Gaslight: To manipulate events and situations in order to make a person believe that he or she is crazy. Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) got gaslighted big time this week by Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated “activist-director” of the documentary Gasland. When
The Internet doesn’t kill newspapers. Publishers do. Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth emailed her year-end thank-you memo to a bunch of WaPo swells on New Year’s Eve (her first mistake). Before the electrons were even dry, the must-read Jim Romenesko
If you thought Perestroika had put an end to Soviet-style disinformation campaigns, take a gander at this propaganda. You may have already seen this clip in which FOX News gets schooled for using the wrong video in their coverage of
A young fruit vendor, overcome by desperation, sets himself on fire in a public square in Tunisia. His suicide sparks protests around the globe. Millions take to the streets. Untold thousands die. Entrenched dictatorial regimes crumble seemingly overnight. To commemorate