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If you’re inclined to believe an explosive device took down Flight 9268 ( as the U.S. government allegedly does ), Parker’s story explains how such a device could have made its way onboard. It’s an undeniably juicy scoop. Grantland Suspends Publication Indefinitely J.K. Trotter · 10/30/15 01:28PM Grantland, the sports and culture outlet founded by Bill Simmons in 2011 , has suspended publication indefinitely, according to an ESPN press release issued on Friday afternoon: Times Campaign Reporter Familiarizes Self With C-SPAN Alex Pareene · 10/22/15 04:53PM Michael Barbaro is a “Political reporter for the New York Times covering 2016 campaign,” which is among the most coveted jobs in American journalism. New York Times  Ignores Pivotal 2011 Blog Post About Osama bin Laden Raid J.K. Trotter · 10/19/15 12:12PM On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine published a 7,500-word essay in which the reporter Jonathan Mahler attempts to untangle the knotty controversy surrounding the May 2011 execution of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. It’s primarily pegged to a May 2015 report by the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that purported to expose the Obama administration’s preferred narrative of bin Laden’s death as a hoax—alleging, for example, that the U.S. government discovered the al Qaeda leader’s whereabouts not by tracking one of his couriers but from an agent-turned-informant of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI. While Mahler questions some of Hersh’s sourcing, he also replicates one of his subject’s more egregious errors: Failing to note that Hersh’s most explosive claims were first floated over four years ago , by a blogger named R.J. Hillhouse. Pitchfork Deletes Its Harshest Critic Jordan Sargent · 10/16/15 02:18PM Pitchfork, the music website that was purchased by Condé Nast this week, has a tormenter. His name is Chris Ott, and he wrote for the site at an earlier point in its history, though you can’t read any of his reviews anymore because on Wednesday Pitchfork decided to completely erase him from its site. Bad News, Dudes: No More Nudes (In Playboy) Brendan O’Connor · 10/12/15 09:25PM Beginning in March, the New York Times reports , Playboy will no longer publish photographs of fully nude women, which, despite this post’s headline, is not really “bad news,” for “dudes” (or anyone), because the internet is more or less composed of photographs of fully nude women—to say nothing of the fact that many dudes may not find such nudes especially titillating for any number of reasons, and that there are probably some women who might be sorry to hear about this, too. Haha. Anyway! The Drudge Report Linked to a Hardcore Blowjob Video Today Jordan Sargent · 10/05/15 09:18PM What do Matt Drudge and/or his employee(s) do in between scooping up links relevant and entertaining to America’s legion of conservative conspiracy theorists? Well, probably the same thing you do when you surf the computer all day: look at porn. “You Are Truly Impossible to Deal With” and Other Highlights from Philippe Reines’ Email Exchanges with Reporters J.K. Trotter · 10/04/15 03:48PM Our report today about Philippe Reines’ use of a personal email account to conduct official business draws from 72 pages of emails between the Clinton acolyte and reporters in March and April of 2010. Kissinger Biography Is Great, Says Pal of Author and Kissinger in New York Times Greg Grandin · 09/30/15 04:41PM A note to our readers: In the process of assigning this post, we were informed that its author, historian Greg Grandin, was having his own Kissinger biography reviewed by the New York Times Book Review . While we were not informed of the date that the review would be appearing, it turns out to be in the same edition of the New York Times Book Review in which Roberts’ essay appears. In its review, the Times described Grandin’s work as a “fresh argument that, although more provocative than convincing, amounts to one of the most innovative attacks on Kissinger’s record and legacy.” This was relevant information that should have been included in the post, especially in a discussion of the ethics around writers’ conflicts of interest. We should have inquired with Grandin as to the timing of the review of his book and reported that fact in the post, and we apologize for failing to do so. Look at How Easy It Is to Fool a Blogger Jordan Sargent · 09/28/15 04:45PM The internet “news” industry, such as it is, asks writers, some of whom may be young and/or inexperienced, to quickly churn out blog posts in order to provide websites with a steady foundation of daily traffic. Unsurprisingly, it is pretty easy to game this system! Jordan Sargent · 09/18/15 03:32PM By the end of this week, the New York Daily News will have reportedly fired up to 50 people , including several critical and/or well-known writers and editors. If you know more, email tips@gawker.com The Daily Mail Sues Gawker Media, Former Employee for Defamation J.K. Trotter · 09/03/15 08:50PM Earlier this year, the writer James King wrote a story for Gawker titled “My Year Ripping Off the Web With the Daily Mail Online,” in which he recounted his experience writing for the website of the Daily Mail and argued that the site routinely failed to observe basic standards of attribution, copyright, and journalistic accuracy. The Daily Mail has responded to King’s article by suing the author and Gawker Media for defamation. Attorneys for the Manhattan law firm Nesenoff & Miltenberg, which is representing the paper, filed a 33-page lawsuit— available here —against both parties in New York Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon. Pollsters Agree: Donald Trump Voters Who Hate Donald Trump May Exist, Probably Don’t, Who Knows, Anything’s Possible Alex Pareene · 09/02/15 09:50AM The Politico today introduces us to a few (potential) Donald Trump protest voters who are motivated not by actual affection for the nativist cartoon plutocrat, but by contempt for the entire institution of electoral politics. These “Haters For Trump,” as The Politico dubs them, consider Trump to be a grotesque, racist oaf. But they are voting for him all the same, they say, in order to send a message of disgust with the entire political process, or to help him blow up the revanchist and money-captured Republican party. Report: No-Longer-Disgraced Rebekah Brooks Will Return to News Corp As UK CEO Jordan Sargent · 08/28/15 02:40PM In 2011, Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of the United Kingdom division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, amid the fallout from the company’s phone-hacking scandal. Today, London’s Financial Times reports that Brooks will return to that position . The Fox News Freakout Over Donald Trump’s Misogyny Is Total Horseshit J.K. Trotter · 08/25/15 02:15PM Virtually everyone at Fox News, from the channel’s contributors all the way to its CEO Roger Ailes, is condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for once...