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Media Monday: Meet the collateral damage from the FishbowlDC fracas
2/27/12 1:43 PM Comment
Media consultant Brad Phillips didn't realize what he was getting into when he spoke with Betsy Rothstein for her infamous article about women reporters' Twitter photos. Harry Jaffe did.
It's official: Betsy Rothstein hates attractive women journalists
2/23/12 4:49 PM Comment
The FishbowlDC editor claims there's a trend involving female reporters with "sexy" or "provocative" Twitter avatars. She is wrong.
Media Monday: Which reporter is Media Matters' top lackey?
2/20/12 9:33 PM Comment
The Daily Caller singled out nine reporters who allegedly served as Media Matters' lackeys, but didn't bother to do the necessary research. So Ryan Kearney took it upon himself to do the dirty work.
Media Monday: Trolling the Post's new comments system
2/13/12 12:00 PM Comment
The other week, the Washington Post announced changes to its comments system, and declared a war on trolls. So I went trolling.
Media Monday: Tired and depressed Super Bowl edition
2/6/12 10:34 AM Comment
Neither the Redskins nor the Ravens made it to Super Bowl XLVI, but that didn't stop regional papers from splashing the results across their front pages.
Media Monday: And then there were two. And a half
1/30/12 12:59 PM Comment
With the departure of our arts editor and another reporter, who's left at TBD? Behold, our brief resurgence of transparency.
Media Monday: Metromix D.C. is dead, long live Metromix D.C.
1/13/12 3:37 PM Comment
The Gannett-owned entertainment and listings site is a shell of its former self (which was a shell itself). As for whether anyone was laid off, the media giant isn't talking.
Media Monday: He's back! City Paper contributor loathes pretty much everyone
1/9/12 10:56 AM Comment
Franklin Schneider's latest diatribe against work, marriage, and children is Internet gold. It's also a portrait of a bitter man-child who justifies his way of life by disparaging others'.
Media Monday: WaPo's 'The List' is still in, apparently
1/3/12 11:53 AM Comment
Style reporters Dan Zak and Monica Hesse spent Friday afternoon explaining, defending, and otherwise elucidating the year-end in/out list to a packed room at the Newseum.
Media Monday: Why does Gawker's Hamilton Nolan hate D.C. so much?
12/19/11 4:29 PM Comment
The NYC-based writer despises D.C. with every snarky bone in his body. At least, that's the impression one gets from his writing.
Media Monday: Does the Washington Post treat male and female bank robbers differently?
12/12/11 9:53 AM Comment
One reader accuses the paper of an overly sympathetic portrayal of a woman bank robber, saying it needs to overcome "its sexist refusal to treat women as grown-ups with accountability for their behavior, just like men."
Media Monday: The Washington Post's Social Reader is driving Facebook users crazy
12/5/11 9:31 AM Comment
The Post's reputation as a national news outlet is at stake, and they're going to stake that reputation on the Social Reader, the tagline for which — "A New Way to Spread News" — is more accurate than perhaps even the paper realizes.
Media Monday: Which paper had the blackest Friday?
11/28/11 7:57 AM Comment
A slow Thanksgiving week means a slow Media Monday. So I've decided to search the websites of D.C. media outlets for the phrase "Black Friday" in articles published in November. The winner won't surprise you.
Media Mondays: A defense of Gene Weingarten and all cantankerous old fuds
10/31/11 12:13 PM Comment
In a column last week, Gene Weingarten hilariously skewered the Online News Association's recent convention with joke about pictures of bacon taped to cats. The digerati responded exactly as he'd hoped: by taking him too seriously.
Media Mondays: The Daily Caller refuses to get it right
10/24/11 11:41 AM Comment
The Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle still doesn't realize that October 2011 and Occupy DC are separate groups. Or he just refuses to admit when he's wrong.
Arts roundup: Zodiac shakeup, 44 seconds of Palin breathing
1/14/11 9:55 AM Comment
In yesterday's top news, the Zodiac and Sarah Palin get mixed up.
Betsy Rothstein's year in Twitter battles
1/3/11 9:01 PM Comment
The Fishbowl DC editor likes the people she covers just fine — as long as they don't talk back.

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