links for 2009-06-10

while the British papers all note that the performer [Danny La Rue] was pre-deceased by Jack Hanson, his companion of 40 years — the Telegraph includes a heart-rending description of the devoutly Catholic, avowedly monogamous La Rue being “hysterical with grief” after Hanson’s death — the New York Times and the Associated Press don’t mention Hanson at all. The result lets readers imagine that La Rue led a lonely life. Given the ongoing politics of same-sex marriage, the omission of the news that an archetypal gay performer lived a life of domestic stability is especially disappointing. What a drag.

Via Jay Rosen, "Pundits including George Will are griping: Obama uses "I" too much! But linguists can count these things... The charge is BS."