Will Fox News change with America?

After I left the network in 2011, I wondered how it would adapt to a new country. The answer is it won't

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 30
Fox News, Sarah Palin

Erick Erickson, Internet comedian, jokes about reproductive rights

He'll be here all week, folks

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:43 PM UTC 19
Erick Erickson, Media, Twitter

Debunking “unfair advantage” myths about trans athletes

Why attack arguments like "higher testosterone levels" and "greater bone density" are simply wrong

, Outsports Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 81
Fallon Fox, outsports

Sunday shows: What you missed

Punditry experts this week ended racism, fomented homophobia and grew mustaches

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC 53
Sunday shows, Bob Schieffer

DOMA isn’t dead yet

This week's rulings were a welcome first step, but marriage laws have still been left in the hands of the states

, The Weeklings Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 13
The Weeklings, Supreme Court

Machiavelli doesn’t belong to the 1 percent

"The Prince" is oft-quoted on Wall Street, but its author was a hero of the working class who despised elites

, Jacobin Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 11
Jacobin, Machiavelli

Who’s leaking more: Snowden or the government condemning him?

Somehow, we've been given a lot of private information about Edward Snowden since the investigation into him began

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 3:59 PM UTC 10
Edward Snowden, Leaks

Obama’s war on journalism

Perhaps most troubling? The president is being aided by a cadre of Benedict Arnolds within the media itself

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 51
Glenn Greenwald, Barack Obama

France wants to block Amazon underselling

In semi-related news: Paris restaurants are serving mass-produced food

Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 2:58 PM UTC
France, Books, Cuisine, amazon

When Twitter does what journalism can’t

On Wendy Davis' filibuster (and, in a way, on DOMA), social media showed mainstream news what it couldn't ignore

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 25
Twitter, Wendy Davis

Frank Rich skewers David Gregory: Move him to “Today” show

The NYMag editor mocks the "Meet the Press" host for suggesting Glenn Greenwald should be charged with a crime

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 8:32 PM UTC 27
Frank Rich, david gregory

My surprise sit-down with Tony Soprano

During a presser for "In the Loop," I lucked into a one-on-one conversation with James Gandolfini

, Hyperallergic Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 8:09 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, James Gandolfini

Rush is unhappy with the Supreme Court

"Hey Judge, I want to marry this or that" VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 6:24 PM UTC 30
Video, Rush Limbaugh

Meet the Wendy Davis fan club

Famous Twitter users were feeling a whole lot of love for the filibustering Texan on Tuesday night

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 2:26 PM UTC
Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion

Michael Bay casts white guy in Japanese role

William Fichtner will play Shredder in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 11:57 PM UTC 23
Movies, William Fichtner

Ken Hoinsky’s Reddit AMA reveals dark incidents from his “seduction” history

When pressed to address the incidents, Hoinsky called them "non-canon observations" that won't end up in the book

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 9:13 PM UTC
ken hoinsky, pua, pickup artists

Georgia mother says the state asked her to “prove” she’s a woman

A state employee told Nakia Grimes to get a pap test from her doctor to correct a mistake on her birth certificate

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 5:22 PM UTC
Gender, Sex, women, Georgia

No, Cory Booker isn’t “too Jewish” for the Senate

The Newark mayor and senatorial candidate sure knows his Torah, though

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 4:49 PM UTC
Cory Booker, Judaism

Social media is not the “universal scoring system” for journalism

A highly conflicted pundit says "social shares" are all that counts

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 3:36 PM UTC
Journalism, Media, New York

Pickup artist Ken Hoinsky apologizes for promoting predatory behavior

Hoinsky's remorse is muted in an interview with the Awl, but is full strength in a Monday video apology VIDEO

Monday, Jun 24, 2013 8:38 PM UTC 82
Video, ken hoinsky, pua

Why shouldn’t David Gregory be charged with a crime?

