of blond: $10,000
Cheering when the other team scores: Priceless
I know that this photo has already been widely circulated, heck it’s been two weeks already. However since someone took the effort to apply a “priceless” […]
Say what you want about the sweeps months leading to the lowering of standards for local newscasts as they leverage salacious stories to prop up their ratings, the problem has grown to be year-round.
CBS2’s January 16th 6 pm newscast had the following serious stories during the newscast:
1. No clemency for convicted killer (story time unknown […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Coincidence? Independent Sources is not so sure and found these photos on this thought-provoking web site. You make the call.
If you are still not convinced but are a reader of the New York Times (and thus are used to seeing doctored photos passed off as legitimate news photos) then you might appreciate the minor changes […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From CNN.com:
Iran’s government banned CNN journalists from working in the country Monday after a translation error broadcast by CNN mistakenly quoted Iran’s president as saying his nation has the right to build nuclear weapons, the state-run news agency said. The dispute arises from a moment of simultaneous translation Saturday.
As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was speaking, […]
Hope you enjoyed our special anniversary posting:
We couldn’t think of a more appropriate way of celebrating the 1-year anniversary of Independent Sources so all week-end long visitors were met with this server error (pretty cool, huh?).
We’re not sure how we’ll celebrate next year’s anniversary. Perhaps we will take the occasion to infect all visitor’s […]
Independent Sources had not been in existence during the first public scandal for the Condit family so it was nice of them to drum up another one for us to enjoy. (Kind of like what Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, and Scott Peterson keep doing for us).
About a year ago, Larry King interviewed the Condit kids, […]
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