feuds

Facebook Admits To Covert Google Bashing

Ryan Tate · 05/12/11 12:22PM

Facebook's craftiness has backfired—again. The company just admitted it was behind a shadowy PR effort to plant negative stories about how Google is destroying your privacy.

4chan Takes Down Tumblr, Again

Adrian Chen · 05/09/11 03:35PM

Tumblr, the microblogging service for the hip and with-it, is currently down. It appears that hordes from the chaotic message board 4chan are to blame. Welcome to round two of the Tumblr-4chan war!

The Feuding Facebook Mansions of Palo Alto

Ryan Tate · 05/09/11 02:55PM

They're both new to the neighborhood, and they hate each other. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former deputy Owen Van Natta are apparently moving into the same opulent corner of Palo Alto, California. But Van Natta scored the posher pad.

Son Attacks Mom for Drinking His Starbucks

Lauri Apple · 05/07/11 01:41PM

As part of our ongoing coverage of Starbucks-related danger, we bring you the sad, sad tale of a tussle between one South Florida teen and his thirsty mom. O Starbucks, how your drinks are tearing this nation asunder!

Gene Simmons Scores One Against Anonymous

Adrian Chen · 05/06/11 04:53PM

The attack against KISS frontman Gene Simmons' website last year was one of the most bizarre campaigns in the history of the online vigilante group Anonymous. But the FBI is on the case and has raided the home of a Washington man thought to be involved in the attack.

The Real Housewives Smack Down You Didn't See on TV

Brian Moylan · 04/29/11 03:15PM

Last night Andy Cohen had New York Housewife Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and former D.C. Housewife Cat Ommanney on his masturbatory Bravo talk show to discuss the Royal Wedding. Things were tense between the two all night, but when they taped the web-only after show, things really got explosive!

Keith Olbermann Returns With Everything but The Audience

Hamilton Nolan · 04/26/11 02:11PM

In your tense Tuesday media column: Keith Olbermann is returning, a new Katie Couric rumor, Jay Rosen ruminates, Michael Kinsely's new job, Anderson Cooper's hot new cable news feud, and a new Village Voice columnist.

Julian Assange Describes Secret New York Times Cover Up

Ryan Tate · 04/13/11 01:38PM

The New York Times pressed Wikileaks to publish classified Pentagon documents to avoid charges of conspiring to commit espionage, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claimed. The Times was too scared to scoop, in other words.

Donald Trump Picks a Fight With The New York Times

Max Read · 04/09/11 11:14AM

Loud person Donald Trump, who is running for president from the Insane Internet Commenter wing of the Republican Party, has decided that not enough people are paying attention to him. So he wrote a letter to The New York Times!

A List of Sarah Palin's Feuds

Jim Newell · 04/05/11 04:04PM

The Atlantic has compiled a list of Sarah Palin's feuds that have broken out in the media, which it can't stop updating as more and more come to memory. Here's the long list thus far, which includes this lil' old website here.

Elton John to Kings of Leon: 'What the Hell Is Wrong with You Guys?'

Matt Cherette · 04/01/11 01:09AM

On tonight's Late Night, Elton John stopped by for a chat with Jimmy Fallon. When the topic of John's songs being covered—on American Idol, for example—came up, he celebrated it, while simultaneously bashing "assholes" Kings of Leon.

Survey Says: Nobody Much Likes The Daily

Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/11 02:00PM

In your nor'easterly Thursday media column: The Daily's grim prospects, gritty Twitty New York City, newspapers will die, more awards news than is called for, and Arianna Huffington's latest outrage.