The NBC host thinks Glenn Greenwald may be a criminal. Here are 10 items to ponder about this gross double standard

Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 254
david gregory, NBC News

Sunday shows: What you missed

Punditry experts of "Meet the Press," "This Week" and "Face the Nation" prosecute Snowden and Greenwald

Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 4:46 PM UTC 28
meet the press, face the nation

Times public editor: Obituary did not capture Hastings’ “adversarial spirit”

The New York Times failed to convey "what a distinctive figure he was in American journalism"

Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 3:17 PM UTC 14
Michael Hastings, obiturary

Howard Kurtz & Fox News: A true love story

The purported media critic has long treated the "fair and balanced" network with awe and romance

Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 11:30 AM UTC
Howard Kurtz, Fox News

Are Google and Microsoft buying their way out of net neutrality?

Large Internet companies are shelling out cash to get faster connections, ensuring you rely on their services

, The Daily Dot Friday, Jun 21, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
the daily dot, Google, Microsoft

Kickstarter apologizes for letting creepy pickup artist raise money on its platform

The fundraising platform plans to donate $25,000 to an anti-sexual violence group as part of its apology

Friday, Jun 21, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 56
pickup artist, Sexual assault

Novelist calls out London Review of Books for excluding women

According to an inforgraphic in the Guardian, the LRB has virtually no female contributors

Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 9:27 PM UTC 25
literature

Stop speculating about Hastings’ death

Forget the evidence-deficient conspiracy theories. Here's what we do and don't know about his untimely demise

Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 6:48 PM UTC 100
Michael Hastings

Howard Kurtz joins Fox’s board of journalism ethics experts

The disgraced media critic follows in the path set by similarly challenged Juan Williams and Judith Miller

Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 11
Fox News, Howard Kurtz

Michael Hastings’ widow challenges NYT obit

In its obituary for the late journalist, the Times cast doubt on his important reporting on General McChrystal

Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 2:02 PM UTC 10
Michael Hastings, Elise Jordan

WikiLeaks helping Snowden seek asylum

Assange said his organization has been talking to the whistle-blower's legal team about possible deal with Iceland

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:39 PM UTC
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

R.I.P. Michael Hastings

Fearless journalist, dead at 33, was a humble truth-teller who challenged power

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:42 AM UTC 79
BuzzFeed, Rolling Stone

How cash secretly rules surveillance policy

Today's congressional hearing was a joke. The reason: Firms like Booz Allen bankroll and own Congress. Here's how

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 8:40 PM UTC 32
Media Criticism, NSA

Hacktivists strike north of the border

Anonymous allies LulzSec Albania have hacked the Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce, for reasons unknown

, The Daily Dot Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:15 PM UTC
the daily dot

Exclusive clip from “How to Make Money Selling Drugs”

David Simon and Arianna Huffington comment on the inadequacies of the U.S. prison system VIDEO

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Video, Prison, America

Miss Utah gives wonderfully succinct answer to question about women and work

Marissa Powell was nervous at Sunday's Miss USA pageant, which is why she flubbed her response, she says VIDEO

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 4:48 PM UTC 28
Video, women and work, women

Vice apologizes, pulls suicide-glorifying photo spread from Web

The spread will still appear in the magazine's upcoming print issue, which has already been published

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 4:27 PM UTC
Mental health, Suicide, trolling

Samantha Bee faces down the gay lobby

The "Daily Show" correspondent exposes the intolerance of gay people working to secure basic rights in the U.S. VIDEO

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 3:55 PM UTC 21
Video, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights

Marco Rubio’s awful day

He won’t back his own bill, an aide insults American workers, and his angling looks wishy-washy, not savvy

Monday, Jun 17, 2013 8:35 PM UTC 150
Marco Rubio, Republican Party

Patriot Act critics never had a clue

True story: Outrage over the 2001 legislation centered around government access to library records

, ProPublica Monday, Jun 17, 2013 8:34 PM UTC 18
ProPublica, data mining