Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Established in 2004, Popehat is an eclectic, law-oriented blog. 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.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. It has also covered Swatting, IsAnybodyDown?, Prenda Law, Scam letters and SLAPP issues. The blog sometimes helps arrange pro bono counsel for affected bloggers (the \"Popehat Signal\") including PZ Myers.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, 2012, 2013, and 2014. In 2015, Popehat was inducted into the ABA Journal Blawg Hall of Fame.The blog was originally anonymous but White's identity was eventually uncovered. 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. Greta van Susteren, Slate, the Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN, Reuters Australia, and the Daily Mail (UK) have fallen for the hoax, citing Popehat's feed as an authoritative source of information from North Korea. 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 and by the Washington Post. Newsweek interviewed Patrick and Derrick about their antics.Ken White was a federal prosecutor before moving into private practice."@en }
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- Popehat abstract "Established in 2004, Popehat is an eclectic, law-oriented blog. 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.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. It has also covered Swatting, IsAnybodyDown?, Prenda Law, Scam letters and SLAPP issues. The blog sometimes helps arrange pro bono counsel for affected bloggers (the \"Popehat Signal\") including PZ Myers.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, 2012, 2013, and 2014. In 2015, Popehat was inducted into the ABA Journal Blawg Hall of Fame.The blog was originally anonymous but White's identity was eventually uncovered. 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. Greta van Susteren, Slate, the Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN, Reuters Australia, and the Daily Mail (UK) have fallen for the hoax, citing Popehat's feed as an authoritative source of information from North Korea. 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 and by the Washington Post. Newsweek interviewed Patrick and Derrick about their antics.Ken White was a federal prosecutor before moving into private practice.".