ComPost Archive: Bad Advice
Vivian Schiller resigns from NPR. So prank journalism is okay now?
NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller turned in her resignation Wednesday, in view of a video by conservative prankster James O'Keefe in which an NPR senior official slammed the Tea Party and said, among other things, that NPR might fare better...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 9, 2011; 2:45 PM ET |
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Bad Advice, Petri, Reality? Television, That's awkward
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James O'Keefe, NPR, journalism, pranks
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Happy Fat Tuesday! What I'm giving up for Lent
Today's Fat Tuesday. That means tomorrow is the start of Lent, the season of self-denial immortalized in the Josh Hartnett film 40 Days and 40 Nights, and possibly also in the Bible somewhere. Time to think about making improving changes!...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 8, 2011; 4:06 PM ET |
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Bad Advice, Only on the Internet, Petri
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Before limiting college students' voting rights, stop old people!
They're monolithic! They come flooding into the polls with an overwhelming sense that their way is right and a total lack of mooring in what's actually happening on the ground. They listen to strange music. They dress in funky sweaters...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 7, 2011; 6:10 PM ET |
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Kirk Douglas, the Oscars and the power of age
Maybe our youth-obsessed culture is like Samson -- lost its power when Justin Bieber cut his hair. I enjoyed the Oscars. Disclosure: My college roommate and bosom companion wrote jokes for the telecast, so I'd been programmed to enjoy them...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 28, 2011; 8:09 PM ET |
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From Gaddafi to Walker, why you should never be polite
There's nothing more dangerous than politeness. Sure, other things are risky - walking backwards to lead a tour in an area you're not familiar with, being Charlie Sheen, being a white powdered substance in Charlie Sheen's home. But I'd rather...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 24, 2011; 12:08 PM ET |
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Bad Advice, Epic Failures, Petri, Worst Things Ever
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Cell phones alter brain activity? Of course!
Cell phone use alters brain activity? Of course it does. They say holding a cell phone next to your head increases brain activity by 7 percent. That's probably true. Since getting a cell phone, at least 7 percent of my...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 23, 2011; 6:40 PM ET |
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Bad Advice, Petri, That's awkward
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cell phones, kids these days, oops, technology
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