Author: Jake Simpson

Media Diet

Ezra Klein: What I Read

Kevin Clark

The Washington Post blogger explains his Media Diet

By Jake Simpson

Jan 29, 2010

Spatwatch

WaPo's Latest Foe: WaPo Writers

The embattled Post sanitizes a reporter's blog post blasting the paper

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 29, 2010

Top 5 Forced iPad-State of the Union Connections

Bloggers stretch their linguistic and rational abilities to turn coincidence into something more

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 28, 2010

Fact Checking the State of the Union: A Round-Up

Major media outlets part ways over the nitty gritty of what's fact and fiction in Obama's speech

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 27, 2010

Good Question!

How Did China's Star Thrash Venus Williams?

Did Li Na's historic victory come because the state was hands-on or hands-off?

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 26, 2010

Colonialism, Capitalism, Racism: 6 Avatar 'Isms'

Critics have high-falutin' theories for what James Cameron's blockbuster is really about

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 26, 2010

Morning Vid: Beck and O'Reilly Get 'Bold and Fresh'

The Fox pundits team up on a tour for the ages

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 25, 2010

Cliché Watch

Brett Favre, Beowulf of Football

To hear the old-guard columnists, a player never took off his pads with such gravitas

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 25, 2010

Breaking Ranks

Greenwald Defends SCOTUS Ruling

Salon's left-wing lawyer/blogger argues in favor of the Supreme Court decision that has so many liberals up in arms

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 23, 2010

"Extraordinary Measures": Tear-Jerking or Trite?

A poignant story inspires a movie that critics pan for overplaying the melodrama

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 22, 2010

Laugh Goodbye With Conan: 5 Top Tonight Show Clips

On the Tonight Show host's last day, we review his funniest moments

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 22, 2010

Morning Vid: The Week Keith Olbermann Went Insane

MSNBC's new harangue-master drops Scott Brown for a new topic: the end of the world

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 21, 2010

Lightning Rod

Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Raises 'Double Standard' Claims

Lefty bloggers are incensed that CBS agreed to put the Focus on the Family ad on the air

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 21, 2010

Cliché Watch

We Heard You the First Two Times

Keith, try enjoying the sound of your own voice saying different things

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 20, 2010

Critics, Conservatives Make the Case Against Haiti Aid

Haiti will be better in the long run, they argue, if the country learns to take care of itself

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 20, 2010

Morning Vid: Olbermann Adds 'Sexist' to Brown's Litany of Sins

The MSNBC host pretends he's going to apologize for his 80-second rant, and instead goes for the sucker punch

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 19, 2010

Lightning Rod

White House Goes After Fox News--Again

New press secretary Dan Pfeiffer reiterates that Fox is not a news organization, sparking exasperation from the left and return fire from the network

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 19, 2010

Spatwatch

Greenwald Uses Brooks to Beat Brooks

Salon's lefty blogger dredges up a plethora of Brooks' past columns to debunk his claim that public opinion is all-important

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 19, 2010

Screed

Olbermann Roasts 'Ex Nude Model' Brown

The MSNBC pundit crams as many negative adjectives as he can into a single toxic thought on the Mass. senate candidate

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 15, 2010

Cliché Watch

Athletes, Guns, and Plea Agreements

Gilbert Arenas is the latest high-profile athlete whose guns got him into legal trouble

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 15, 2010

Spatwatch

Jon Stewart vs. Everyone

The Daily Show host takes on Robertson, Limbaugh, and Maddow -- at the same time

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 15, 2010

U.S. Toughens Stance as Nigeria Copes With Absent President

The country must deal with a tougher U.S. stance and an absent president

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 14, 2010

Spatwatch

Gawker Laughs Off Apple's Threat

Gawker publishes a threatening legal notice from Apple and plows ahead with its tablet contest

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By Jake Simpson

Jan 13, 2010

4 Reasons Lane Kiffin Is the Wrong Coach for USC

Sports wonks say the Trojans' scandal-dogged hire is more style than substance

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