Daniel W. Drezner

There’s the Planet Earth, and then there’s Tulsa World

Via James Joyner, I see that the lawyers at Tulsa World have apparently lost their senses in dealing with a blogger named Michael Bates. Click here and read the whole sordid story. My favorite part is the claim by Tulsa World‘s lawyers in the letter sent to Bates that he “inappropriately linked [Bates’] website to ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.

Via James Joyner, I see that the lawyers at Tulsa World have apparently lost their senses in dealing with a blogger named Michael Bates. Click here and read the whole sordid story. My favorite part is the claim by Tulsa World's lawyers in the letter sent to Bates that he "inappropriately linked [Bates'] website to Tulsa World content." Man, imagine how inappropriate it would be to link to the e-mail of the good people who run Tulsa World.

Via James Joyner, I see that the lawyers at Tulsa World have apparently lost their senses in dealing with a blogger named Michael Bates. Click here and read the whole sordid story. My favorite part is the claim by Tulsa World‘s lawyers in the letter sent to Bates that he “inappropriately linked [Bates’] website to Tulsa World content.” Man, imagine how inappropriate it would be to link to the e-mail of the good people who run Tulsa World.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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