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Why Conan O’Brien’s Trashing of Twitter Gives Us Pause
Why Conan O’Brien’s Trashing of Twitter Gives Us Pause
We don't know how we missed this before, but sometime in the last few months, Conan O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of the Tonight Show ! We know, we know, can you believe it? All kidding aside, night two of Conan's brand-new gig was a better indication of how his show will go than ...
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Critics don’t care for Conan O’Brien’s ‘painfully unfunny’ debut
celebitchy.com — As the years go by, I find it very difficult to watch late-night programming. The only people I really enjoy are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and too often I catch the reruns of those shows the next day. I don’t even remember the last time I ... Critics don’t care for Conan O’Brien’s ‘painfully ...
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Late Riser: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Urlesque — ... Conan disses Twitter, makes us anxious. [Vulture]   Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

So I wrote this piece for Vulture this morning called “Why...
whatevs (dot org) — ... So I wrote this piece for Vulture this morning called “Why Conan O’Brien’s Trashing Of Twitter Gives Us Pause.” It just made it to homepage of Google News. And now Conan superfans are demanding my head on a platter. Great, just great.

Selected Reader Reactions From My Conan O'Brien Critique Earlier Today
whatevs (dot org) — ... I think this sets the bar higher than it’s ever been.” -Bill1502 “I think the Religious nuts that finds hidden meanings in rock songs played backwards might have a new leader!” -Bill1502 (again) “Newt Gingrich, Eric Cantor, Anderson Cooper, Rick Sanchez and Mark Graham all deem [Twitter] cool. Ergo it’s not.” -Johnbase “What a dumb editorial. I wish I showed up when New York Magazine was handing out jobs to people like this writer.” -Catpopular Why Conan O’Brien’s Trashing of Twitter Gives Us Pause [Vulture]

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