Does This Google Veterans Day Logo Look Muslim to You?

Jim Newell · 11/11/10 01:45PM

Boy howdy, Google has done it now! The company's special Veterans Day logo this year, you see, features a mysterious crescent shape. And you know who loves crescent shapes? The Muslims. Yeah, some people are actually upset about this.

The Nation Says the NYT Can't Do Math

Hamilton Nolan · 11/11/10 01:35PM

In your innovative Thursday media column: The Nation vs. the New York Times, Newsweek's quiet on its merger plans, your good media idea could make you millions, NPR's Juan Williams investigation is underway, and a remembrance.

Nation's Archivists Rise Up Against the CIA

John Cook · 11/11/10 01:26PM

The Department of Justice was too scared to prosecute the CIA for deliberately destroying evidence that its employees illegally tortured terror detainees. But fear not: The National Archives and Records Administration is still on the case.

Tony Bennett Shows Up at Gawker HQ

gawkercreative · 11/11/10 12:59PM

What would possess legendary octogenarian crooner Tony Bennett to climb four flights of stairs to get to our NYC offices? Let's see if we can piece this together. Last Thursday, Gawker Artists debuted its latest exhibition: On The Lam, a solo show by a photographer named...Kelsey Bennett. Aha!

New Rules for Media Ethics

Hamilton Nolan · 11/11/10 12:36PM

After the absurd spectacle of one of TV's most partisan shouting heads being suspended for making political donations, it's clear that the time has come for journalism's ethical guidelines to be updated, in the spirit of common sense. Let's try!

The Creepy Mansion Where Demi Lovato Went Mad

Richard Lawson · 11/11/10 12:04PM

This is the Los Angeles home that Disney princess turned rehab-seeker Demi Lovato purchased for her family back in August. It features a private guesthouse for Demi, and a crazy-lookin' pool. Supposedly it went for $2.25M. And now it's cursed.

Today's Gawker.TV Trivia

Chris Dignes · 11/11/10 12:00PM

Gawker.TV Trivia, a daily question & answer game that tests your knowledge of television—past and present. Do you think you that you've got it? The answer to today's question, inside.

This Is What New Yorkers Complain About

Brian Moylan · 11/11/10 11:49AM

Wired magazine logged nearly 35,000 complaint calls to 311— New York's call-and-whine help line—and put them in this handy graph based on nature of complaint and time of call. They also break it down by bitchingest neighborhood