Online comment scandal likely to widen as more defendants invoke it in court
If coordinated online mischief took place, upper management in the U.S. Attorney's office surely knew better than to document it.
Author: Mark Moseley
- About Mark Moseley
- Mark Moseley blogs at Your Right Hand Thief. Until mid 2014, Mark Moseley was The Lens' opinion writer, engagement specialist and coordinator for the Charter Schools Reporting Corps. After Katrina and the Federal Flood he helped create the Rising Tide conference, which grew into an annual social media event dedicated to the future of New Orleans.
Online ‘Commentgate’ seems tied to Washington in more ways than one
To probe the depths of the scandal that rocked the U.S. Attorney's office, connect the dots and read between the lines — just like Judge Engelhardt did.
‘Commentgate’ isn’t going away any time soon — nor should it
Moseley: We've seen just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to outing pseudonymous feds who posted online.
Rethinking Ray Nagin: His greatest accomplishment was his re-election
Nagin tapped into something buried deep in the electorate’s psyche. But what? Racial code? Reformer fairy dust?
Are we booming or bankrupt? Let’s keep the campaign conversation going
The election was a lopsided win for Landrieu, but it didn't really resolve some nagging questions about the city's current trajectory.
Jindal’s worst political blunder is one you probably never heard about
Remembering the time — against the backdrop of the Jena protests — that Jindal revived coded language from the Jim Crow era.
A quip on Twitter lands me a public audience with Louisiana’s coastal chief, but it could have been worse
I had my chance to put state coastal czar Garret Graves on the spot, but high-caliber attorneys suing oil and gas companies beat me to it.
With dear friends like Big Oil, are we our own worst enemies?
Moseley: "If it weren’t so insulting, it would be grimly amusing how such a lucrative industry always postures as teetering on the brink of financial disaster."
Timid litigation that shields Big Oil won’t begin to pay for coastal reclamation
Why not share the cost nationwide? That's what the oil industry will do anyway, at no cost to its bottom line.
As lawsuits proliferate, will Big Oil join in a ‘grand bargain’ to save the coast?
As John Barry has said, this is Jindal's opportunity to prove himself a great governor or just another oil-industry lapdog.
