15 June 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 15 Jun 2009 Analysis: Iran's election results solidify Ahmadinejad's position as the front man for a unified, political elite. A surprising reversal in Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei directs council to investigate charges of election fraud. Authors replace journalists at Haaretz for a day, try to focus on "real events," gripping stories. The search for a scientific basis to eyewitness testimony. "You guys are losing it." Eight-year-old Charlotte sends the Guardian a complaint, helps edit a supplement. The Times uses its definition interface to uncover the words readers don't know, and journalists should avoid. Good news for Non-Experts everywhere: People prefer cockiness to expertise. The pressure's on public intellectuals to make their voices heard before they become extinct--or irrelevant. San Francisco's Prelinger Library reconciles the serendipity of the internet with the tangibility of a traditional library. "That was how I was exposed to almost all of the music that I love to this day." Fleet Foxes say illegal downloads shaped their sound. An interview with Richard Mosse, who photographed Saddam Hussein's former palaces. Every week at the Four Seasons, workers undertake an epic cleaning of the hotel's floor-to-ceiling metal chain curtains. Did they model it after the Plaza and then dunk it in urine? The hideous modern architecture of Moscow, as mocked by Americans.
