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Explaining The 'Birther' Conspiracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jezebel, Birthers, Insanity, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, Lunatic Fringe, Politics News

These Birthers basically assume a vast, complicated conspiracy, through which countless individuals, of varying degrees of power and station, have managed to fool the entire nation into electing a guy from Africa as our president.

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It's An Eat The Press Canada Day (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Canada Day, Metric, Canadians, Jason Jones, Canadian Indie Rock, Canada, Samantha Bee, Jezebel, Meghan McCain, Conrad Black, Stars, The New York Times, Video, Sarah Palin, Rachel Sklar, Indie Rock, Media News

Hmm. It's July 1st! Somewhere, out in the recesses of memory, a strange, clarion call is sounding, reminding me of a hallowed Eat The Press traditio...

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Was AOL Reporter Tommy Christopher Sacked For Criticizing Misogynist Playboy Piece?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Tommy Christopher Fired, Sexism, Aol, Aol Time Warner, Misogyny, Tommy Christopher, Video, Jezebel, Megan Carpentier, Playboy Magazine, Media Criticism, Conservative Pundits, Media News

Earlier this week, we mentioned how Playboy had published a sociopathic, hateful, and unfunny listicle by Guy Cimbalo, listing the ten conservative wo...

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Playboy Scorned For Hateful Attack On Conservative Pundits (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Misogyny, Conservative Pundits, Politico, General Motors Bondholders, Media Criticism, Liz Glover, Jezebel, General Motors, Tom Tancredo, Video, General Motors Bankruptcy, Sexism, Megan Carpentier, Playboy Magazine, Wall Street Bonuses, Citigroup, Media News

Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...

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Scritti Politti: March 30, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Freakonomics, New Hampshire, Media Criticism, Rush Limbaugh, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Print Media, Jezebel, Iran, L.A. Times, Barack Obama, New Hampshire Polls, Neo-Conservatism, Timothy Geithner, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

L.A. Times contributor Andrew Klavan DOUBLE DOG DARES YOU intolerable lefties to listen...just listen!...to Rush Limbaugh's show! Because if you did,...

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Scritti Politti: March 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jezebel, Jim Cramer, Twitter, Nsfw, Journolist, Mickey Kaus, Corrections, Media Criticism, David Gregory, National Review, Politics News

Congratulations are in order to Mickey Kaus, who proved, through the disclosure of a single, intended-to-be-off-the-record threaded discussion from Jo...

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The Bigger Star By Farr: Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?

John Farr | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment

Who was the bigger star -- Bette Davis or Joan Crawford? Maybe reviewing some highlights of their respective careers can help resolve this thorny question.

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Vlogorrhea, With Jason And Ana (And Megan): Courting Backlash At Thanksgiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Jezebel, Video, Ana Marie Cox, Jason Linkins Vlog, Megan Carpentier, Vlogorrhea, John Brennan, Media News

It's the Thanksgiving Holiday, so let's vlog, why not? This week, Ana Marie and I had the especially good fortune to be joined by Megan Carpentier, blogger and Crappy Hourist from Jezebel.

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What Happens In St. Paul Stays Between Y'All: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Community Organizer, Sarah Palin, Jezebel, St. Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Megan Carpentier, Levi Johnston, Joe Lieberman, Community Organizing, Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Republican National Convention, Bristol Palin, Crappy Hour, Politics News

I had the pleasure of joining Jezebel's Megan Carpentier this morning for another edition of Crappy Hour. On the docket for today: the Sarah Palin co...

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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sleeplessness, Jezebel, Democratic National Convention, Megan Carpentier, Bourbon, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Existentialism, Taxi, Denver, Politics News

Here in Denver, Colorado, we are all just Americans in search of a more perfect union. Specifically between ourselves and the taxicabs we called for ...

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Pumas, Veeps, And Hissing Cockroaches: A Political Bestiary On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ed Rendell, Puma, John McCain, Jezebel, Cindy McCain, Megan Carpentier, Veepstakes, Barack Obama, Politics News

This morning, I once again had the privilege of spending the early, surly hours of the Friday of/before the Text Message That Nostradamus, And No One ...

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McCain's Lobbyists, The Draft, And Dungeons And Dragons On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Jezebel, John McCain Lobbyist, Military Draft, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

This morning, I had the opportunity to join one of my favorite writers and thinkers, Megan Carpentier, for Jezebel.com's daily feature, Crappy Hour, t...

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Bitches Are Back. But Here's What's Wrong With the New Model

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Jezebel, Mad Men, Julie Burchill, Bitch Is the New Black, Bitch, Joan Holloway, Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf, Happiness, Living News

To be a strong woman, a good feminist and even save the world, you need to be a bitch, according to a recent spate of articles.

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Droll Models: Is Being Drunk and "Slutty" Empowering?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 07.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Nick Denton, Jezebel, Tracie Egan, Gawker, Lizz Winstead, Moe Tkacik, Emily Gould, Gawker Media, Media News

There's been an awful lot of negative press aimed at the House of Gawker over the past year or so, and even the most unctuous of Nick Denton apologists would have to admit that quite a bit of it is well-deserved.

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Jezebelism

Lizz Winstead | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Gawker Media, Tracie Egan, Jezebel, Sex, Moe Tkacik, Video, Media News

I don't know if the Jezebel girls came to my show drunk, or just ended up drunk by the time they hit the stage, but what I do know is that the discussion that ensued was deeply disturbing to me.

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Jezebel's "Fine Lines" Feature Gets Picked Up By HarperCollins In First Non-Gawker Gawker Book Deal

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Books, Jezebel, Huffpost Books, Fine Lines, Media News

If you are a woman of certain age — that age being the age of growing up with books like Summer of Fear and The Girl With The Silver Eyes and De...

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WayUnacceptableTV

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Abortion, Salon.com, Jezebel, Damon Wayans, Abortion Man, Cdc, My Wife and Kids, Jessica Delfino, Media News

As a stand-up comedian, I have a good sense of humor. But I'm damn certain that Damon Wayans' site's Abortion Man video is sick and sad.

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WaPo Backtracks On Misogynist Opinion Piece, Labels It Humor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jezebel, Charlotte Allen, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Washington Post, Politics News

A day after allowing Charlotte Allen to pen a lengthy and inane screed about how women are stupid and should cuddle up to their own stupidity and do s...

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Media Winners of 2007

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Kristol NYT, Charlie Gibson, Bill Kristol, Briwi, Anchor Wars, Brian Williams, Krstol NYT, Ucb, Adam Moss, Sherri Shepherd, Stewart and Colbert, Mika Brzezinski Paris Hilton, The View, Stephen Colbert, Alec Baldwin, Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Jezebel, Portfolio Magazine, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, 30 Rock, Don Imus, Mika Brzezinski, Colbert Report, Amy Poehler, David Remnick, Media News