Tweets From The Trail: Battlefield Earth
Today, political types were focused on the literary works of L. Ron Hubbard, bad hair days and beefing with their peers. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail. Read More
Ben Smith and Fred Dicker Disagree About Liz Benjamin, Andrew Cuomo, Journalistic Values and The Meaning of ‘Dossier’
In the wake of Buzzfeed’s bombshell report that Andrew Cuomo’s office kept a dossier on the slights blogger Liz Benjamin wielded against their boss (and tried to get her fired for them), Buzzfeed editor–and story author–Ben Smith appeared on Fred Dicker’s radio show to talk about the piece.
Mr. Dicker of course is one of Mr. Cuomo’s closest allies in the press, with his radio program being the site of a regular “gentle colloquy” with the governor.
And it was clear from their brief interview that Mr. Smith and Mr. Dicker do not reside in the same reality.
At first, Mr. Dicker disputed the newsiness of the story.
“If someone tried to get you fired, Fred, I would certainly consider that a story,” Mr. Smith shot back. Read More
Ranking New York Politicos on Twitter
A reader passed on a link to this highly addictive and unscientific web site which quantifies the clout people have on Twitter.
It’s a 100-point scale, with higher being better, and the site claims to crunch over 35 variables to generate a number that “is highly correlated to clicks, comments and retweets.”
So, here are the rankings for some New York figures. In short, Bloomberg (71) does pretty well, but Anthony Weiner (76) looms large over us all.
If you find rankings for other politicos, stick them in the comments section.
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Naked Ambition: Paul McCarthy Takes the Park Avenue Armory
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55% of New Yorkers Can't Name a Single Mayoral Candidate
