New York Times

Women May Be Losing Jobs, Too: But They're Different Jobs

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Sex Segregation, Women, Economy, Employment, Opt-Out Revolution, New York Times, Recession, Gender, Business News
Philip N. Cohen

There was a strong trend of occupational desegregation, but the pace of that change slowed markedly in the 1990s.

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New York Times Company Profits Plummet, 82% Drop In One Year

AP | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, New York Times Company, New York Times Company Profits, New York Times Earnings, Media News

NEW YORK — New York Times Co.'s second-quarter earnings fell 82 percent from a year ago, when it saw a one-time gain from the sale of a unit, bu...

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NY Times Blows It On McCain Op-Ed

Lester Feder | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: David Shipley, John McCain, 2008, Timetable, New York Post, Op-Ed, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, New York Times, Iraq, Barack Obama, Home News
Lester Feder

The whole point of McCain's rejected op-ed, published Tuesday in the New York Post, is that he doesn't think it is wise to offer the kind of Iraq statement that would satisfy the Times.

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The Real Rejected McCain New York Times Op-Ed

Lee Camp | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Shipley, New York Times John McCain, John McCain OpEd, New York Times, John McCain, 236.Com, John McCain New York Times, Politics News
Lee Camp

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Why Did Tom Friedman Misrepresent Al Gore's Challenge?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Tom Friedman, Solar, Dirty, Big Coal, Renewable Energy, Green, Energy, Coal, Thomas Friedman, New York Times, Al Gore Speech, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Tom Friedman distorted Al Gore's new energy challenge, which called for an energy policy based on 100 percent renewable sources, by including the role of coal. Isn't coal a nonrenewable fossil fuel?

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What Will Barack Obama Say in Berlin?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, New York Times, Germany, William Kristol, American Rhetoric, Barack Obama, Obama Rhetoric, Obama Speech, Obama Kennedy, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

The association of Obama with Kennedy was due, in large part, to their shared oratorical talents. This week's Berlin speech makes that association even more pertinent.

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Op-Ed Writing Tips For Senator McCain

Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, John McCain, Mccain, Obama, Op-Ed, Iraq, John McCain Op-Ed, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

What would you do differently in Iraq? Say it up top and be specific. Get readers and morning commuters to spill their coffee, what I call the "shock and awe" lede. Ok, maybe a bad pun.

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Media Morph

Charles Warner | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Iphone, New York Times, Pandora, Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, Media News
Charles Warner

Newspaper and magazine content will continue to be valuable and read; it will just have a different, far less expensive and more rational distribution channel -- the Internet.

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NPR to Non-Old People: Thanks, But No Thanks

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: The Bryant Park Project, Radio, Npr, Stuff White People Like, New York Times, New Media, Old Media, Twitter, Baby Boomers, Media News
Daniel Holloway

NPR has no use for poor, debt-ravaged kids maxing out their credit cards to buy iPhones. At least it doesn't think it does.

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Jason Linkins

New York Times Spares McCain Embarrassment By Spiking Op-Ed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Iraq War, New York Times, McCain Times Story, War in Iraq, McCain Times Op-Ed, McCain Iraq, Media News

As anyone who hasn't been living under a boulder knows by now, John McCain has always enjoyed an extra-special relationship with the press, who care f...

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New York Times Rejects McCain Rebuttal To Obama Op-Ed

Huffington Post | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: David Shipley, New York Times John McCain, New York Times, John McCain, John McCain Op-Ed, John McCain New York Times, Media News

The New York Times has rejected an op-ed penned by Senator John McCain in response to an op-ed by Senator Barack Obama published on July 14, members o...

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The Real Problem with the New York Times Article on Racial Divide

David Moore | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama White Voters, Black Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, The New York Times, New York Times, Racism, Obama Black Voters, Barack Obama, White Voters, Politics News
David Moore

What is truly amazing at this point in U.S. history is that white voters now view a black candidate about as positively as a white candidate on most issues, and in some cases much more positively.

