fisking

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fisking - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  fisking
   n.
  
     [blogosphere; very common] A point-by-point refutation of a blog
     entry or (especially) news story. A really stylish fisking is witty,
     logical, sarcastic and ruthlessly factual; flaming or handwaving is
     considered poor form. Named after Robert Fisk, a British journalist
     who was a frequent (and deserving) early target of such treatment.
  See
     also MiSTing, anti-idiotarianism