USA Today NewsFlash: 'Rudeness, Threats Make the Web a Cruel World
July 31st, 2007 10:55 AM
In light of Matt Sheffield's latest post, I found it a bit funny that this article is featured on the front page of USAToday.com this morning (see screenshot to the right).SAN FRANCISCO — Brooke Brodack remembers her first online "hater." Nearly two years ago, the person posted rude comments about a video she had posted on YouTube, says Brodack, 21, of San Francisco, whose videos show her lip-…
WashPost Leaves Out Party Label of Pol Charged with Running Brothel
July 19th, 2007 1:38 PM
Say you write for or edit the metro section of a major metropolitan newspaper and you have a juicy story of a local ex-mayor who was arrested for running a brothel. It's right on the heels of the Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) prostitution scandal and the politician in the local story in question was once a sheriff's deputy, clearly no stranger to anti-prostitution laws.Party affiliation is just…
WashPost: Willing to Hike Taxes = 'Maturing' In Office
March 5th, 2007 11:50 AM
"As many political observers see it, [Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William] Howell is maturing into the leadership role he took on four years ago," wrote The Washington Post's Tim Craig in today's paper. And what exactly is developing the Republican speaker into an upstanding young chap? Nothing more than a newfound willingness to raise taxes in the Old Dominion.Here's the first two…
WashPost Goes Easy on Democrat Jim Webb's Pointed Women-in-Combat Writ
September 14th, 2006 10:57 PM
