J. R. Moehringer on his experiences ghostwriting memoirs with Andre Agassi, Phil Knight, and Prince Harry. "For the thousandth time in my ghostwriting career, I reminded myself: It's not your effing book."
"From the copaganda marketing term 'officer-involved shooting' to the politician fave 'mistakes were made,' exonerative language deflects whose fault it is, absolving anyone of accountability and employing the passive voice to misleading ends."
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat designed a map in Counter-Strike with a secret room that delivers factual information on the war in Ukraine to Russian players who only hear propaganda on the news.
The list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in the US for 2023 includes two Chinatowns, a gas station in Arizona, and Miami's Little Santo Domingo neighborhood.
---
Note: Quick Links are pushed to this RSS feed twice a day. For more immediate service, check out the front page of kottke.org, the Quick Links archive, or the @kottke Mastodon feed.
from kottke.org https://ift.tt/LdTajb1
via IFTTT
EmoticonEmoticon