Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week:
From Tom Paine to Glenn Greenwald — Why we need partisan journalism
The secret power of Black Twitter — Last night Black Twitter killed a George Zimmerman trial Juror’s book deal
Our Mr. Brooks explains the man thing — It’s too damn hot, thought Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks
Prancercise lady copes with the dark side of Internet fame — “Jazzercise is the arch nemesis of Prancercise®. Jazzercise cannot hold a
candle to Prancercise®.”
The state of Wyoming has 2 escalators — And they’re totally fine with that
Jenny McCarthy’s dangerous views — On “The View’s” decision to appoint the anti-vaccine, anti-science zealot as a host
The night without a riot — Why conservatives were wrong in predicting mass violence after Zimmerman’s acquittal
Rise of the Hollywood cats — Inside Grumpy Cat and Lil BUB’s big deals
Culturalism, Gladwell, and airplane crashes — “[Malcolm] Gladwell’s work on the connection between culture and plane crashes is a shoddy fraud”
The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.