Reports of the New Republic‘s death have been greatly understated–and more than a half-century late. The decision of boy-millionaire Chris Hughes to jettison editors, relocate from Washington to New York, and recast the biggest of the Little Magazines as,
“Who run the world?” asks Beyoncé in her recent hit song, before answering unequivocally: “Girls.” Her record was the first many had heard of this change of leadership–but it makes you think, doesn’t it? What would the world be like
The Uber ride-sharing app suffered its first U.S. state-wide ban last week when a Washoe County, Nevada court made a preliminary ruling that the company operates “in all ways” like a taxi business. Uber suspended all operations in Nevada and
I like to read books, but I really love to give books. They’re easy to wrap. They’re usually under $20. They can be shared with others. Most importantly, buying them supports people I like. Finding Mr. Righteous by Lisa De
Michael Sam made news earlier this year by becoming the first openly gay NFL football player but only a short time later he was cut from the St. Louis Rams and shortly after that the Dallas Cowboys. Now, GQ magazine
The fallout is still mounting over the November 17 BuzzFeed piece alleging that an executive of Uber said that his company should do opposition research on recalcitrant journalists and release their personal information to the public. But now the scrutiny
On Monday night, Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed ran a lengthy hit piece against car service Uber. Smith smacked around senior Uber executive Emil Michael for supposedly claiming seriously that Uber would monitor the private lives of journalists: A senior executive at
A few days ago, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith had a big scoop revealing that a senior Uber executive thought it would be a good idea to do opposition research on journalists and expose their private information to the public. But it
Wednesday on Bloomberg TV’ “Bloomberg West,” PandoDaily Founder and Editor-In-Chief Sarah Lacy detailed recent stories about Uber executive Emil Michael’s commnets at a dinner with prominent journalists that Uber had plan to hire top opposition researchers and go after journalists families
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) cabinet approved a comprehensive list of 83 designated terrorist organizations Saturday, the WAM Emirates News Agency reports. The list includes various al-Qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State. But the UAE also considers the Muslim Brotherhood and
Senior Uber executive Emil Michael thought it would be a good idea to dig up personal information on journalists who oppose the Uber empire and publish it–with focus on a particular female journalist–but later “apologized” for his suggestion of such
In an appearance at the Story Co., IA Democratic Party’s fall barbecue last week held in his honor, outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) remarked on Republican senate hopeful Jodi Ernst’s late rally headed into Election Day showing her with a
The Sutton Trust, an influential education charity, yesterday released a report written by academics at Durham University that praises traditional teaching methods, entitled What makes great teaching? The report’s author, Professor Robert Coe, has led calls for teachers to reject
Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Politics has been itching to fabricate a game-changer gotcha that might save the Senate for President Obama. Twice in two weeks these fabrications have blown up in BuzzFeed’s face, resulting in heckles even from BuzzFeed’s ideological soul-mates
Before the digital ink could begin to dry on BuzzFeed’s attempt to redefine plagiarism with a hit against Iowa Republican candidate Joni Ernst, reporters from left-wing outlets such as the New York Times and Politico were shrugging the BuzzFeed article
Immigration activists unexpectedly took the stage with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) to protest her for not being pro-amnesty enough at a campaign event Sunday, according to a Buzzfeed report. While Hagan supported the Senate immigration bill that would have provided
GOP leaders are clamoring behind the scenes to massively increase the number of guest-worker visas for high-tech companies if Republicans control Congress after the midterms. According to The Hill, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) recently said that “there is agreement on
BuzzFeed’s Evan-McMorris-Santaro is blaming a Democrat tracker for a hit on Republican Georgia Senate candidate David Perdue that blew up in the left-wing outlet’s face. Why it’s a “fail” for a Democrat tracker to assume Buzzfeed will post oppo-research without
Despite the fact that her opponent, Republican Greg Abbott, has been in an interracial marriage for more than 30 years, in yet another desperate campaign move, flailing Democrat gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis used her verified Twitter account to suggest Abbott
Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest court, has confirmed that Pope Francis is transferring him to a largely ceremonial post as patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In a phone interview with BuzzFeed, Burke, 66 years old,
Buzzfeed shared a list of reasons why it’s important to watch Breitbart News Network’s Sonnie Johnson speak at George Washington University on behalf of Young America’s Foundation, which is a conservative group that advocates for traditional values, a strong national defense, and
BuzzFeed reported Thursday that Susan Wismer, the Democratic Party’s gubernatorial nominee in South Dakota, has been caught plagiarizing from the already plagiarized jobs plan of the party’s Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee, Mary Burke. Wismer also plagiarized from the Democratic Party’s gubernatorial nominee in
Mary Burke, Scott Walker’s gubernatorial opponent in Wisconsin, plagiarized large swaths of her jobs plan from previous Democrat candidates. As first reported at BuzzFeed, huge chunks, full paragraphs were copied almost word for word by the Democrat without attribution. After
On Friday, Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke stood by her plagiarized jobs plan, a key element of which criticized the practice of outsourcing American manufacturing jobs overseas. Despite standing by her plagiarized criticism of outsourcing in her campaign document,
In March of this year Mary Burke, the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Republican Scott Walker in this fall’s Wisconsin gubernatorial election, approved the release of a jobs plan that, it now turns out, contains numerous passages plagiarized from the jobs
