Alessandra Stanley

The Times Gets Revenge on Jeremiah Wright

Warren Goldstein | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

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Warren Goldstein

A television critic, of all people, gets to carry the heavy political water at the Times these days. It makes you wonder what Kool-Aid the editors are knocking back.

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What's Giamatta With Paul? Roger Friedman Disses Alessandra Stanley

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.17.2008 | Media

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Someone oughta open up a window! Alessandra Stanley is getting called out for yet another TV column, this time from Fox News gossip columnist Roger Fr...

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Vanity Fair Celebrates Women in Comedy: But, There's a Hitch

Julie Klausner | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Misogyny, Alessandra Stanley, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Hitchens, Sexism, Why Women Still Don't Get It, Vanity Fair, Funny Women, Women Are Funny, Tina Fey, Who Says Women Aren't Funny, Amy Poehler, Women Aren't Funny, Hitch, Media News
Julie Klausner

Vanity Fair's "Who Says Women Aren't Funny?" piece was like a fumbled attempt to throw a lampshade over drunk grandpa when the party guests arrived, a year late.

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Alessandra Stanley: No Credibility

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

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Stanley's error -- attributing the slogan "the best political team on television" to MSNBC and not CNN -- is so egregious, and leaps off the page at the reader who is even remotely familiar with this stuff.

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NYT: "Pleasant But Bland" Vieira Is No Couric On "Today"

New York Times | Alessandra Stanley | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media

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Changes on "Today" have also smoothed out some of the more interesting quirks, making the new format seem even longer than four hours. Ms. Vieira, who...

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Review Roundup: "Aliens in America" Gets Good Grades

Danny Shea | Posted 10.01.2007 | Entertainment

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Danny Shea

The reviews are in for The CW's newest high school sitcom Aliens in America, which premiered Monday Night. Though somewhat mixed, they suggest an extremely promising coming-of-age series that succeeds in blending comedy and social commentary.

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Gossip Girl: Why Alessandra Stanley Got It Wrong And What You Can Look Forward To Tonight

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.19.2007 | Media

Read More: Gawker, The O.C., Alessandra Stanley, Cruel Intentions, Gossip Girl, The CW, Media News

The show, as many of you will learn tonight, is nothing short of spectacular, and the parental subplots Stanley finds so disarming actually help drive the show's plotlines in important ways.

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