Oh dear God in heaven. There goes PBS. From an interview in the NYT Magazine with the new interim president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: As the chief executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, you’ve been said to represent the growing influence of conservative politics in public TV and radio. Believe it or …

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In the “Oh, get a life” department, I happened to hear the top of ESPN’s SportsCenter last night. Mel Kiper, Chris Berman, and some other guy (Mortenson, maybe?) were talking about Saturday’s NFL draft. I heard Kiper say something like “I’ll take a lot of memories away from this day.” What? It’s a damn football …

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