Hardboiled's new issue is out. As usual, their 'take no prisoners' motto usually boils down to 'criticize other Asians as not Progressive enough.'

Actually, the article analyzing the Asian Political Association, AAA, and API is reasonably good in terms of writing. Of course, you have to accept two hypotheses. 1. Asian organizations should embrace an extremely wide selection of ethnic groups from India to Korea to the Phillipines. 2. All Asian groups should include a Radical political component.

I'm not sure how this sour criticism is playing with the Asian groups Hardboiled is trying to unite.

The Daily Cal has a scoop (Wow, I wrote that twice in a week) on plagirism in an innoucous article on the Japanese equivalent of the Hilton sisters.

The W article, entitled "Made in Japan," at one point stated that "Kyoko is said to have owned a shipping business, the sale of which made her independently wealthy—but she has refused to disclose what she shipped or who bought her company."

The Hardboiled article stated in an unattributed assertion that "at one point Kyoko is said to have owned a shipping business which she then sold to earn her wealth. But she never revealed what she shipped, or who bought the company."

W magazine is currenly investingating the plagiarism allegations, said a copyright lawyer for publication company Conde Nast, which along with W also owns Vanity Fair, Wired and The New Yorker.

I highly approve of this quick posting of time-sensitive scoops, then letting the blogs know. Very media savvy.Email This Post!