- Chris Haire
Managing editor
Each day City Paper managing editor Chris Haire takes a hard look at the source of all ill in modern society — the media — in all of its diabolical forms. (Cue the menacing music. Fire up the lightning strikes. Where's a werewolf when you need a good howl? Hungover from a bender, perhaps.) This site is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended, especially those well-coiffed guys and gals on the tellie. (Truth be told, the site is actually a love letter to local media, but we've only adopted a down-with-the-MSM approach to appeal to talk radio tin-foil-hatters out there. Ruff ruff.)
Category Archives: The Back Channel
Ray Ray’s return, an apology to Bauer, murder is not contagious, report leaves out candidate’s ties to CoCC, FITS to be tied
March 14, 2008 – 7:46 am
You know, normally I avoid crime stories like [insert Hollywood starlet/snotty heiress here] does a sammich, but this one from Live 5 was kind of funny in a dumb crook news kind of way:
It happened little after 1 am; the first guy came from the back of the ATM and walked over to the driver’s […]
Oh deer, P&C report leads to arrest, HPV stats, and, say it with me, “Wizard!”
March 13, 2008 – 8:10 am
Look, I love wildlife. I love it in the fields, the woods, the skies, the streams, in my attic and on my plate. The woodland creatures and I are buddies. Just keep your rabies to yourselves, and we’ll be superfriends. But despite all that love, I just can’t figure out the importance of the following […]
Water hysteria, immigration reform rally, stockpiling ammo, and Meatloaf
March 12, 2008 – 8:57 am
Now we know that there’s estrogen in the water thanks to a recent AP report. And I must say that while I’m troubled by the report, at least we now know why Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan suddenly went from being A-Cup tykes to Double-D tarts. Apparently it had nothing to do with implants and […]
WCBD’s toddler washing blues, Redneck Shop showdown, Mt. P’s earthquake problem, Farkitrol
March 10, 2008 – 6:39 pm
The video of the lady who sprayed down her kid with a high-pressure hose is old news by now, and you know, so is this report from WCBD-TV 2, but I vowed to myself that just as soon as Haire of the Dog got back from its Best of Charleston hiatus, I’d say something. And […]
Haire of the Dog: Temporary Hiatus
February 25, 2008 – 9:24 pm
Greetings all,
I’ll be laying off posting to Haire of the Dog until March 6. No, I won’t be on vacation. We’ve got our annual Best of Charleston coming up on March 5 and I’m busier than Hillary Clinton’s spin doctor.
CWH
Megahed, SEWE, the bubblegum machine bandit, another scam alert
February 21, 2008 – 11:44 am
The Post and Courier reports on the latest development in the case of two Florida students, Ahmed Mohamed and Youssef Megahed, who were charged with illegally transporting explosives. Evidently the cops in question liked to crack wise and make off-color jokes on the job.
Taylor testified in federal court in Tampa, Fla., that the jokes are […]
The Dog Bowl: News wrap-up for Feb. 19
February 19, 2008 – 5:13 pm
The race for the office of Ninth Circuit solicitor between Scarlett Wilson and former Berkeley County prosecutor Blair Jennings is getting as testy as a half-starved Pomeranian eying an open can of gourmet dog food and a jewel studded doggie purse, the kind favored by celebutards and debuteases. You might say it’s getting as ugly […]
The Dog Bowl: Media wrap-up for Feb. 18
February 18, 2008 – 7:49 pm
The pickings are slim today. No shocker really since it’s Monday. So I’m having to venture outside of the area.
First up, the Sumter Item has a report on Buddy Witherspoon, who is running against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, and as has become commonplace, no mention of ‘Spoon’s ties to the Council of Conservative Citizens is […]
The Dog Bowl: News wrap-up for Feb. 16-17
February 18, 2008 – 8:17 am
The Post and Courier reports on a proposed bill that would determine exactly where convicted sex offenders could live.
The bill would stop sex offenders who have committed sex crimes against children from living within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park or recreation area. The first two offenses would be misdemeanors and the […]
The Dog Bowl: Media wrap-up for Feb. 15
February 15, 2008 – 2:40 pm
That next door neighbor of yours, the fidgety guy with the gnarly teeth and a strange habit of cutting the grass in the middle of the night with a pair of nose hair trimmers, you’re wondering if he might be a meth head, right? What if he’s not just smoking the stuff, but cooking it […]
