Dave Weigel

Behind The 2012 News (And Noise) Cycle

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.07.2012

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Last week, Jon Ralston, a veteran Las Vegas Sun columnist, dared reporters to ignore Donald Trump's unveiling of his presidential endorsement -- with ...

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Twitter, Comedians Will Miss Trump Run

Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Politics, Comedians, Twitter, Mike Huckabee, John King, Donald Trump 2012, Donald Trump, Elections 2012, Seth Meyers, Piers Morgan, Comedy, Politics News

After weeks of quasi-campaigning, Donald Trump announced Monday that he would not actually be running for president in 2012. His news didn't come as m...

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Dissecting the Photo of Obama in the Situation Room

Danny Groner | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Photos, Photography, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Al-Qaeda, Scott Hall, Osama Bin Laden Death, Slate, Terrorism, The New York Times, John Brennan, Denis McDonough, Bin Laden, Obama, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Obama National Security, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Dave Weigel, Newsweek, Robert Gates, National Security, David Brooks, Joel Achenbach, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Jon Bernstein, Washington Post, Memes, Hank Stuever, The Situation Room, Newstatesman, Obama Situation Room Picture, Media News

While some have turned the photo into a meme, others have reflected on its significance, particularly Obama's and Hillary Clinton's expressions.

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Sophie B. Hawkins Wants To Do What To Sarah Palin, Now? [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Dave Weigel, Sarah Palin, Sophie B. Hawkins, Eat the Press, Cpac, Cpac 2011, Video, Politics News

Lock it in: Slate's Dave Weigel has won the CPAC coverage with this scoop, live from Andrew Breitbart's "Big Gay Party," at Washington's Eighteenth St...

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Hawaii Legislature Introduces Bill To Raise Revenues From Lunatics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Dave Weigel, Politics News, Neil Abercrombie, Insanity, Conspiracy Theories, Birther-Movement, Birthers, Lunatic Fringe, Obama Birthers, Politics News

As you may have heard, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D), upon taking office, declared that he was going to be the guy to settle the whole "Obama birth...

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Neil Abercrombie Should Rethink His Decision To Take On The 'Birthers'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Politics News, Conspiracy Theories, Insanity, Dave Weigel, Neil Abercrombie, Lunatic Fringe, Birther-Movement, Birthers, Obama Birthers, Politics News

The flaw in Abercrombie's thinking is that he believes this is a matter that can be laid to rest. But the birthers already believe in an ornate conspiracy, spanning many generations of bipartisan officials on the local, state, and federal level, to conceal the heritage of a biracial child in order to install him in the White House for... well, for kicks, I guess! Given that they already successfully contain all that derangement inside their cranial cavities, there's really no big reveal Abercrombie can offer that won't simply be seamlessly incorporated as component of this bonkers theory.

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What Journalism Students Can Learn From Shirley Sherrod, JournoList

Matt Vasilogambros | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Andrew Breitbart, Ezra Klein, Tom Vilsack, New York Times, Shirley Sherrod, Washington Post, Octavia Nasr, Journalism, College News

Take note of what happened in the world of journalism this summer. As we've seen, even professionals continue to adapt to the industry and learn from the actions of their colleagues.

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For Palin's Facebook Friends, It's Complicated

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daily Caller, Grizzly, Dave Weigel, Sarah Palin, Keith Olbermann, Mama Grizzlies, John McCain, Palin, Papergrizzly, Ben Smith, Politics News

Are Palin's Facebook "friends" and followers truly a constituency-in-waiting, or more of a passive media audience?

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Dave Weigel SLAMS Megyn Kelly On Fox News: 'Minstrel Show'

Daily Dish | Dave Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Fox News, Cable News, Dave Weigel and Megyn Kelly, Megyn Kelly, Media News

I don't really get a chance to watch TV in Unalaska, and the one thing I miss is Megyn Kelly of Fox News. The last week or so of her work -- her one w...

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Taking the Me From Social Media

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Social Media, Cnn, Twitter, Chatroulette, Alec Ross, Octavia Nasr, Facebook, Al Qaeda, Jared Cohen, Media News

In the last month, a prominent journalist and two State Department spokesmen have fallen afoul of the tweet. Similarly, Dave Weigel lost his job over a few emails. The fates of these four are a reminder of the perils of social media.

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Democrats Hoping For A Tea Party Boost Should Maybe Rethink Things

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, 2010 Elections, Tea Party, Nevada Senate Race, Tea Party Candidates, Eat the Press, Elections 2010, Video, Media News

Democrats who have pinned their electoral hopes in 2010 to self-identified "Tea Party" insurgents siphoning off votes from establishment GOP candidates may want to develop a new strategy.

