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Leave it to the Jonas Brothers to cause President Barack Obama to say something that would upset Keith Olbermann and rally Brit Hume to his side. While most of the President’s comedy monologue at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last Saturday was quite warmly received, some in the media are protesting that jokingly threatening the boy band with predator drones– which have been linked to civilian deaths abroad– is disrespectful to the loss of human life. The issue has Olbermann disagreeing with the president’s choice and Hume calling the complaints “absurd.”

the aughts

This week, the New York Times Magazine was dedicated to their newly traditional Year In Ideas thinkpiece. It’s always a fantastic collection of new discoveries, shifts in ways of thinking, and products that we’re likely to hear more about in years to come. It tries, in many ways, to be predictive; to isolate still-germinating concepts [...]

Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace interviewed Vice President Dick Cheney this weekend generated lots of headlines for Cheney’s stunning admission that he was okay with interrogation techniques that went “beyond the specific legal authorization.” But at least one media critic found Wallace’s interviewing techniques to be less than stellar. Andrew Sullivan writes on his blog an article titled “Chris Wallace, A Teenage Girl Interviewing The Jonas Brothers“.

Jonas Brothers identity crisis on the cover of Rolling Stone; Who can think about Prince’s Purple Rain at a time like this? And! Some genuine musicians, who we want to read more about.