journalismism

Shep Smith Loses It, Drops F-Bomb

Ryan Tate · 04/22/09 09:52PM

Shep Smith lost it on-air tonight over torture. Being Fox News' angry, sultry rogue anchor, he's against all the double-talk and subterfuge to justify it. Really against it. Totally "fucking" against it.

Oh Just Let 4Chan Run The News

Hamilton Nolan · 04/22/09 01:06PM

In your hacked Wednesday media column: Rachel Maddow's less fascinating, 4Chan's smarter than Time, online news fails, and newspaper layoffs reported not in newspapers:

Things To Give Up On

Hamilton Nolan · 04/22/09 12:10PM

The Way We Live Now: In rubble, soaked in our own urine. Americans are giving up on baseball. Iraqis are giving up on jobs. And entire cities are giving up on existence and bulldozing themselves.

Reporter Gets Shot, Gets Fired

Hamilton Nolan · 04/21/09 04:21PM

St. Louis-area newspaper the Suburban Journals laid off 37 year-old reporter Todd Smith last week due to budget cuts. Despite the fact that Smith had taken a bullet in the line of journalism.

Esquire Really *****d The *******s

Hamilton Nolan · 04/21/09 01:18PM

In your overblownTuesday media column: Time is a biter, Michael Wolff is an exaggerator, Portfolio is a fantasist, Newsweek is stank, and Esquire is an [expletive deleted]:

The Pulitzers: In With the Old

Hamilton Nolan · 04/20/09 03:11PM

Now that the fabulous glory of the 2009 Pulitzers—the first ever to include online reporting!— has come and gone, let us reflect on their meaning. Hint: the Pulitzers are just like the newspaper industry!

Your 2009 Pulitzer Winners

Hamilton Nolan · 04/20/09 02:01PM

As we mentioned, today is Pulitzer day! The winners have started trickling out, and we'll be updating this post as they come in. Keep refreshing it incessantly! Click through for the glory of journalism: