Popehat
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Established in 2004, Popehat is an eclectic, law-oriented blog.[1] According to its tagline, Popehat is a "group complaint about law, liberty, and leisure". The primary blogger, Ken White, writes about law, scams, and freedom of expression on the internet.[2]
After enjoying a low profile for many years, the blog came to widespread attention when it documented The Oatmeal and FunnyJunk legal dispute involving Charles Carreon.[3] It has also covered Swatting,[4] IsAnybodyDown?,[5] Prenda Law,[6] Scam letters[7] and SLAPP issues.[8] The blog sometimes helps arrange pro bono counsel for affected bloggers (the "Popehat Signal"[9]) including PZ Myers.[10]
It has been repeatedly linked by Boing Boing, Reddit, Instapundit, John Scalzi, Techdirt, and others and was included in the ABA Journal "Blawg 100" in 2011,[11] 2012,[12] 2013,[13] and 2014.[14] In 2015, Popehat was inducted into the ABA Journal Blawg Hall of Fame.[15]
The blog was originally anonymous[16] but White's identity was eventually uncovered.[17] White's fellow (active) bloggers (anonymous or known to various degrees) include Adam, Charles, David, Derrick, Grandy, Marc, Patrick, and a bovine character named Via Angus. Among other Popehat-perpetrated satirical hoaxes, Patrick and Derrick run a Twitter feed purporting to be the voice of North Korea.[18] Greta van Susteren, Slate,[19] the Washington Post, Newsweek,[20] CNN,[21] Reuters Australia, and the Daily Mail (UK)[22] have fallen for the hoax, citing Popehat's feed as an authoritative source of information from North Korea.[23] On the MSNBC television program Morning Joe, journalist Mark Halperin cited the hoax feed as evidence that the government of North Korea was expressing support for Donald Trump, a blunder that was covered by motherboard.vice.com[24] and by the Washington Post.[25] In 2014, Newsweek interviewed Patrick and Derrick about their antics.[26] In 2016, The Washington Post followed suit.[27]
Ken White was a federal prosecutor before moving into private practice.[28] [29]
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