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Media Monday: Which reporter is Media Matters' top lackey?
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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.
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Media Monday: Trolling the Post's new comments system
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The other week, the Washington Post announced changes to its comments system, and declared a war on trolls. So I went trolling.
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Media Monday: Tired and depressed Super Bowl edition
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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.
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Media Monday: And then there were two. And a half
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With the departure of our arts editor and another reporter, who's left at TBD? Behold, our brief resurgence of transparency.
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Media Monday: Metromix D.C. is dead, long live Metromix D.C.
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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.
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Media Monday: He's back! City Paper contributor loathes pretty much everyone
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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'.
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Media Monday: WaPo's 'The List' is still in, apparently
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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.
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Dave McKenna leaving Washington City Paper after 26 years
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Dave McKenna, the Washington City Paper sports columnist sued by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, is leaving the alt-weekly after 26 years because, in the words of managing editor Mike Madden, "It was going to be difficult to continue to just do his column.”
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Media Monday: Why does Gawker's Hamilton Nolan hate D.C. so much?
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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.
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Media Monday: Does the Washington Post treat male and female bank robbers differently?
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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."
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Media Monday: The Washington Post's Social Reader is driving Facebook users crazy
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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.
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How Dave Stroup convinced the D.C. blogosphere that 'Black Cat Bill' was dead
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How Dave Stroup convinced the D.C. blogosphere that 'Black Cat Bill' was dead, and how the City Paper got the real story.
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Media Monday: Which paper had the blackest Friday?
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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.
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Media Mondays: Associated Press' Christopher Walken story proves why their Twitter policy is foolish
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If only the Associated Press had turned to Twitter before publishing an erroneous story about Christopher Walken discussing Natalie Wood's death on D.C.'s ESPN 980.
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Male D.C. journos get in Twitter fight over Post trend story about Ann Taylor
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A Post trend story about the clothing store's popularity with D.C. women sparked one hell of a tweetspat today among several local journalists, all men.
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Media Mondays: Aaron Morrissey is burned out, and in demand
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A week ago today, DCist editor-in-chief Aaron Morrissey announced he's stepping down at the end of this month. He spoke with TBD about his reasons for leaving, and responded to news that he's been offered a job by one of DCist's mainstream-media competitors.
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Media Mondays: The Daily Caller refuses to get it right
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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.
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Media roundup: WaPo columnist waits an eternity for the electrician
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I'm usually quick to defend a writer's prerogative to write whatever he or she pleases. But then I read something like John Kelly's Sunday column in the Post, and I wonder if we should take our readers' criticisms to heart. Also: Politico plagiarism, trusting unprofitable journalists, and the most egregious sentence of the week.
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