© 2024 Louisville Public Media

Public Files:
89.3 WFPL · 90.5 WUOL-FM · 91.9 WFPK

For assistance accessing our public files, please contact info@lpm.org or call 502-814-6500
89.3 WFPL News | 90.5 WUOL Classical 91.9 WFPK Music | KyCIR Investigations
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Stream: News Music Classical

What We're Reading | 8.11.13

Official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
David Lienemann
;s:17:

Each week, members of the WFPL News team spotlight interesting stories we've read and enjoyed, for your weekend reading pleasure:

Gabe Bullard:The jokes about Joe Biden (which he's played along with) have, I think, obscured some of his political bona fides. Here's a man who pretty much everyone likes, regardless of politics. This profile gets at that, and more. Read Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden.Joseph Lord:So comment sections are a relatively new phenomenon for the news industry, and they can also be the bane of web editors everywhere. Here, Ars Technica considers a study where researchers manipulate the upvotes and downvotes in the comment sections of a news aggregation site. Read Online Comment Systems Reveal Multiple Layers of Social Bias.Bonus: Gawker explains an enduring McDonald's Mystery. Read Why the Hell Doesn't McDonald's Serve Breakfast All Day?

Joseph Lord is the online managing editor for WFPL.

Can we count on your support?

Louisville Public Media depends on donations from members – generous people like you – for the majority of our funding. You can help make the next story possible with a donation of $10 or $20. We'll put your gift to work providing news and music for our diverse community.