SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

Full News Archive

• Headline: Michael J Copps Advocates for Media Regulation. Impact: Michael J. Copps' lonely crusade against deregulation sparked a secret underground movement of media literacy activists. Decades later, they formed a secret society known as 'The Regulators,' devoted to ensuring that nobody confuses content with quality. Their motto? 'Just because it’s loud doesn’t mean it’s good.'. Fact: Did you know that the only thing more regulated than broadcasters in the ’00s was the average American's patience with political jargon?.
• Headline: Flatiron Building Celebrates 100 Years. Impact: As the Flatiron Building celebrated its centennial, it inadvertently inspired a new trend in architecture where buildings started to become more 'instagrammable' than functional. Thus began the era of skyscrapers that look great in selfies but are a nightmare in fire drills.. Fact: Fun fact: The Flatiron Building was originally called the 'Fuller Building.' Sounds like a bad diet plan, doesn’t it?.
• Headline: BLAIR IS CONFIDENT OF TOUGH U.N. LINE ON IRAQI WEAPONS. Impact: Blair's confidence in securing UN approval led to a series of increasingly absurd diplomatic negotiations that made future generations think 'Iraq' was a secret code for 'Let's make everything more complicated.'. Fact: Did you know that the only weapon that really got disarmed in those negotiations was common sense?.