BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins joined Cenk Uygur on The Young Turks to discuss his piece on the conservative media “race war.” “If you spend a couple days reading the conservative blogosphere…you will hear about this idea of a slow burning race war,” Coppins said.
Celebrity Buzz Keith Olbermann appeared on The Colbert Report for some good-natured sparring with Stephen, verbally jousting over Olbermann's reboot of Countdown on Current TV. And Stephen isn't wearing any pants. Because.
http://current.com/items/91442946_the-stupid-virus.htm
Current.tv's made a cartoon over the weekendThe Stupid Virus featuring a caricature of Sarah Palin with the title “TWILF” which is a combination of her moniker of “MILF” (mother I'd like to…) and Twitter.
Culture Buzz Since we apparently can't get enough cougar action, Current TV's Ben Hoffman hit the convention to chat up the ladies and (sadly) even more entertaining: the “cougar hunters.”
This photo was released this morning by the North Korean news agency. This proves two things. One, Bill Clinton was there and did meet with Kim Il Jong; and two, they need much better cameras. Or learn how to photoshop.
Movie Buzz Getting ready to plunge into the 12+ hours of Harry Potter movies needed to prepare to see the newly-released 6th film? Put away the Red Bull and let The Rotten Tomatoes Show's Brett Erlich do it for you. A truly grand sacrifice made for the rest of us. Thank you Brett.
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/
We have buried $10,000 somewhere on the net, download IE8 and find it!
Tech Buzz Sometime on Thursday evening, @al_gore burst onto the Twitter scene with a link to his website and a Current.TV interview with Digg's Kevin Rose. He's since gone on to amass over 13,000 followers in a few days, meaning the guy who “invented the internet” is really just getting started.