journalismism

Mysterious 'Cougar' Woman Discovered in Middle America

Hamilton Nolan · 09/03/09 01:52PM

The 'Cougar' phenomenon—which never grows old, or loses its journalistic depth—is trickling down to the more...average precincts of American trendwatching. The Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times Leader went "on the prowl" for local cougars, get it? They found one!

Blogger Has Sex

Hamilton Nolan · 09/03/09 12:52PM

In your picturesque Thursday media column: Journalism used as a tool to obtain sexual satisfaction, WaPo libelously ponders libel, the homeless intern speaks words of hope, and FAIR is cutting writers' pay.

Larry King Cuts to the Chase

Richard Rushfield · 09/01/09 02:45PM

Interviewing Katie Hall, who in 1976 was abducted and raped, by now-notorious kidnapper Phillip Garrido, Larry King let the victim yammer about being picked up, outside a supermarket, forced into a car, before asking what viewers really wanted to know.

Young Reporters Are Fired

Hamilton Nolan · 08/31/09 04:20PM

Are you a newspaper reporter under the age of 35? No, because if you were, you would be fired immediately.