By Drew Grant 5/17/12 11:18am

Hipsters on TV

The looming specter of hipsterdom on Fox News

Fox News Tries to Explain Hipsters to Dana Perino (Video)

Man, we really need to watch more early morning Fox News. We almost missed yesterday’s segment from The Five, where former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino had to stop host Eric Bolling (who was ranting about Mark Zuckerburg, consummate hipster) to ask what a hipster was. (Since hipsters can make money now, they are relevant on Fox.)

“Just for asking that, you are a hipster!” the very confused Mr. Bolling crowed, as if accusing Ms. Perino of having cooties. Read More

By Emily Witt 4/19/11 10:23pm

Editors At Large

Publishing’s New Jackie O.’s

In 1975, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, widowed for the second time, was confronting the long and desolate road of leisure that unfurled bleakly before her. She decided to dabble in work. According to a recently published history, Jackie as Editor, by Greg Lawrence, a friend in the publishing business told her she might be able to Read More

By Joe Conason 2/23/10 8:07pm

Holder Was Right

Before Najibullah Zazi is finally dispatched to a secure cellblock for good, it is important to remember how the taxi driver–turned–terrorist was brought to justice—and why the critics who jeered his civilian prosecution were dead wrong. By convicting Mr. Zazi and pursuing the leads that his capture and interrogation have provided, the F.B.I. has shown Read More

By Matt Haber 4:08pm

Bloggers, Press Secretary to Media Cycle: Slow Down

This Sunday, The New York Times‘ Sharon Otterman introduced readers to slow-blogging, an approach to Web writing "inspired by the slow food movement, which says that fast food is destroying local traditions and healthy eating habits… slow bloggers believe that news-driven blogs like TechCrunch and Gawker are the equivalent of fast food restaurants — Read More