What we read while looking into possible Richmond recruiting violations…
- David Roth and Maria Bustillos get together at Niemann Lab to talk about Maud Newton’s essay on David Foster Wallace and his influence on the Internet writing. Their conclusion? That DFW is all right!
- Apparently, the bloom is finally off the AMC rose.
- In other TV news, David Cross is joining Modern Family for an arc, while the less popular (but much better) Community is still struggling with ratings going into Season Three.
- People are really angry at Netflix lately, but they’re probably overreacting.
- Auburn survived the opening college football weekend, but its trademark trees at Toomer’s Corner might not be so lucky. The run-up to the college football season was full of examinations of the off-season’s most curious story, with ESPN’s Wright Thompson justifiably leading the charge with an analysis of the trees and Southern tradition. Tommy Tomlinson from SI and Ben Austen of GQ also chimed in.
- President Obama pissed off environmentalists last week. Have liberals lost faith in Obama? In other political news, make sure you understand charts before you start citing them…
- Anne Hathaway can take criticism in stride…
- We have friends who play Words with Friends, but not really with their friends.
