Blogs Respond to Cohen Responding to Blogs Responding to Cohen May 10, 2006 By Felix Gillette Netizens fill the inbox of a Washington Post columnist with emails “emanating raw hatred,” then tell him that digital lynch mobs are, well, to be expected.
Running Out of Goss May 9, 2006 By Felix Gillette American magazines this week hover backstage and try to provide some analysis of what exactly is going on behind the tattered curtains at the CIA.
Kos Pummels Hillary; Left & Right Pummel Kos May 8, 2006 By Felix Gillette The ubiquitous political blogger launches a broadside on the New York Senator and her presidential prospects, leading fellow liberal bloggers to take turns pile-driving him to the mat.
The Times: Where Editors Sleep Standing Up May 5, 2006 By Felix Gillette How many corrections — and updates of corrections — does one story warrant?
Of Singleton and San Francisco May 4, 2006 By Felix Gillette The Bay Guardian gets fired up defending the status quo of daily journalism in the Bay Area – a situation which to us hardly seems worth preserving.
NBC’s "Exclusive" Enters Third Dimension May 2, 2006 By Felix Gillette If there were a protective shelter for words abused at the hands of American journalists, one word in particular would deserve a special, quiet recovery room.
CNN Reports on Reporters Watching CNN April 28, 2006 By Felix Gillette CNN giddily reports that the White House press corps apparently wanted to watch CNN instead of Fox. But did the network get spun by the administration?
Four Newspapers Taken Off the Wall Street Monopoly Board April 27, 2006 By Felix Gillette While newsrooms are anxious about MediaNews’ acquisition of four former Knight Ridder papers, it offers one advantage: MediaNews is a private company, not a public one.
On Citizenship, Journalism – and Campus Centerfolds! April 26, 2006 By Felix Gillette Geraldo Rivera tells aspiring journalists “we’re not just voyeurs” – right after a plug for his next show, about Playboy looking for models on college campuses.
Faced With Lie Detectors, Anonymice Reach for the Phone April 25, 2006 By Felix Gillette The CIA is rolling out polygraph tests to squelch anonymous leaks to the press – a fact we now know thanks to anonymous sources leaking the news about the polygraph tests to the press.