Brooklyn, Advertising, and Rupert Murdoch's Pieing

Ray Gustini

Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.

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Man threw white plate with foam on Rupert Murdoch's face, Rupert's wife hit him backless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyReutersBreakingNews REUTERSFLASH

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The strangeness of this is really worth reliving one more time. Also, the uncertainty over what was thrown at Murdoch. Reuters is going with "white plate with foam" and that's technically correct, but not nearly as evocative as "shaving cream pie."

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Florida's Manatee County food bank is starving: http://bit.ly/nzPmgSless than a minute ago via twitterfeed Favorite Retweet ReplyMcClatchyDC McClatchyDC

Don't say the Florida Tea Party didn't warn you.

Was Jesus celibate? Does it matter? http://t.co/Uk2nGO3less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyHuffington Post HuffingtonPost

Even on a day where Rupert Murdoch appeared before Parliament and was hit in the face with a shaving cream pie, The Huffington Post found time to ask the kind of tough, provocative questions that inevitably lead to a comment section flame war. 

Why aren't the world's oldest people getting any older? http://slate.me/p8imIAless than a minute ago via SocialFlow Favorite Retweet ReplySlate Slate

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Green: Life Is Always Greener ... in Brooklyn http://bit.ly/nT17yyless than a minute ago via The New York Times Favorite Retweet ReplyNYTimes Science nytimesscience

 

Brian Williams is going to have a field day with this. An absolute field day. We haven't even read the piece, but Brooklyn, you're going down.

There's no good way to advertise douching products. Trust us. http://t.co/1gA4KLgless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyThe Atlantic Wire TheAtlanticWire

Your move, Don Draper.