How the FBI Monitored Crusty Punks, 'Anarchist Hangouts,' and an Organic Farmers' Market Under the Guise of Combating Terrorism
John Cook · 03/13/12 03:19PM
The FBI conducted a three-year investigation, dubbed "Seizing Thunder," into a animal-rights and environmental "terrorists" in the Pacific Northwest that devolved into widespread—and seemingly pointless—surveillance of activists for no apparent reason aside from the fact that they were anarchists, or protested the war in Iraq, or were "militant feminists." Here's the file.
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Jeremy · 03/13/12 03:14PMChicago Billboard Provides Helpful Reminder That 'Hot Dogs Cause Butt Cancer'
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 03:12PMWashington Post Event Has #Hashtag Name Just to Be #Cool
Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/12 02:19PM
Put on your thinking caps, go into active listening mode, and stretch out your inside voices, Washington Post employees: it's time for a good old-fashioned in-house daylong corporate brainstorming session. No idea is too wacky to win the $1,000 prize! Looking at you, Hipness Desk. So remember to RSVP for this big event, #PostDisrupt. Is it on Twitter? No, there's just a hash tag in the name. For reasons of #Disrupt #Journalism #Hipness #BobWoodwardIsDoneAndWeNeedSomethingBig. The full email is below.
Utterly Horrible, Vile Creature Piers Morgan Calls Kate Moss An 'Utterly Horrible, Vile Creature'
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 01:28PM
As current beef goes, this one is almost as lame as The Weeknd saying that The-Dream looks like the Hamburglar on Twitter, but public name-calling is public name-calling, and so we will share this particularly stupid incident with you: Piers Morgan, CNN's premier ruddy-faced gasbag, is still really pissed at Kate Moss.
Madness: The Afghan Massacre is History's Dial Tone
Mobutu Sese Seko · 03/13/12 12:03PMHere Are All the Controversial Doonesbury Abortion Strips Your Local Paper's Not Running (UPDATE)
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 11:38AM
Garry Trudeau, creator of the wonderful Doonesbury comic strip, caused some controversy this week when he opted for a storyline based on the recent trend of dildonic ultrasound abortion bills. A number of papers opted out of running the strip this week due to its content; some, such as the Poughkeepsie Journal, chose to make it available online.
Win a New Kindle Touch and Give Your Books a Vacation
Studio@Gawker · 03/13/12 10:59AM
There's nothing wrong with a regular old book, unless of course, the book is too big and heavy, or gets boring, or ends halfway through your six-hour flight. Because then, you're going to be cursing your book and making vague threats about using it as kindling—and that's no way for a literate, book-lover like yourself to sound in public. You're going to wish you had the Kindle Touch eReader. And right now, you can win a free Kindle Touch by clicking here and answering this short survey. Just don't be surprised if you find yourself making excuses to spend more time traveling.
Today in Mitt Romney Trying to Relate to Voters: 'I’ve Got A Lot of Good Friends' Who Own NFL Teams
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 10:39AM
A few weeks ago, Mitt Romney stuffed his foot in his mouth after proving to the common folk at a NASCAR race that he was a fan of the sport because he has "some great friends who are NASCAR team owners." This week, he somehow crammed the other foot in there by repeating almost literally the exact same thing about the NFL.
The Internet Is The Biggest Threat to Publishing Since the... Xerox Machine?
Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/12 10:02AM
Harper's Magazine publisher John R. "Rick" MacArthur is a man who was born wealthy and has used some of his wealth to publish a great magazine. That's good. Where he pays his staff notoriously meager salaries and fights against their efforts to form a union. That's bad. Rick MacArthur, though, has one overriding redeeming aspect: he is fucking hilariously dumb when he talks about the internet.
New Hampshire Town Divided Over Renaming of 'Jew Pond'
Emma Carmichael · 03/13/12 09:38AMWhich Actress' Fiance Is Already Sleeping Around?
Brian Moylan · 03/13/12 09:09AMRebekah Brooks Arrested Again
Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/12 08:16AM
It looks like the biggest guillotine thus far has fallen (again) in the News Corp phone hacking scandal: British police have reportedly arrested Rebekah Brooks—former editor of the tabloids News of the World and The Sun, as well as former CEO of News International, News Corp's UK newspaper division, and a close friend and confidante of the Murdoch family. Brooks resigned from News International last year and was arrested last summer in the earlier stages of the phone hacking investigation. She was given a hefty going-away package last year.
I Am The New Sheriff Of The Internet And I Say The Daily Mail Can Go Fuck Itself
Danny Gold · 03/12/12 11:04PM
Everyone is buzzing today about the new ethics for Internet reporting dictated by David Carr (correction: Carr is not involved in the plan, he merely wrote about it), Simon Dumenco, Adam Moss and a few other notables, and by everyone I mean a bunch of nerds who write things on the Internet, myself included.
Stephen Colbert Deconstructs Romney's Southern Strategy
Matt Toder · 03/12/12 11:02PMToo bad it is little more than saying "y'all" and mentioning eating grits for breakfast. As a proud Southern gentlemen, Stephen Colbert finds this about as hard to abide as anything else in Romney's campaign.
Jon Stewart Takes on Kony 2012 and the Media's Reaction To Its Success
Matt Toder · 03/12/12 10:34PMAfter the Invisible Children Kony 2012 video blew up last week, Jon Stewart took some time on tonight's Daily Show to look into both the video and the media's reaction to the video's popularity and message.
This Is By Far The Grossest Fetish Discovered This Week
Danny Gold · 03/12/12 10:16PM
Vice published a story today that they are referring to as the "chain pub piss dungeon." It is not for the faint of heart. You would think with all of the weird Internet fetishes out there, we would be used to them by now but for some reason this one seems to have struck a chord. This perhaps trumps even the eel sex documentary they did in Japan.
A Runway View of Paris Fashion Week 2012
Nilina Mason-Campbell · 03/12/12 10:00PM
Paris Fashion Week, with its flurry of models, luxury brands, fashionistas, onlookers and press, has now drawn to a close. During the course of its final days, we stalked around many of the shows and parties to capture a view of the atmosphere in the City of Lights. Scenes of the past week include glimpses of the runway, the outdoor scenes before and after the shows and backstage areas abuzz with activity to spy models in their natural habitat.
Trump Kin Kill Animals And Pose Like Jackasses, Controversy Ensues
Danny Gold · 03/12/12 09:20PM
Donald Trump, Jr. and his brother Eric are under fire from wildlife enthusiasts after TMZ posted up photos of a hunting trip the two took to Zimbabwe that show them posing with their trophies. The brothers are seen posing with the dead carcasses of elephants, wildebeest, crocodiles and other game animals. In one photo, Donald clutches an elephant tail has has cut off.





