Archive for category: Journalism
- Daring Fireball Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015.06.12)
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King of Macintosh journalists John Gruber, like his fellow-traveller male technology hacks, has much to answer for after they spent years hushing up the fact Tim Cook is gay
- Russell Smith changes his mind, apparently (2015.03.14)
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A mere 18 years later, Russell Smith changes his mind about Bruce LaBruce
- Before there was David Carr there was Sid Adilman (2015.02.21)
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Canadian hacks must not forget Sid Adilman, who germinated dozens of journalistic careers, including my own
- Numbers, like his expertise, start at 0 for Jeer Heet (2014.11.08)
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“Twitter essays” are a failure, but let’s not tell Jeet Heer that
- Jason Snell, not a defender of the closet (2014.10.31)
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Jason Snell grew and learned from his mistakes in covering gay CEO Tim Cook
- Glenn Fleishman, defender of the closet (2014.10.31)
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Of course we were right to report that Tim Cook is gay. To complain about defence of the closet, though, elicited “Fuck off” from Glenn Fleishman
- Young journos’ technical incompetence (2014.09.25)
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Twitter isn’t journalism. Take heed, near-defamer Karen
8K. Ho. (January 2015: Now with belated response from her)
- A sudden rash of lesbian lying about gay men’s “disposable income” (2014.08.27)
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Julie Bindel and Rachel Swan should know better than to publish falsehoods about gay men’s incomes
- Holly Hunter manquée Kara Swisher (2014.08.27)
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Kara Swisher: “I essentially called him a pig, with my name attached,” Swisher says. “You have to stand up and not be embarrassed or victimized.” When she subsequently saw McLaughlin at a party, she says, he told her, “ ‘Most people in this town stab you in the back, but you stabbed me in the front, and I appreciate that.’ I said ‘Anytime, you son of a bitch’ ”