Staffers at the Washington Times just don't get a break, do they? Apart being regularly lambasted for working for a money-bleeding newspaper owned by the odd Rev. Sun Myung Moon, now they're getting a in-depth look into the struggle for the paper's leadership. more ›

A company called Eyetools Research has posted an interesting analysis of the Washington Post's new website, concluding that although the design of the top part of the page is very good, the design of the bottom half could be improved: "ineffective line-height spacing and lack of white-space reduce reading. Most of the content is being missed and there is no consistent guidance of eyes to section headings." The image is the company's heatmap of the site showing where 19 new visitors to the webpage focused their eyes - view the complete image here (large file). (Ironically, the Eyetools blog itself is poorly designed!) more ›

Wonkette points DCist to a new article from the Southern Poverty Law Center showing the connection between The Washington Times and several groups with explicit racist agendas. The list of ethically questionable practices from the W.Times uncovered by the SPLC is long. Marian Coombs, wife of Managing Editor Fran Coombs, has had 35 opinion columns published in the paper -- with no mention of her connection to her husband. This alone is not too alarming... more ›