The Daily Beast

CIA deputy slut-shamed over erotica reading

The Daily Beast sniggers over a bookstore erotica night the first female deputy director hosted 20 years ago

Laura Miller Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 8:20 PM UTC 44
Life CIA, The Daily Beast, Erotica

Jeffrey Toobin, Megan McArdle and Joe Klein spew ignorance and contempt for a process they don't understand

Kevin Gosztola Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 5:05 PM UTC 15
Media Media Criticism, CNN

Criticism of the pop singer's booty shaking reflects our society's discomfort with black women -- and their bodies

Tamara Winfrey Harris, Bitch Magazine Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 31
Entertainment beyonce knowles, Jay-Z, Feminism

Why isn't the right rushing to skewer this lamestream media figure? Hint: It has to do with the gays

Alex Seitz-Wald Friday, May 3, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 14
Media Howard Kurtz, Media Criticism

After claiming that Jason Collins lied about or "downplayed" his past, the media reporter is out of a job

Daniel D'Addario Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:34 PM UTC 56
News Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast

The 80-year-old magazine's revamp as an all-digital publication signals another death knell for paper

Mary Elizabeth Williams Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 3:36 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Huffington Post

For child welfare officials, these women are still considered junkies -- and a threat to their newborn

Maia Szalavitz, The Fix Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 10:21 PM UTC
Life Pregnancy, The Fix, Heroin

A spoof of Newsweek's infamously sensational covers

Paul Waldman, The American Prospect Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 1:30 PM UTC
Politics Spoofs, The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast publishes a bizarre defense of Fareed Zakaria's cut-and-paste of the New Yorker

Seth Mnookin, The Panic Virus Monday, Aug 13, 2012 9:24 PM UTC 37
Life The Panic Virus