NPR: What if Marijuana Were Legal - more prohibitionist rhetoric

They were promoting it all day long. Since April 20th, or 4/20 has become somewhat of an unofficial holiday for pot smokers around the country, National Public Radio's All Things Considered announced they would acknowledge this day by taking a look at the issue of cannabis...

April Fools or Legit? You Decide!

I look around, I look around and I see a lot of dodgy stories out there on the Internet. More than usual, since it's April Fool's Day! In fact, it's been a real mission to separate the true jewels from the genuine...

Weekly Radio Spin: Like Ads, Only More So

Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at the cost of secrecy, "eco-driving" and greasing the...

Fake Hookers + Fake Credit Cards + Fake 13yr olds = Marketing?

What a virtual world we travel through sometimes. A (relatively) innocent marketing ploy designed to draw in backlinks for a financial services comparison website in London has stirred up media attention ranging...

Do you trust the Media?

"Public Relations videos (or Video News Releases) created either by corporations or governments featuring a specific subject. The idea of these videos is to promote a certain product or a specific idea (political or otherwise).News networks are sponsored to show these videos...

My Ribbed, Lubricated Entry into the Presidential Race [Commentary by faktori...

A lot of people are asking why it's been a while since my last editorial. I assure you it’s not because of my recent appearance on Dateline NBC. (For the record, it’s not my fault it takes lots of Tootsie...

The Onion Brings Fake News to Web Video

The Onion News Network launches tomorrow, and its fearless leader is promising that fans who want to share the video won't face the same harrassment that awaits YouTubers who post stuff owned by Viacom.This...

BECKHAM EXCITED TO PLAY FOR GALAXY FAN -- Hilarious Story

"BECKHAM COMING TO AMERICA -- EXCITED TO PLAY FOR GALAXY FAN"

Levis 0.000501 Jeans Provoke Controversy

San Francisco (Digital Dementia News Services)  – Levi Strauss, maker of the immensely popular “Levi 501” jeans is in massive retreat after conservative religious groups denounced its latest line...

Mother of God Appears in Chocolate Drippings

Fountain Valley, California (Digital Dementia News Services)  -- Workers at a chocolate company have discovered a 2-inch-tall (5-centimeter-tall) column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a...

Get Ready for the Marlboro Mandrill

Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Digital Dementia News Services) - The tobacco industry is coming under criticism again for new tactics it is allegedly employing in its efforts to stem the steep decline in...

Half of All Americans Have Below Average IQs!

(Digital Dementia News Services) A study published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that almost fifty percent of Americans are of “below average” intelligence. According to...

Travel Tips & Reviews: Club Monk

We’re in the peak of vacation season now. So where are you going to take your family this year? Paris? Cape Town? Bali? Nah! Why bother? Anywhere you go you’re going to find the same high-priced hotels,...

Vatican Inter-religious "Kegger" Planned

Rome (Digital Dementia News Services) - Pope Benedict plans to invite the heads of the world’s major religions to the Vatican for what has been characterized as a religious summit the likes of which the...

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