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I'm Glad Dave Weigel Resigned: Now the Washington Post Can Hire a Labor Reporter

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afl-Cio, Dave Weigel, Matt Drudge, Labor, Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party, Media News

With Weigel gone, it means the Post might finally have the money to hire a labor journalist. Despite the labor movement's 16 million dues-paying members, the newspaper has no full time labor reporter.

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Ex-Washington Post Reporter Becomes MSNBC Contributor

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Washington Post conservative beat blogger/reporter Dave Weigel, who resigned last week after his private, off-the-record emails were made publi...

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Journalism

August J. Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Journalism, Bloggers, Politics News

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Ex-WaPo Blogger Wrong About Why He Was Wrong

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Media, Msnbc, Twitter, Dave Weigel, Olbermann, Blog, Weigel, Media News

While many saw Weigel's fall as a revenge of the inventions -- blogs are blurry and Twitter is scary -- his problem was actually pretty basic. He got caught going negative on people who matter.

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Dave Weigel's Resignation: The Backstory And Meaning

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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When he arrived at a party on the Huffington Post's D.C. office roof-deck on Thursday evening, Washington Post reporter/blogger David Weigel felt secu...

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Washington Post's Conservative Beat Reporter Resigns Following Firestorm

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Matt Drudge, Journolist, Washington Post, Dave Weigel Matt Drudge, Media News

Reporter/blogger Dave Weigel has resigned from the Washington Post following the leak of controversial, off-the-record emails he sent to a group of jo...

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April 19 D.C. Protests: Anti-Government And Pro-Gun Groups Join Forces

Washington Post | Dave Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Gun Owners of America, April 19 Protests, D.C. Protests, April 19, April 19 Rallies, Oath Keepers, Gun Owners of America Protest, Oath Keepers Protest, Politics News

They remain under the radar for now, but expect to hear a lot more about the dual April 19 rallies that will bring anti-government and pro-gun groups ...

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Third Parties, Invisible Senators and Why Conservatism Is Still Dead

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Evan Bayh, Tom Coburn, Charlie Crist, Lincoln Chafee, Tea Party, 2010, Rachel Maddow, Markos Moulitsas, Michael Bloomberg, US Senate, Cpac, The Death of Conservatism, Barry Goldwater, 2012, John Birch Society, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News

The polarization of Washington has not come about because moderates and centrists have no place to go. In fact, moderates are doing just as well as anyone else in today's politics.

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Hayworth, Norquist and CPAC: The Republican Fork in the Road on Immigration

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.19.2010

Read More: John McCain, Latino Voters, America's Voice, Michelle Malkin, Tom Tancredo, Dave Weigel, Immigration Reform, Border War, Mario H. Lopez, Whit Ayres, Cpac, Grover Norquist, Chris Simcox, J.D. Hayworth, Harry Mitchell, Tea Party, Think Progress, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

Does the GOP choose the backward-looking, anti-immigrant route led by Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth, or the path toward real immigration solutions, led by Grover Norquist, who is supporting Hayworth's primary opponent John McCain?

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Tea Party Movement Plans 2010 Caucus

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Patriot Caucus, Temporary Patriot Party Caucus Development Committee, American Liberty Alliance, Dick Armey, Fcc, Tax Day Tea Parties, Federal Communications Committee, Ron Paul, Tea Party Patriots, Teaparty, Valley Forge, Politics News

The Tea Party movement hopes to calm dissension in its ranks in time for an April meeting of what is being called the Patriot Caucus.

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Ten Things That Did Not Suck About The Media In 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

It's New Year's Eve, that time of year when you toss aside your better instincts and succumb to America's need for Contemplative Listicles that Explai...

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The Case Against Reporting Sarah Palin's Status Updates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Twitter, Facebook, Media Criticism, Sarah Palin, Eat the Press, Media News

If reporters want to actually engage Sarah Palin in questioning, they should stop pretending her various posts to online social media -- to which no one in the world requires reporters to access or penetrate, anyway -- represents some sort of blockbuster, journalistic "get."

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Everything You Need To Know About Czars

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Fearmongering, Politico, John Holdren, Media Criticism, Cass Sunstein, Czars, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Politics News

Driving today's fearful discussion about czars this morning is a Politico article that 's a fine example of what it does best: provide a distillation of political scuttlebutt and press releases into a story.

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WorldNetDaily Gaining Influence As Sensible Conservatives Push Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, World Net Daily, Jon Henke, Jerome Corsi, Media Criticism, Conservatism, Drudge Report, Republican Party, Eat the Press, Media News

This past Tuesday, I posted an item on a recent effort launched by the conservative bloggers at The Next Right seeking to challenge WorldNetDaily, an ...

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