Tag Archives: Gawker

Lenses

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Tom Garrett

Presented without comment (other than to say I’m mildly fascinated by it), here are the headlines and Gawker stories on the recent or semi-recent deaths of various famous people. Click on the link to go to the original article, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures, Politics | Tagged Gawker, Hugo Chavez, Media, Media Bias, Pictures, Politics, Robert Bork, Ted Kennedy, William F. Buckley | 2 Comments

Saving Our Skins

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Tom Garrett

I didn’t think much of it one way or the other when Harrison Weinhold brought up the Washington Redskins’ nickname during the podcast we recorded over a week ago. The conversation meandered from weighty issue to weighty issue, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Politics, Sports | Tagged Best in the World, Bobby Big Wheel, Commentary, Deadspin, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Gawker, General Culture and News, Long Form, Mainstream Media, Media Bias, Politics, Progressivism, Racism?, Robert McCartney, Sally Jenkins, Sports, The First Amendment, The Washington Post, Washington Redskins | 12 Comments

Let’s Be Honest

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Tom Garrett

In the midst of my daily constitutional through the virtual halls of Sporcle, a peculiar banner ad caught my attention. Like most free websites, Sporcle relies on high traffic and banner ads to create revenue. The banner ads range widely … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Advertising, Barack Obama, Commentary, Gawker, Huffington Post, Mainstream Media, Media Bias, Mitt Romney, Politics, Presidential Election, Saturday Night Live, The Presidency | Leave a comment

A Simple Formula

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Tom Garrett

Gawker’s latest in a 374-part series about the “racist” HBO show Girls includes a reference to searching for a “Black Costanza,” meaning someone on television to whom black viewers may relate—but who also happens to look like them. I think I’ve tracked … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures, Television | Tagged Gawker, George Costanza, HBO's Girls, Humor, If They Mated, John Saunders, Mike Tirico, Pictures, Race, Television, White Guilt | 1 Comment

Intellectual Honesty in the Age of Unreason

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Tom Garrett

I hate to interrupt a string of lighthearted cultural observations, sports references, and stories about awkward moments in the annals of entertainment history with something more serious—but here goes. A fascinating journal article came to my attention a couple of … Continue reading →