Media Criticism

Aaron Sorkin Still Hates Bloggers: New York Times Edition

The Social Network screenwriter, West Wing creator, and Making Movies playwright Aaron Sorkin has taken every available chance to assail bloggers that he’s been given. Incredibly, he’s been given many, and he continues to use them to take the opportunity to reiterate his tired anti-blogger rhetoric time and time again. Yet: his latest swipe—backhanded, sniveling, and skeptical of a proven New York Times reporter if only because of said reporter’s background as a blogger—is especially impressive. Read More

Too Big To Fail

Greed is Good — for Décor!

Homeless men idled outside the Four Seasons restaurant as financial titans and celebrities shuttled in from the rain, assisted by burly bouncers. Upstairs, at Monday’s postpremiere party for HBO’s Too Big to Fail—based on the book by New York Times financial reporter wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin—sprawling platters of sushi and ceviche awaited consumption.

“Well,” Read More

Digital Detox

David Carr as Doctor Moreau: Talking to Lizards

David Carr let his freak flag fly on his most recent vacation.

The New York Times columnist spent his six day vacation on Deadman’s Cay — a tiny, remote island in the Bahamas.

“Should I cook you dinner?” he asks a terrified gecko. “I will not cook you for dinner.” Long pause. “You are invited, Read More