‘Upvoted’, A New Podcast by Reddit About the People and Stories Behind the Links That Make the Front Page

“https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted/id954162809”> src= “http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/upvoted-750×393.png” alt=”upvoted” width=”750″ height=”393″/> “https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted/id954162809”>Upvoted is a new podcast by reddit that focuses on the people and stories behind the links that make it to the site’s front page. The “https://soundcloud.com/upvoted/episode-0-the-story-of-uyoungluck-dante-orpilla”> first episode of the show focuses on reddit user Dante Orpilla, his story of redemption, and how he came to work at reddit….

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Agent Peggy Carter’s Toughest Mission: Dealing With Misogynist Jerks – A new video from Leigh Lahav!

“//www.youtube.com/embed/kSSze9A6X9E” width=”640″> Boy, times sure were tough for women in the 1940s! It’s so great that now in modern times we live in a completely equal society where women are treated the same way as men are and—oh. Oh. (via Leigh Lahav) Are you following The Mary Sue on “https://twitter.com/#!/TheMarySue/” target= “_blank”>Twitter, “http://www.facebook.com/themarysue” target= “_blank”>Facebook, target=”_blank”>Tumblr,…

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In the Wake of Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech Does Not Mean Freedom From Criticism « The Hooded Utilitarian

On Wednesday morning, the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo was attacked by three masked gunmen, armed with kalashnikovs, who stormed the building and killed ten of its staff and two police officers. The gunmen are currently understood to be Muslim extremists. This attack came minutes after the paper tweeted this drawing of ISIS leader Abu…

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Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support The Artists You’re Exploiting

The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical French newspaper featuring acerbic cartoons and comics, is shocking. Twelve people are dead, 11 injured. These attacks threaten the freedom of the press. But the media’s response has been troubling. Coverage lionizes Charlie Hebdo as an institution, while also taking advantage of the cartooning community. Charlie…

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» Dean Baquet calls Marc Cooper an ‘asshole’ for posting a ‘thoughtless and arrogant’ note JIMROMENESKO.COM

Dean Baquet calls Marc Cooper an ‘asshole’ for posting a ‘thoughtless and arrogant’ note Posted on Facebook In another comment on his Facebook wall, USC Annenberg journalism professor Marc Cooper writes: “You just happen to be wrong. man. I call you that instead of your word ‘asshole’ as I try to meet long standing standards…

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In Solidarity With a Free Press: Some More Blasphemous Cartoons – The Intercept

Defending free speech and free press rights, which typically means defending the right to disseminate the very ideas society finds most repellent, has been one of my principal passions for the last 20 years: previously as a lawyer and now as a journalist. So I consider it positive when large numbers of people loudly invoke this principle, as has been…

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