Author and former New York Times reporter Tim Egan has apparently visited Bibleburg and observed the splash from the corporate money shot released by the strong right arm of the Roberts court. Here’s hoping he was wearing his raincoat.
Category: Journalism
Juan Williams is full of shit
You want to bend over for Fox News pimp Roger Ailes, fine. Just don’t try to give NPR a handjob while you’re assuming the position.
Juan Williams got the ax from NPR on Wednesday and the only question I have regarding the matter is, “Why did it take so long?” This wasn’t the first instance in which Williams farted higher than his ass, as NPR chief exec Vivian Schiller noted in an e-mail to affiliates, and his outrage — particularly given that Ailes promptly offered him a new three-year contract pegged at nearly $2 million — makes me laugh out loud.
In an essay on FoxNews.com, Williams says:
“This is an outrageous violation of journalistic standards and ethics by management that has no use for a diversity of opinion, ideas or a diversity of staff (I was the only black male on the air). This is evidence of one-party rule and one sided thinking at NPR that leads to enforced ideology, speech and writing. It leads to people, especially journalists, being sent to the gulag for raising the wrong questions and displaying independence of thought.”
Ho, ho. A $2 million gulag. Send me there pronto. I can talk out of my ass as well as Williams can.
R.I.P., Neil Alan Smith
Every now and then the press gets it right. Read it and weep. A tip of the Mad Dog Giro to Steve Benen at Political Animal.
All work and no play
Busy, busy, busy. I know, that’s no excuse — my duty is to bring the snark, 24/7 — but I’ve forgotten where I left it. The ravages of age, don’t you know.
Hell, you’re lucky I’m around at all. I had planned a cycling trip to California — I was gonna hit the road tomorrow, drive to Ely, Nevada, spend the night, then make the final push into Santa Rosa for a week of pedaling around the wine (and beer) country with a couple of old newsie buds.
But midweek I was still feeling the effects of leaving my DNA on the Palmer Park trails, my chiropractor was threatening to tear me down for parts, and there was work to be done over at VeloNews.com.
So I bailed on the trip and instead of spinning leisurely from winery to brewpub and back again, I’m working on my monitor tan as VN.com covers the Vuelta a España, this doping revelation and that one, the USA Cycling Pro Championships in South Carolina, the Tour of Britain, the impending domestic cyclo-cross season … and don’t forget Interbike. I know you’d like to, as I have, but don’t.
In fact, dash right out and buy something from a bike shop right this minute. You owe me that much.
Read all about it
Cycling’s silly season continues with the announcement of two new … magazines?
Yep, two new magazines: Paved and Peloton.
The first is a sister publication to Bike, whose editor Joe Parkin, author of “A Dog In a Hat,” has plenty of chops on road and off. He told Bicycle Retailer‘s Nicole Formosa that Paved is aimed at fans of road cycling and its culture, not the weekend warrior in search of go-fast tips or bike porn.
The second is the brainchild of the newly launched Move Press. My old buddies Adam Reek and Patrick Brady of Red Kite Prayer are on board with Peloton, which BRAIN says will be available at newsstands and online, including iPad and iPhone editions. Look for race coverage, product reviews and travel stories.
Expect to hear more about both publications at Interbike, which may be spending its last year in Sin City. Word is that the trade show may be moving to an earlier date, in August, and shifting operations to either Anaheim or Salt Lake City. Whether either location constitutes trading up is strictly a matter of opinion.
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