NYT Promotes Noted Neocon To Run Week In Review

Radar:

Noted neocon and New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus (right) has been given control of the paper's Week in Review section. Prepare for (justified) liberal outrage.

And in keeping with the laboratory tradition of the Week in Review, we've come up with something completely different for that section. In January, Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the Book Review, will expand his responsibilities to include the Week in Review.

Under Sam's leadership, the Book Review has been replenished. He, with a strong cast of TBR veterans and sharp recruits, has enlarged the review in size and influence. He has restored the big cover review, enlisted a sterling cast of writers, rejuvenated the best seller list (in large part by adding Dwight Garner's column), introduced more reporting and livelier debate, overseen a complete redesign, and pushed aggressively onto the Web. He has also found time to write, brilliantly, for his section -- and for the Magazine and, yes, the Week in Review -- and to curate an on-line reading group on the review's website, among other things. I can't wait to see what creative energy he will bring to the continual reinventing of the Week in Review.

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Comments

[MajorKong]

Must be that "liberal media" I keep hearing about.

[lungfish]

That'll help the NYT with journalistic integrity and credibilit­y...[sarc]

[Benny59]

Gotta be that now the NeoCons are soon to be run out of Washington on a rail they must entrench themselves further in the MSM to position the forthcoming outrage at a left-leaning president. Besides, commentary will prove to be much easier than the pesky results they have so long promised us. I bet that the "post comments here" button will disappear on more websites than just the Weekly Standards'.

[geobushono]

gee another voice for zionist wars.

[BigBagel]

Why the surprise? The NYT's Judith Miller was leading war pumper.

[realitytrumpsbull]

Well, I'm glad they made the TimeSelect free
of charge, then...nice thing is, the old
'dead tree' papers now have s'more online
competition...so they can print whatever
propaganda suits their fancy, they'll just
have to answer for it sooner if it turns out
they're printing B.S....

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

Screw with Frank Rich or Maureen Dowd and you can kiss my $5 for Sunday's paper GOOD BYE.

[truthyguy]

Can't wait for the reviews by Karl Rove, now that he is in the media business.