tumblelog n.— «Blogging has mutated into simpler forms (specifically, link- and mob- and aud- and vid- variant), but I don’t think I’ve seen a blog like Chris Neukirchen’s Anarchaia, which fudges together a bunch of disparate forms of...
turn someone over v. phr.— «Too public, it seems. The Mail on Sunday, in Fleet Street parlance, turned him over. Treating him like an errant soap star over two pages, it sunk its fangs into the English divorcee, highlighting his glamorous...
medildo n.— «Apparently at Northwestern University, journalism majors are called “medildos,” because so many of them are so self-righteous that…well, the name speaks for itself.» —“I Sincerely Regret to Inform...
envelopmental journalism n.— «These are the people who returned money and gifts from news sources, a practice known in media as “envelopmental journalism.”» —“ABS-CBN honors newsroom achievers” ABS...
cover journalism n.— «Here in India, in our jargon its called “cover journalism”—the type of journalism where you accept cash (or freebies) for stories. So, journalists could be slipped an envelope or “cover’ containing cash...
rectal journalism n.— «Klein epitomizes a new brand of journalism sweeping the nation. It’s what I call Rectal Journalism because its based on reporters and pundits simply pulling stuff right out of their asses and peddling it as fact...