About time the best athletes in the world were rewarded for being the best athletes in the world: Olympic track and field gold medalists will get $50,000 in prize money. apnews.com/article/world-…

Negative reactions in China to the opening scene in “3 Body Problem”—in which a physicist is beaten to death by Red Guards before a cheering mob during the Cultural Revolution—suggests Chinese govt propaganda has been effective in erasing recent history. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/bus…

.⁦@Dan Kennedy_nu⁩ does a good job here of fleshing out the objections to ⁦Uri Berliner⁩’s essay criticizing @npr. It’s “based on false and out-of-context facts,” he writes. dankennedy.net/2024/04/11/fis…

O.J. was acquitted of murder but was later found liable for it in a civil trial. So does that make him a murderer? The parallel here is Trump, found responsible for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a civil case but never convicted in a criminal trial.

Please stop saying “[Name of program or news event] was the start of reality television.” There has been reality television since there was television.

If only the people on Gilligan’s Island had thought of this. Professor? Castaways rescued from Pacific island after writing ‘HELP’ on beach. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

This very good ⁦The Washington Post⁩ O.J. obit leaves out one critical nuance about his murder trial: the change of venue from (mostly white, affluent) Santa Monica to (more racially, economically mixed) downtown L.A. Changed the jury pool considerably. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…