By Drew Grant 12/10/12 5:16pm

Tech

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The new not normal (CBS)

Paging Margaret Sullivan: David Pogue’s Creepy Christmas Involves Underage Girls, Unintelligible Accents, and Brain-Controlled Cat Ears [Video]

So we already knew that David Pogue was a little bit…off. The New York Times reporter has a reputation for being both the most famous tech writer in the country as well as the most controversial. He’s been accused of shilling for Apple and FoxConn, which produces Apple products, and possibly dating one of their publicists. These are all pretty sketchy things.

But nothing explains this Christmas video he made for CBS Sunday Morning, where he appears as a weekend tech consultant correspondent in a strange, non-conflict of interest arrangement. In the video he plays Techno Claus who for some reason sounds a lot like Mike Myers’s Linda Richman in “Coffee Talk.” And that’s just the beginning. Read More

By Foster Kamer 8/02/12 6:42pm

MEDIA BRIEFS

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Media Briefs: Local Newspaper Makes News with Blog Post

David Pogue lost his iPhone, and Apple has yet to send a Cuban hit squad after its captor. What do New York City’s Power Editors eat for breakfast? A new nominee for “Most Disturbing Opening Sentence, 2012″ emerges. What New York Post writer did The Daily editor-in-chief/New York Post higher-up Jesse Angelo sit next to when he was coming up at the paper (and yet: did not invite to his wedding)? Finally, happenings at a local newspaper make local news. Here are your Thursday Evening Media Briefs: Read More

By Foster Kamer 7/05/11 11:33pm

Pogue Watch!

War of the iRoses: David Pogue’s Wife Hits Back in the Press (Update)

If only there were a gadget to fix domestic strife. New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, one of the most widely read tech writers in the country, has recently been making headlines of his own due to his complicated personal life, his relationship with a technology publicist and a history of apparent breaches of long-standing Times ethics policies.

Now it seems his estranged wife, Jennifer Pogue, is also getting into the writing game.  Read More

By Foster Kamer 6/29/11 6:41pm

Pogue Watch!

PogueMeter!

PogueWatch, Day 2: New York Times Mum on Columnist’s Fate

All’s quiet on the West 41st Street front in regards to the New York Times‘ very-valued personal technology columnist David Pogue. Mr. Pogue—not-very-arguably the most popular personal technology columnist in the country—has found himself in a bit of an ethics fiasco. Not exactly the first time this has happened. And yet: the Times has yet to deliver a typically draconian ruling on what seems to be a blatant violation of their editorial standards guidelines. Read More