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more about #journalists more comments → Grandpapular: The war with Fox seems understaffed. Where are the ground troops when you need em? #media more » watertiger: Oh, dear. Expect another column mocking "Obama the Effeminate" from MoDo on Sunday. Nobody puts Modo in the corner . . . unless there's a fifth of sc... more » Magister: If you watch that one show on Fox less than regularly, when you hear Mara Liasson, you think NPR. One assumes that she got her invite because like a ... more » TheologicalSong: that's fitting, because Marshall's about as grown up as it gets. #media more » Astigmatism: Sorry, this guy is a fucking disgrace of a journalist. Maybe you think he's a great human being, maybe he should have a column somewhere, but you can... more » Unsolicited Advice: A professional does not assault the individual he or she is reporting on.* That's when you transition from journalist to revolutionary, which is dand... more » HPGrl04: how stupid is Iraq to torture a journalist and then let him go? i mean thats just asking for him/her to write a book about it in later years... and ... more » morninggloria: If you compare Shoe Thrower's accuracy and aim with the accuracy and aim of Cutler, one can surmise that it's only a matter of time before Shoe Throwe... more » Mediahohoho: Hey! We're exporting something! Torture! USA! USA! USA! more » PaisleyPajamas: Dude should totally take a meeting with whoever got Jessica Simpson her shoe deal. more » Thomas Paladino: I'm pretty sure he's milking this now. And I doubt he was tortured, if for no other reason than the fact that he's extremely high profile and would be... more » zibby: It's part of the culture now - this guy probably would have felt disgrace if he went to prison and didn't withstand a little torture he could tell his... more » ithacabaron: Wait -- wouldn't it be a good idea to get out of the country before you announce you're turning snitch? Not well played, Mr. Muntader. Not well play... more » MincnglyWhrdL'mer: why, hello more » snugbug: In lieu of original comment, I shall quoth my favorite New Media gaylord, whom I devoutly worship. more » -
#journalismism
Did You Have an Off-the-Record Lunch With the President Today?
Because David Gergen, Jon Meacham, Howard Fineman, Mike Allen, Josh Marshall, David Brooks, and Gail Collins did! Also: Mara Liasson, who works for NPR and the Fox News Channel that Obama wants to destroy. More » -
#heroes
Baghdad Shoe Hurler: Journalistic Role Model
Let's not forget that the hero Iraqi Shoe Hurler was a journalist before he became a footwear projectilist. A certain portion of his colleagues think he disgraced his profession. They're wrong. Let's go to Muntader's brand new explanatory op-ed! More » -
#heroes
Tortured Iraqi Shoe Hurler: Adios, Iraq
Ululate your huzzahs, counterimperialist warriors: Shoe-hurling Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi is free from prison. Where he was tortured. So, Muntader, tell us, are you going to Disney World or what? More » -
#blinditems
Which New York Journo Is Prowling the Craigslist Slopes?
219West has struck again. It's always been bizarre how someone so prominent would be so public on his Manhunt profile. Now he's indiscreetly responding to Craigslist m4m ads at 5am looking for "ski" partners. (Psst, that's code for "snort coke.") More » -
#freedom
Iraqi Shoe Thrower Gets Early Release
Remember that shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist who tossed one at Dubya in December? Muntadhar al-Zeidi's being released from prison early, for good behavior. Meanwhile, don't know about newspaper economics in Iraq, but the Baghdad Expos: still need a good splitter. [MSNBC] -
#andnowhesdead
Dominick Dunne, Author
Dominick Dunne, chronicler of crime, celebrity, and the intersection of the two, has died at 83. Dunne had been suffering from bladder cancer. More » -
#andnowhesdead
Robert Novak, Columnist
Conservative political journalist and long-time syndicated columnist Robert Novak died early this morning after battling brain cancer for more than a year. More » -
#mediameltdowns
Liberal Blogger Ambushes Fox News' Griff Jenkins
Poor Griff Jenkins. He got all decked out in a tuxedo to harass whatever sort of Godless Americans attend ACORN conventions, only to get into a scuffle with one of those dang liberal bloggers, and we're all better for it! More » -
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#journalists
Bill Keller Can't Google 'Hooker' in Iran
Times executive editor Bill Keller is still in Iran, reporting today that Goggling "hooker" leads to an "access denied" message and that the Iranian government is pissed at muckraking Western journalists like himself for disrupting their regime. [New York Times] -
#schwag
Free Hot Wings at Pro-Right Wing Violence Press Conference!
This is how you do press relations: journalists who attend right-wing nut Randall Terry's upcoming "George Tiller's murder is great news for the pro-life movement" press conference will get free beer and wings! More » -
#journalists
Jake 'The Octogon' Tapper Gives Obama Conspiracy Theorists What They Want
ABC News' Jake Tapper, seemingly bored silly on a flight to Riyadh, or maybe just experimenting to see how many links he could get from wingnut websites, published perhaps the most imbecilic article in the history of journalism on ABC.com. More » -
#justice
Baghdad Shoe Thrower To Hit the Streets in 2010
Iraqi courts have cut the prison sentence for the hero shoe-hurling-at-Bush journalist from three years down to one. Huzzah! And on the same day Obama visited Iraq. Coincidence??? Open your eyes, sheeple! [WSJ] -
#journalists
Jake Tapper Is an April Tool
Hah, one guy got fooled by a lame April Fools' Joke: ABC's senior smugness correspondent Jake Tapper. He even forwarded a hoax story to his colleagues before he caught himself. More » -
#fameballs
Julia Allison's Business Model: Become Oprah, Somehow
Huffpo-er Jeremy Abelson interviewed famous American Julia Allison about how her "brand" will "make money." Not to get too technical, but it involves having people pay her for...stuff, that she does. More » -
#howthingswork
Liberal Media Elite Spent Weekend Partying With McCain Staffers
As we all know, John McCain lost the election because the media was biased against him. So his former staffers got wasted with journalists this weekend because they all missed each other so much! More »
