DEAR MISTER PHAWKER MAN, i actually started this six years ago and I JUST finished it today. WEIRD, huh? just wondering, Jay Bevenour North Philly, YO! Dear J-Bev, A little. yer pal, The Phawker Dear The Phawker, Somewhere Rush Limbaugh sits in his skivies on his fancy bed, smearing Nancy Pelosi?s photo with feces. I can’t imagine the rabid froth the right is going to unleash on having to answer to a woman congressman representing San Francisco. But if any group of nuts needed a mommy to take them to task, it is this Republican party. Dan Buskirk The […]
HOT DOCUMENT: Reporter’s Notebook, Dateline 400 N. Broad, 1:30 PM
reception is mixed. there were rumors that the dmes [Deputy Managing Editors] had tried to stage a palace coup last week. this may be tierney‘s way of paying back their disloyalty. i can’t imagine that marimow will want to keep them on. those suspected of signing the petition for amanda‘s removal looked very glum. amanda appeared to be taking it bravely. i thought she looked relieved, though some seemed to think she was biting back tears. Some believe ann [Gordon] will stay on long enough to be the hatchet woman. as far as marimow [pictured lower right, demonstrating how he […]
JUNK SCIENCE: That Diet Coke Is Killing You
THIS WEEK’S OUTRAGE: FDA found frightening levels of the carcinogen BENZENE in popular beverages but didn’t tell the public for 16 years. ELIZABETH FIEND REPORTS: Remember that Sunny D commercial a few years back where the kids were at the cool house on the block, the house that had a fridge full-up of Sunny D where you could just run in with your sk8 helmet and elbow pads still on and grab unlimited bottles of the sunshine-y stuff? And the mom was all self-righteous as she stood aside and smiled that knowing Mom-smile, and gloated to herself: Once again I’ve […]
YOU’RE FIRED: Last Unknown-Known Finally Known
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: Robert Gates new Non-NEO-CON Secretary of Defense, tasked with making Baker-advised cut n’ run look like Peace With Honor. Good luck to you, Sir!
LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD: Music Man Hal Wilner Phones Home, DeLuca Accepts The Charges
On this Saturday afternoon, Willner, the record producer renowned for daring multi-artist albums such as his new The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, is wearing his hat as music director of Saturday Night Live. On his desk at 30 Rock, there are Cecil Taylor and Jelly Roll Morton CDs, and across his T-shirt Chuck Berry is doing the duck walk as Willner goes about the nerve-wracking task of scoring a live television show that is being rewritten as the day goes on. […] His far-ranging musical sensibility makes Willner, 49, the perfect man for this job […]
THIS JUST IN: AMANDA BENNETT OUT AS INKY EDITOR, NPR’S BILL MARIMOW IN
Announced just minutes ago in a newsroom meeting at 400 North Broad. Also, Inquirer Editorial Page Editor Chris Satullo now to report directly to publisher Brian Tierney. More details as they come in. In the meantime, here’s Marimow’s CV: Bill Marimow is NPR?s ombudsman, a position he assumed in October 2006. Before joining NPR in May 2004, Marimow had worked in newspapers for the previous 34 years. He was editor of The Baltimore Sun for four years, beginning in 2000, and managing editor for six years before that. During his years at The Sun, the newspaper received Pulitzer Prizes for […]
FEARMONGER: Meaningless Terror War News
We will not miss stories like this clogging media arteries like a hot pork injection: Threatening Note Found on Philadelphia Plane, Prompts Search A plane that was heading to Philadelphia from San Diego, was searched after a passenger reported finding a threatening note onboard. After the flight landed around 3pm on Tuesday, it was held for about an hour, while it was searched by a bomb squad. It was searched in a remote location, and the runway where it landed was shut down.The passengers and crew that were on the plane, were transported to the terminal by bus. After the […]
Later Today on JUNK SCIENCE: For God Sakes Man, Put Down That Pepsi Or You’ll Kill Us ALL!
COMING THIS AFTERNOON, BECAUSE IT’S WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW THAT CAN HURT YOU….REAL BAD, YO.
GRUMPY OLD MEN: Sir, The Barbarians Are At The Gate
Sidney Blumenthal is the former Assistant and Senior Adviser to President Clinton; author of “How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical Regime,” “The Clinton Wars,” and other books including “The Permanent Campaign,” “The Rise of the Counter-Establishment” ( New York Times Notable Book of the Year), “Our Long National Daydream,” and “Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign of the Cold War”(New York Times Notable Book of the Year); current columnist for The Guardian of London and Salon.com; former staff writer for The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The New Republic and contributing writer for Vanity Fair; playwright of the widely […]
These Are Your Rights: WAR IS OVER, IF YOU WANT IT
From: sean@r5productions.com Subject: [R5] Hey You! Don’t Forget To Vote Today ! Date: November 7, 2006 2:27:23 AM EST To: ALL Hello – Just a reminder for you go out and vote today (no matter who the candidate) In Pennsylvania (and Philadelphia) voting takes place between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. To find your polling place go to this page and enter in the address where you last registered to vote. If you moved since 2004 and you did not register, you can still vote at your old polling place! See this blog post for more info. Our friends getting […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
Analyzing Chalabi’s Place in Iraq After ‘Plan A’ Fresh Air from WHYY, November 7, 2006 — In the cover story of this week’s New York Times Magazine Dexter Filkins (pictured) writes about the predicament of Ahmad Chalabi: “Once Iraq’s anointed leader — anointed by the Americans — Chalabi, at age 62, is without a job, spurned by the very colleagues whose ascension he engineered.” The title of the piece is “Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi.” ‘The New York Times Magazine’ The DVD Room By John Powers One DVD Collection, 50 Movies Film critic John Powers reviews a new […]
REMINDER: You Heard It First, Folks
Phawker, November 2nd: Inquirer To Lose 150 Jobs Rest of Media, November 7th: THIS JUST IN Inquirer To Lose 150 Jobs
THIS BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE
THESE ARE YOUR RIGHTS: Torture Is Over If You Want It