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William Kristol Advises Obama On Iraq

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Times Op Ed, Obama Victory Speech, Editorials, Bill Kristol, Victory, New York Times, Obama Berlin Speech, Barack Obama Victory Column, Barack Obama, German History, Berlin, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

Usually, William Kristol deploys his New York Times column to try and provide John McCain with some extra intellectual firepower. But today he leaps into the breach to assist Obama. Or so he would have it.

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The Republican Albatross: Conservatives, Ideology, and the Human Condition As Seen By David Brooks

Dan Agin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media

Read More: IQ., New York Times, Conservatism, Genes, Republicans, David Brooks, Media News
Dan Agin

The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: the Media Circus over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Freddie Mac Bailout, Bryan Burrough, Vanity Fair, Richard X. Bove, New York Times, Fannie Mae, Wall Street Journal, Housing Crisis, Charles Schumer, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Who knew that when Bryan Burrough fingered CNBC for helping kill off Bear Stearns Cos., he was starting a minitrend?

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Conservative Denial

Allan Lichtman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Religion, David Frum, Conservatives, Business, History, New York Times, Politics News
Allan Lichtman

Diehard defenders of the Bush administration do not wish to enter into in a serious conversation about America's conservative political tradition, but rather are engaged in sweeping self-denial.

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Dowd: More Big Macs for Barack

John McQuaid | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Maureen Dowd, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, New York Times, Media News
John McQuaid

Even on its own terms -- as an attempted insight into Obama's alleged finickiness or his supposed distance from the Applebee's set -- Maureen Dowd's obsession with Obama and food doesn't make sense.

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Why Do People Love To Hate The New York Times?

VanityFair.com | Matt Pressman | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, New York Times Haters, Media News

It's such a given in the media business that few even stop to notice it: people love to hate The New York Times. They read the paper every day, and se...

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The Latest Media Blind Spot: Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left Prism

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Progressives, Left Wing, Obama Moves to the Center, Bob Fertik, New York Times, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Chuck Hagel, deomcrats.com, Green Party, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

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New York Times Tells Staffers: No Political Bumper Stickers On Your Car

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Craig Whitney, New York Times Bumper Stickers, New York Times, Bumper Stickers, Media News

The Times standards editor, Craig Whitney, recently was on a road-trip and while on the trip, saw some political bumper stickers. Said stickers are no...

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The 'Pro-Family' Scam

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Progressive, Lesbian, American Family Association, Truth Wins Out, New York Times, Right Wing, Gay, Wayne Besen, Politics News
Wayne Besen

Right wing organizations can be considered many things -- but certainly not advocates for the family. They inhale money, exhale anti-gay pollution and have done absolutely nothing for the traditional families.

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Did The New York Times Trick a Source?

William Klein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media

Read More: New York City Apartments, New York Times, Ethics in Journalism, Charles Rangel, Media News
William Klein

The otherwise spellbinding New York Times expose of Rep. Charles Rangel's abuse of New York's system of rent-stabilized apartments, contains this Intr...

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New York Times Alters Building Facade To Prevent More Climbers

New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times Building Climbers, New York Times, Man Climbs New York Times Building, New York Times Buildings, New York Times Building Facade, Media News

The New York Times began removing dozens of the distinctive horizontal ceramic rods that sheathe its year-old building in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesd...

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New York Times Stock Hits Lowest Price Since September 1997

AP | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, New York Times Stock Price, Ticker NYT, Nyt, Media News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of New York Times Co. touched their lowest point in more than a decade Wednesday, after an analyst cut his price target and pr...

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The NY Times Sends A Dittohead To Interview Rush Limbaugh

Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Rush Limbaugh, Zev Chafets, New York Times, Newsbusters, Brian Williams, Barack Obama, Mark Halperin, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The Times writer who profiled Limbaugh is pretty much a Dittohead, a Limbaugh devotee. So of course there was no reason to fear a "hit job." The whole...

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