Google Says It Wants to Help Publishers Fight Facebook
This is some amazing double-talk bullshit from Google. It’s almost remarkable. But some publishers remain skeptical. via Facebook http://ift.tt/2bocG1o through IFTTT
Archive - August 17th, 2016
The teacher pay gap is wider than ever: Teachers’ pay continues to fall further behind pay of comparable workers
Teacher pay isn’t just bad, it’s getting worse. The teacher pay penalty is bigger than ever. In 2015, public school teachers’ weekly wages were 17.0 percent lower than those of comparable workers—compared with just 1.8 percent lower in 1994. via Facebook http://ift.tt/2bnDzDQ through IFTTT
Reductress Is Devoting Its Entire Site to Rape Jokes That Punch Up
“The articles were posted after a popular New York City comedian was banned from the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy network after he was accused of rape by multiple women. Since then, several (mostly) male members of the community have jumped to the accused’s defense […] “Our female comedian friends were feeling pretty frustrated with a […]
Louisiana’s quiet crisis: Cable news and the folly of disaster porn coverage
“The issue is how comparatively little attention a story like this receives, a story of devastating consequence, and, clearly, a story that doesn’t fit neatly into pre-established media narratives. It’s just regular people living out their Sisyphean nightmares in places no one cares about.” The worst natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy is happening right now. […]
