A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

ARE THEY PRESENTED BY A PARADE OF DUCKS? Announced yesterday as well were the winners of the prestigious 2008 Peabody Awards, recognizing "excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, Webcasters, producing organizations and individuals," and it's a darn worthy list -- This American Life's amazing explanatory piece The Giant Pool of Money; The New York Times Web site for "aggressively and imaginatively adding sound and moving images to the news that's fit to print,[becoming] a leader in the emergence of new journalistic forms," Saturday Night Live for its political satire, Avatar: The Last Airbender for its "unusually complex characters and healthy respect for the consequences of warfare", Lost ("breezily mixing metaphysics, quantum physics, romance and cliffhanger action, [rewriting] the rules of television fiction," the Onion News Network, various documentaries, and then, um ... well, one of those other things on the list is not like the others, and you'll know it when you see it.