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Michael Ian Black: Some Ways to Casually Put Down David Sedaris at Your Next Social Event Without Looking Like a Total Jerk

In promoting his new book, “My Custom Van,” Michael Ian Black has started a literary feud with best-selling author and New Yorker/NPR contributor, David Sedaris. Here he gives you tips on how to tastefully make fun of Sedaris in the presence of company. Or as Black puts it, “some suggestions for how to subtly put down this best-selling memoirist the next time you find yourself surrounded by people susceptible to changing their opinions about humorists based on the snarky comments of casual acquaintances.”

Check out the book here.

Media Matters - Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters

“During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe “attack dogs,” Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered — the journalists’ teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe’s hair moved further back on his head.”

Believe Me, It's Torture

Christopher Hitchens undergoes the “enhanced interrogation tactic” known as waterboarding and concludes that it is indeed torture.