Today's New York Times op-ed page has a piece from an alternate universe. The piece, "What Hamas Wants," is by the political adviser to Hamas' since-deposed Palestinian prime minister. THE events in Gaza over the last few days have been described in the West as a coup. In essence, they have been the opposite. Eighteen […]
The North Carolina Bar has disbarred Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong for his handling vendetta of an investigation into the since-debunked charges of rape leveled at three Duke University Lacrosse players. It's the least that he deserves. He should probably be very worried about a civil suit. If you're interested in more details on the […]
Up is down. Black is white. From ABC News: Gay Marriage Safe in Massachusetts A Vote to Redefine Marriage as a Union Between a Man and a Woman Was Defeated You've. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me. Is there any doubt what the position of the headline writer and every other person who looked at that […]
The New York Times editorial page, even with the departure of Gail Collins, is still the place where facts get the shortest shrift in that paper -- and that's saying something. Courtesy of Brit Hume's "Political Grapevine" comes this news: Letter to the Editor Vice President Cheney's office has fired off a letter to the […]
Nation columnist and all-around hack Eric Alterman was arrested at Sunday night's Democrat Presidential Debate. Alterman apparently got in a huff after some guy in a private suite kicked him out and wouldn't give Alterman his name so he could mock him in his blog tomorrow. I'd also like to point out a comment by […]
Wow. Just wow. This is today's New York Times front page: Yesterday, the Justice Department announced the arrest of three individuals and the search for a fourth in connection with a plot to destroy jet fuel tanks and fuel pipelines at JFK Airport. That story is not on the front page. Where did the Times […]
I think I feel sorry for Carla Rivera and Andrew Blankstein. Blankstein and Rivera wrote this story in the Los Angeles Times last week. Why do I feel sorry for Blankstein and Rivera? Because it so ably demonstrates the talent they have in the stable there at the Times that they were able to take […]
Journalists get math wrong -- a lot. I used to joke a lot that I was probably the only journalist in the world who had taken multi-variable calculus. Then I found out that OpinionJournal.com's James Taranto had too. (For the record: It's been nearly 16 years since I took the course. I passed, with a […]
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh notes a decision by a California State Appeals Court upholding the free speech rights of a student newspaper at Novato High School. A trial court judge originally ruled that speech "likely to cause a violent reaction" was not protected free speech. The trial court judge was essentially enshrining […]
This probably isn't necessary for anyone who regularly reads blogs, so if you're a regular here at Hoystory, you can read the rest of this post with a self-satisfied smirk. I've been writing for quite some time that newspapers don't "get" the new media. Too often when newspapers try to enter the new media arena […]