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Dandyish Magazine-Editing Popinjays Hilariously Described as 'Dudes'
Hamilton Nolan · 05/18/11 11:19AMTina Brown Gives Exact Date That She Will Be Wrong
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 01:57PMNew AP Stylebook: Now With More Corn Smut
Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/11 02:10PMCNN's First Openly Gay News Anchor Is Not Anderson Cooper
Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/11 09:06AMGreta Van Susteren Judged 'Media Personality Least Likely to Commit Journalism'
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/11 02:44PMWhite House Suddenly Decides Fake News Is a Bad Thing
John Cook · 05/13/11 11:28AM
Whenever you see a photograph of the president making a major address from inside the White House, it's really a picture of him saying "peas and carrots, peas and carrots" after the speech while photographers get their shots. Not anymore, though! For some reason, the White House has decided to stop participating in that particular form of fake-news manufacturing. It will continue to fake other news events, though. [AP, photo via Getty]
Jim Cramer Still Steamed About Jon Stewart Being Mean to Him
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/11 10:46AMNBC Chicago Sportscaster Found Dead
Hamilton Nolan · 05/12/11 04:22PM
Daryl Hawks, the 38-year-old sports anchor for NBC's Chicago affiliate, was found dead in an Atlanta hotel room today. Hotel employees reportedly found his body after he missed his wake-up call. Police say there's "no reason to believe foul play was involved." Hawks was in Atlanta to cover the Chicago Bulls' NBA playoff game tonight. [Sun-Times]
Bill Keller Orders Us to Discuss His Stupidity
Hamilton Nolan · 05/12/11 02:52PMLady Gaga's First Magazine Column Is as Annoying as You Expected
Brian Moylan · 05/12/11 02:05PMWhy Does the New York Times Love Bin Laden and Hate Our Troops?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/12/11 08:43AM
Andrea Peyser, an angry tabloid sex columnist in New York City, is an expert on all matters military, thanks purely to her hatred of gays and Muslims. Today, she uses that hard-earned sexxxpertise to pick apart the most recent outrages against Army and Country by Commie crosstown rag "The New York Times."
Bin Laden Questioned Inspire Magazine's Ethics
Jeff Neumann · 05/12/11 06:34AM
As intelligence analysts pore over the stash of documents recovered in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a picture of a "micro-manager" is beginning to emerge. For instance, he thought Joe Biden wasn't worth the time or effort to target, but authorized targeting the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top military brass. But there's more!
Scientology Spied on Washington Post Reporter and Snooped Into His Divorce
John Cook · 05/11/11 03:55PMWashington Post's Harshest Critic Goes to Work for Washington Post
Hamilton Nolan · 05/11/11 03:24PM
Erik Wemple was the longtime editor of the Washington City Paper, where he routinely ripped the Washington Post various new assholes, as is the job of any good alt-weekly editor. A little over a year ago, Wemple left the WCP to join TBD.com, the hot new startup that would revolutionize online local news in DC.
Missing Al Jazeera Reporter Found in Iran (in Jail)
Hamilton Nolan · 05/11/11 01:54PMRoger Ailes Continues to Ruin His Adopted Home
John Cook · 05/10/11 03:41PM
The effort by Fox News chief Roger Ailes and his wife, Elizabeth, to transform their bucolic weekend retreat in upstate New York into the sort of paranoid swamp they're more at home in continues apace: Spy on reporters for the charming small-town newspapers they own? Check. Compulsively call the local cops because you're convinced people are out to get you? Check. Start physical confrontations with the aging owner of a competing tiny newspaper and threaten to sue him? Check.
Good News: New York Times Still Popular Enough to Spoof
Hamilton Nolan · 05/10/11 02:00PMIn your blazing Tuesday media column: a new NYT parody, the NYT scores a good columnist for once, the news on the news in jail, the AP wants the bin Laden death photos, and HuffPo bloggers won't put up, so shut up.
The Interminable National Magazine Awards
Hamilton Nolan · 05/10/11 08:31AMNumbers Guru Drops Spectacularly Ill-Considered Side Gig Once It Becomes Public
John Cook · 05/09/11 05:10PM
Nate Silver, whose confusing math blog became part of the New York Times web site last summer, recently signed up for a new webchat service that allows people to buy facetime with him for $1,000 an hour, only to back out as soon as people started asking, "Hey, why is the New York Times letting one of its bloggers sell webchats for $1,000 an hour? And, really, $1,000 an hour?"