Wired‘s Tired Portrait of an Overly Familiar Blogger October 6, 2006 By Felix Gillette What’s not to like about the magazine’s profile featuring one celeb-blogger writing about another? At first glance it has all the makings of the must-read article of … 2004.
Are Lower Taxes Really Benefiting All Americans? October 5, 2006 By Felix Gillette Viewed another way, the supposedly beneficial tax cuts highlighted by a recent study actually contribute to something else for American taxpayers: a huge future liability.
There’s No Conspiracy Behind an Error at Fox News October 4, 2006 By Felix Gillette Before salivating bloggers go bonkers spinning Fox’s Mark Foley mistake into a grand plot, they might want to go back and look at the actual record. Oops, too late.
A Newfangled Journalism Technique Leaps Across the Country October 2, 2006 By Felix Gillette Taking the Los Angeles Times‘ lead, a daily newspaper in Maine is drawing attention to the plight of a local river in a quirky way.
T.O. Racks Up Yardage on the Most Viewed Lists September 28, 2006 By Felix Gillette News producers and news consumers go crazy for the latest bit of T.O. drama. Sigh.
Sports Illustrated Makes a Big Bet on Fantasy Sports September 26, 2006 By Felix Gillette The venerable sports magazine extends its coverage in order to snare that number-crunching, sports-loving demographic who can’t get enough.
In Defense of Brent Musburger September 20, 2006 By Felix Gillette In the imbroglio over the ABC broadcaster’s on-air revelation of a quarterback hand signal, it was USC that overstepped, not Musburger.
How Reliable Is the Zogby-Journal Poll? September 18, 2006 By Felix Gillette How much weight should journalists give to the interactive poll as midterm elections approach?
Americans, Too Busy to Do Errands, Read About Them Instead September 14, 2006 By Felix Gillette Recently it dawned on the Most Post that there are plenty of people out there who like to read about gofers — human gofers.
Los Angeles Times Refuses to Identify Already Identified Source September 13, 2006 By Felix Gillette Today the paper succeeded at steering the issue of protecting one’s sources safely back into the realm of the absurd.
