By Rachel Josue
This "25 Things" Facebook chain letter has jumped the shark, now that the mainstream media has started writing about it (Thanks, USA Today!). Sure, I posted mine in my abundant free time, but do you really care that I like fish, both sushi and goldfish crackers? No. However, we thought maybe you'd like to know 25 things about our daily life here at MTV News. Then, maybe this whole trend will go away by next week.
1. The MTV newsroom overlooks Times Square.
2. Current and former MTV News correspondents number 17 in all. How many can you name?
3. Tim Kash used to be the MTV UK correspondent.
4. Kim Stolz was a contestant on "America's Next Top Model."
5. Kurt Loder will celebrate his 21st MTVersary on February 19.
6. Do you love "Detox"? Guess what, it shoots in our newsroom! (And it's really, really loud.)
7. Speaking of "Detox," host Jim Cantiello originally worked in MTV's tape-dubbing facility until he was discovered by an MTV News executive producer who read Jim's brilliant and elaborate entry in a company-wide year-end top 10 albums list. The rest is history. Read more...
