What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today:
• This! RT @keithallgamer: @maryannjohanson Loving Doctor Who and not loving Moffat’s version of Doctor Who are two separate things.
• Because you’ve been wondering about this… The 19th Century Painting That Most Blockbuster Movie Posters Are Based On
• Disturbing look at White Supremacist Star Wars fans (they root for the Empire). FFFF [Fascist fun and frolics Friday]: Are we the baddies? (quite old but I just found it)
• I didn’t watch the Golden Globes, but now I feel like I did. (Videos viewable only from US IP addresses.) Jodie Foster, Drunk Glenn Close and the 5 Best Moments from the 2013 Golden Globe Awards
• More on that CNET/CBS story. Basically, corporate overlords dictating journalists’ content is a really big problem with no solution except not having corporate overlords for journalists. The 2013 Best of CES Awards: CNET’s story
• So, does this mean 3D is finally dead (again)? Disney cancels ‘Little Mermaid 3-D,’ dates ‘Pirates 5’ for 2015
• Arianna Huffington wants everyone to de-stress and relax. Does this mean she’s going to start paying her writers for their work? Cuz, you know, poverty and creative despair are pretty stressful… Arianna Huffington Doesn’t Want You to Answer Her Emails On Weekends
(hat-tip for today’s links: thebrainofchris)
The CNET/CBS thing is just so bizarre, I don’t know what to make of it. On the one hand, there is a conflict of interest there. Although, it usually plays out the other way – i.e. if CNET had panned the Dish Hopper (and what a gawdawful name that is), Dish Network would have cried foul. I’m not sure why CNET’s editorial staff was caught off guard. And ultimately, it’s basically an opinion piece being quashed. They weren’t being told to name the thing “Worst in show”.
On the other hand, doesn’t CBS keep their divisions, y’know, divided? Isn’t this the sort of thing “full disclosure” footnotes are supposed to deal with? Is CBS corporate in the habit of dictating to the editorial staffs of their news divisions? Do they not consider tech news to be news? WTF is going on with them?
From your lips to Bob Iger’s (giant Mickey Mouse) ears.