Perezhilton.com calls on ABC to fire “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Isaiah Washington in the continued fallout over his use of a homophobic slur.
Lefty bloggers debate whether the liberal sector of the blogosphere constitutes a bona fide movement. See mydd.com, tmpcafe.com, atrios.blogspot.com and stevegilliard.blogspot.com for more.
Can search-and-advertising giant Google be beat? Nope, says skrenta.com, arguing that competitors like Yahoo should join forces with their rival.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-23” author: “Maria Allen”
What kind of man would make a comedy in which a plane slams into the World Trade Center? Schlockmeister Uwe (“House of the Dead”) Boll, that’s who. Bollbashers.com is on the case.
Blogs swarmed the Don Imus mess: prospect.org/weblog criticizes MSNBC for having just one female guest on to discuss Imus’s firing; thenewsblog.net questions whether Imus was ever funny.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Charles Evans”
Lefty blogger Glenn Greenwald at salon.com tracks the path of the John Edwards haircut story—from the Politico to the Drudge Report and beyond—to show the creation of Beltway conventional wisdom.
How did the media in China handle the early, incorrect reports that the Virginia Tech shooter was a Chinese national? Censorship and secrecy, according to jamesfallows.com.
At corner.nationalreview.com, bloggers John Derbyshire and Carol Iannone point fingers at cowardly males and coed dorms as prominent factors in the death toll at Virginia Tech. Boo.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-21” author: “James Patton”
The new The New Republic turns its investigative might against humorist David Sedaris, turning up several alleged exaggerations and lies. For the defense: the folks at gawker.com.
With March Madness upon us, where is the college-hoops fan to turn? We love deadspin.com for the gossip, but for stats, insight and analysis,kenpom.com/blog is our blog of choice. Dee-fense!
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-05” author: “Reuben White”
kotaku.com scoop blows a planned Playstation announcement, prompting Sony to cut ties with the site. But not for long.
More evidence that people will do things in virtual worlds that they’d be too afraid to do in real life:blog.johnedwards.com reports that the candidate’s Second Life HQ was allegedly defaced by GOP users.
Yale’s tabloid, Rumpus, publishes its annual “Yale’s 50 Most Beautiful People” issue. ivygateblog.com posts the honorees’ Facebook pages for more, uh, candid photographs of the winners.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-19” author: “Lawrence Ward”
Ann Coulter: flame-throwing blowhard or lazy plagiarist? Both, according to allegations from plagiarism expert John Barrie in rawstory.com and tpmmuckraker.com .
A couple of bloggers at 1up.com charge that the enemies in the Japanese game Loco Roco are caricatures reminiscent of minstrels in blackface; kotaku.com disagrees vehemently.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-24” author: “John Dayton”
Staffers for a Minneapolis CBS affiliate tried to bar local blogger mnspeak.com from a Katie Couric town meeting, before settling for confiscating his pen. Is that any way to treat the blogosphere, Katie?
Angered by the Supreme Court’s decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, prominent right-wing blogger nicedoggie.net calls for “Five ropes, five robes, five trees. Some assembly required.” Classy.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Rodney Wallace”
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Roy Gienger”
The wanna-be Kate Mosses at frugal-fashionista.blogspot.com show you how to dress like a star on a fraction of the budget. They link you to designs that imitate what celebrities are sporting on the town.
Surf projectrungay.blogspot.com for catty commentary on the hit Bravo show. This season’s finale promises a sewing scandal!
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-12” author: “Jorge Paquette”
“King Kong” director Peter Jackson is making videogames with Microsoft for the Xbox 360 and PCs. Hollywood-elsewhere.com says that Jackson’s style is much better suited to games than to serious films.
Critics are rightly calling HBO’s “The Wire” the best show on TV. For deeper insights into this series, check out heavenandhere.wordpress.com and mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Jerry Woodard”
If you are so obsessed with football that even intricate discussions of the salary cap give you a rush, profootballtalk.com’s rumor-mill section will make you the smartest guy in your fantasy league.
Lefty bloggers savored MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s scathing rebuttal of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s speech to the American Legion. crooksandliars.com has the footage.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-02-01” author: “Levi Jeffries”
The captains of industry at Gawker Media have added a new outpost to their digital empire: idolator.com, a blog devoted to music gossip and news. Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, prepare for battle.
Last week, Bill Clinton held a meeting in Harlem with several prominent lefty bloggers. Culturekitchen.com protests that none of the invitees were black or Latino.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-22” author: “Lula Mars”
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-21” author: “Joseph Jones”
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-30” author: “Terri Ford”
Dailykos.com exults after Joe Lieberman’s defeat in the Connecticut primary. The New Republic’s owner lashes out at Democrats at tnr.com/blog/theplank; stevegilliard.blogspot.com returns fire.
A Los Angeles Times Magazine reporter shadowing “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis gets a lot more than she bargained for; gawker.com tweaks the New York Post for missing the story.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-27” author: “Pamela Reger”
Tpmcafe.com rounds up the political hits, catching a GOP strategist using Barack Obama’s little-known middle name, Hussein, and identifying presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s gay-tolerant past.
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are raving about Nintendo’s new hit console, the Wii. Wiihaveaproblem.com shows the mishaps that can occur when people play a bit too enthusiastically.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-02-01” author: “Eula Lindeland”
Tpmcafe.com rounds up the political hits, catching a GOP strategist using Barack Obama’s little-known middle name, Hussein, and identifying presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s gay-tolerant past.
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are raving about Nintendo’s new hit console, the Wii. Wiihaveaproblem.com shows the mishaps that can occur when people play a bit too enthusiastically.
title: “Blogwatch” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Ingrid Hathaway”
igottabasketballjones.blogspot.com–a.k.a. Laker fan Alan Elliott–with a publicly stated desire to see Kobe Bryant traded, turns up as an anonymous source in Peter Vecsey’s New York Post column. Odd.
A quote about hanging congressmen critical of the nation’s war efforts, falsely attributed to Abraham Lincoln, becomes a right-wing talking point. Glenn Greenwald’s blog at Salon.com explains how.
