Modified magazine

The rumor is that advertisers aren't renewing contracts, circulation is dwindling, and splits within the company are making it difficult to operate. We've also heard that the expectations that Motor Trend's YouTube channel would be self-supporting weren't met and YouTube shut off all the money they were spending on it. … [Read more...] about Modified

Meanwhile, would-be shock bombs keep going off with deadening consistency. Screenwriter John Phillips attempts to invent memorably profane dialogue and piles on the poor-man’s-Apatow insult-reference names, both with about a 10-percent success rate. He goes through these reference monikers so fast that two different characters refer to Efron as Terminator-like, once modified by “Mitt Romney” and once by “cockblocking.” If only the determination ascribed to Efron had any comic bite; he plays Jason with the same moist-eyed blandness he brings to romantic comedies or DJ dramas, miles from the winning riff on that persona he performed in Neighbors. … [Read more...] about Dirty Grandpa

For the past few years, Group has appeared frequently on Jones’s program to talk about supplements, health trends, and the dangers of vaccines, which he has suggested for years are linked to autism (They are not). Questionable medical experts like Dr. Oz and his support for unproven faux-medical treatments, or Dr. Phil and his penchant for casual exploitation of tragedy and mental illness make for good TV no matter your position on the “liberty movement.” But lately, some of our most prominent faux experts are leaping out of the television and into government: Dr. Ben Carson, who has claimed, falsely, that some vaccines are superfluous, is head of Housing and Urban Development, appointed by a president who’s also openly skeptical of vaccines and willing to publicly consider the discredited idea that they cause autism. … [Read more...] about Alex Jones and His Pill-Pushing Chiropractor Are Here to Save Your Colon From the Globalists

These sorts of mistakes are incremental blunders that add up to a real problem. The way news breaks matters. Nebulous reports on ISIS using encryption tools during the Paris attacks spurred hysterical recommendations by US politicians before anyone had a chance to thoroughly assess what went down. When powerful people use the most sensational version of a story to push their agendas, minimizing the amount of sensationalism is a vital task. … [Read more...] about There Is No 24/7 ISIS Help Desk