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Woof! Woof! Arsenio Hall Returning to Late-Night Television
After a 19-year hiatus, the fist-pumping comedian is coming back with a new show
Turning Politics to Art: WH Photog Launches Instagram Account
The veteran photographer will provide glimpses “behind the scenes of the presidency”
Danger Zone: The New (Or Old?) Adventures of Anthony Weiner
Sex scandals don’t automatically destroy politicians anymore. Whether Carlos Danger survives this media frenzy may depend on whether he can define his new problems as old news.
There Is a 99.45% Chance That Nate Silver Is Changing Journalism
His deal with ESPN is about more than Disney vs. the New York Times. If Silver-style analysis spreads, everyone can win.
Skittles, Trayvon Martin and Corporate Responsibility
One of the web’s biggest social media successes suddenly goes silent
Paula Deen Talks to Matt Lauer, As One More “Sinned” Against Than Sinning
A tearful Deen explains herself to Lauer as a decent person who’s distraught, hurt–and the victim of “lies” from “someone evil.”
Paula Deen “Beg[s] for Your Forgiveness,” For Something
A vague apology video raises the question: what exactly does Deen think she did wrong?
Less Than Accidental Racist: Why Paula Deen’s Comments Insult Her Fans Too
Deen made a pile of money off a certain idea of old-school southern culture. She had an obligation not to embody its most shameful history and attitudes.
Michael Hastings and Who Journalists Really Work For
Hastings, who died Tuesday at 33, knew something all journalists should remember: that he worked for his readers, not for his sources.
From the Source’s Mouth: Still in Hiding, Snowden Does a Q&A Online
Holding an online interview is in the leaker’s spirit of transparency, but it may empower the person giving the A’s as much as the public asking the Q’s.
Hero or Bad Boyfriend? Edward Snowden and the Personalization of Public Debate
Why does anyone care how good a person the NSA leaker is? Because public debate has become more and more about personality and tribal identification
Batter Up! Keith Olbermann Returning to TV, But Not That Kind of TV
Olbermann has been called back up to the majors, or at least TBS, to host a show not about politics but baseball.