It’s definitely true that CNN has torn into the memo, which is good. But I’d argue that giving the issue nonstop attention, even if it’s negative attention, is still a political win for bullshit peddlers like Hannity et al. Read more

Yeah I think someone said in our office slack earlier that the only person you need to hear from on this is Marcy Wheeler. So right Read more

Agreed. But it might require a “salary” Read more

Saying people are having affairs with their colleagues without a shred of evidence seems pretty scummy to me! Read more

*Unless your main reason for watching is to play a SOTU drinking game.   Read more

Cancel it! period Read more

Those aren’t the execs. A few of them had their own solo standing-on-desk shots, but this one made for a better header. Sadly the video has been taken down :( Read more

Email me! [email protected] Read more

I think it tends to be more the righteous indignation, but I’m sure there are crazy fringe examples out there. Tho I will say that the pipeline from from wacko blog to Fox News seems to be much shorter/more direct than anything among the liberal/mainstream press. As far as the math aspect of it is concerned, I think… Read more

The mental gymnastics have been perfected over years—decades or centuries, even. Read more

Sure, but it’s a helluva lot harder, particularly when your employer has a certain idea of what a “White House reporter” should be Read more

Not having to spit out copy every day for a newspaper is certainly an advantage in some respects. Read more

My current coffee cup isn’t recyclable, but it’s something:

How do you think I come up with blogs? I stand around and think! Read more

It does lend you a certain type of prestige and access to powerful people—particularly if you like rubbing elbows with movie stars in LA: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160301/BLOGS03/160309991/ferro-gets-attention-for-attending-the-oscars-but-not-the-kind-he-wanted Read more

fwiw I think most, if not all, of the people who actually work at the LA Times probably want the newspaper to better reflect the city. But they’re not the boss! Read more

Sure, but I think most people would see a difference between its highly conservative op-ed pages and the more neutral news section. Read more

As I mentioned in the blog, he interviews other prominent folks—like Gary Cohn—pretty frequently for live events and such. But WSJ typically has other reporters write those up or else publishes excerpts. Read more

I put this question to both Roiphe and Harper’s spokesperson. Former has yet to respond and latter declined to comment on any specifics re: forthcoming articles. Read more

Small update: I just got a full copy of the book, and this scene is its prologue. Bannon did not drink any wine at dinner. Read more