i have no idea where i read this but one time i read that "men get off looking at women and women get off being looked at by men" which i think sums up the relationship between Cosmo and Maxim.

Maxim:
ALL MEN LIKE HOT BABES, VIDEO GAMES, AND POWER TOOLS.

Cosmo:
WOMEN LIKE MAKE-UP, PLEASING THEIR MAN, AND...HOT BABES?

humanity is doomed.

okay skutsch, try this one:
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/24-japan-questions-9-11-and-the-global-war-on-terror/

are the members of the Japanese parliament all just lonely conspiracy nuts too? make sure you read the whole thing.

things i learned:
Payola is a word which i had somehow never heard.
Little Richard was rock and roll's first drag queen? really?
i wonder how the ramones would feel about being in a text book chapter about "punk rock."

all of my experience with text books has been with really outdated editions talking about things like "electronic mail" and "new compact discs" so it's really surreal to read one that refers to the obama presidency and the Wii. it's good to see their just as cheesy as ever though.

top censored news stories

2009
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2009/
2008
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2008/

about one quarter of this video deals with the media, but the whole thing is important regardless.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/