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Howard Kurtz & Fox News: A true love story

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

Alex Seitz-Wald Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 11:30 AM UTC
Media Howard Kurtz, Fox News

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologizes to media for calling them “a bunch of maggots”

Meanwhile, Gawker is attempting to obtain video of the mayor smoking crack cocaine

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:48 PM UTC
Media Toronto, rob ford, Drugs, Crack

Toronto mayor reportedly caught on video smoking crack

A group in the drug trade is shopping around a video showing Rod Forb inhaling from a crack pipe

Natasha Lennard Friday, May 17, 2013 1:26 PM UTC
News Crack, Gawker, rob ford, Toronto

“State-run propaganda”: Why does the press protect drone secrecy?

A stunning admission from the New York Times lays bare the news media's dangerous collusion with government

David Sirota Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 86
Politics Drones, New York Times

The short, strange life of an original viral star

Aleksey Vayner was one of YouTube's first celebrities. But the life that followed was no "impossible" dream VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Jan 25, 2013 7:52 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Video, Viral Video, Rebecca Black

Australian psychiatric hospital locks up the wrong man

Thinking he was an escaped patient, doctors injected him with a powerful cocktail of anti-psychotic drugs

Sarah Wolfe, GlobalPost Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 2:56 PM UTC
News GlobalPost, Australia, Gawker

Lena Dunham gets snippy with Gawker

The "Girls" star is not pleased that the media outlet shared part of her $3.7 million book proposal

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Lena Dunham, Gawker, Media, Books

The nonsense of UnionMade clothing

Flogging clothing not made by unions under a misleading title relies on Liz Lemon-like customers VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Nov 16, 2012 7:01 PM UTC
Entertainment UnionMade, Labor Rights, Unions

World’s worst wedding joke

Justin Timberlake apologizes for a friend's gift -- a film that mocks the homeless

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Oct 26, 2012 6:55 PM UTC 13
Entertainment YouTube, Gawker, Homelessness

The war on 12-year-old girls

An epidemic of high-profile trolling is a testament to how pathological misogyny is — and how early it begins VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Oct 19, 2012 7:05 PM UTC 155
Life Amanda Todd, michael brutsch

Leaked memo from Reddit CEO: “We will not ban legal content”

Reddit's CEO responds to Gawker's expose of a Reddit troll and the subsequent backlash from the Reddit community

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
News violentacrez, troll

Amanda Todd’s “jailbait” blackmailer targeted

Anonymous unmasks a purported creep — and shows how far bullying girls goes

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 8:55 PM UTC 44
Life michael brutsch, Reddit

Infamous Reddit troll loses job after Gawker expose

The online community is reeling after the public outing of one of its own

Prachi Gupta Monday, Oct 15, 2012 9:59 PM UTC 191
Life violentacres, Reddit, Jobs, Gawker

Sorry, Gawker: My 42-point plan helped job seekers

The Internet howled when I sent 3,000 words of job-hunting advice with a rejection letter. Here's why I did it

Shea Gunther Friday, Mar 30, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 234
Life Internet Culture, Gawker

Grand Rapids’ lip dub versus Newsweek

Residents' YouTube video responds to magazine's "dying city" claims; editors take to Facebook

Drew Grant Friday, May 27, 2011 9:20 PM UTC
Entertainment Media Criticism, Gawker

Why we shouldn’t care about Bristol Palin’s face

The reality show star and abstinence spokesperson has a new look -- and the media is asking unfortunate questions

Drew Grant Thursday, May 5, 2011 8:06 PM UTC 33
Entertainment Bristol Palin, Gawker, Television

Gawker’s phony moralizing

The site that exposed Chris Lee has a habit of claiming the moral high ground -- even when there isn't any

Steve Kornacki Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 7:01 PM UTC 46
Politics Gawker, War Room

Spammers exploit Gawker hack to target Twitter

Account holders with same password for both sites unknowingly send unsolicited drink ads to their social network

Associated Press Monday, Dec 13, 2010 10:20 PM UTC
News Gawker, Twitter

Jonah Goldberg wonders why Jason Bourne hasn’t killed Julian Assange

Or is real life not really like an awesome spy movie?

Alex Pareene Friday, Oct 29, 2010 7:30 PM UTC 42
Politics WikiLeaks, War Room, Gawker, Iraq

Gawker’s Christine O’Donnell tell-all backfires

An anonymous source tells the piggish tale of his "one-night stand" with the candidate

Tracy Clark-Flory Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 8:14 PM UTC 107
Life Christine O'Donnell, Gawker

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