Three gems I got to from this week’s Spike Report: Emmanuelle Richard writes in Online Journalism Review that media coverage of the porn industry is rife with stereotype and inaccuracy. (Freelancer Richard’s weblog, by the way, is handsome and worth a visit if you read French.) A New York Times piece details the Chinese culinary practice of eating dogs. The article is not for the squeamish animal lover, but then, comments one Chinese interviewee, the same might be said of eating beef these days. Another New York Times selection describes the sensitive subject of interviewing subjects to gather data for their obituaries. Lots of witticism in the face of mortality.