New York Times

What the Times Didn't Tell About McCain

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

McCain was one of five senators (and the sole Republican) who voted against the atrocious telecom legislation that Iseman was pushing, which President Clinton signed into law.

Hedge Funds Buy Up NYT Shares

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business


Harbinger Capital Partners is tightening its grip on the New York Times and Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. The investment firm yesterday rais...

Bill Kristol: Pinhead

Sean Carman | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics


Sean Carman

Kristol's argument on why Obama doesn't wear a flag pin ("Flag-gate!") is just so unbelievably, insidiously stupid: The man is a 50-year-old fifth grader.

McCain & The "Liberal Media" Endorsements

Ari Melber | Posted 02.26.2008 | Media


Ari Melber

Some top journalists say that newspapers should just end endorsements altogether.

Bill Keller: "I'm Proud to Stand by This Story." Times Public Editor: You Were Wrong To Run It.

Jay Rosen | Posted 02.25.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

It's hard to see how editorial judgment at the Times could suffer a defeat in the court of opinion that is more clear cut.

Who's In Charge Here? - The NY Times McCain Story

Charles Warner | Posted 02.25.2008 | Media


Charles Warner

The Gray Lady is a vessel with an incompetent captain who lets the swabbies run the ship.

Jason Linkins

Everybody's Getting A Hot Piece Of The McCain Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Roger Cohen's up in the New York Times opinion pages today, working through the disconnect between the sexual mores of France and the United States, e...

Lumpy & Hucky

Will Durst | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Will Durst

The only certainty is the Gray Lady managed to unite the Conservative Right to fight the reviled shared enemy they represent. Isn't that just like the liberal media elite?

Reading The Pictures: Obama's Security -- A Little Too Much Hush

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.25.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-02-25-shaw_fp_obama_security.jpgWas the decision to terminate screening procedures last week at Reunion Arena in Dallas a security lapse or not?

Former Paxson Exec Denies McCain Meeting

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A former Paxson Communications president said Saturday he never met with John McCain about the Arizona senator writing letters to t...

NYT Public Editor Faults McCain Story

New York Times | Clark Hoyt | Posted 02.23.2008 | Media


BILL KELLER, the executive editor of The Times, said the article about John McCain that appeared in Thursday's paper was about a man nearly felled by ...

NYT Responds To Questions About McCain Article

New York Times | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


A recent New York Times article examined a number of decisions by Senator John McCain that raised questions about his judgment over potential conflict...

Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller: "I Was Surprised" By Response To McCain Story

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 02.22.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — A New York Times story examining John McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist eight years ago has thrust the newspaper itself in...

McCain: The 'Anti-Lobbyist' Who Works With Lobbyists

Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Iseman Client Contradicts McCain Campaign On Meetings: The Washington Post reports: Broadcaster Lowell "Bud" Paxson today contradicted statements fro...

Marc Cooper

McCain Lawyer's Long History Of Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 02.21.2008 | Home


Beleagured GOP candidate John McCain's choice for personal lawyer in the emerging favors-for-lobbyist scandal, Bob Bennett, has a long record of defe...

Democrats Debate Tonight...As McCain Scandal Continues

Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Democrats Debate In Texas Tonight in Austin, Texas, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will go head-to-head in their penultimate debate before the March...

Does the New York Times Have Mrs. Obama's Back?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.21.2008 | Home


Karen Dalton-Beninato

One day after Cindy McCain stood beside her husband and interjected a comment questioning Michelle Obama's patriotism, the New York Times let its McCain-Iseman story run.

Meghan McCain Posts Blog On Vicki Iseman Scandal

Huffington Post | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


John McCain's daughter Meghan wrote on her blog McCain Blogette a few hours after The New York Times released the report suggesting her father's infid...

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Against John McCain

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media


Robert Schlesinger

The Times' ombudsman -- or anyone else -- would do well to address the issue and put it to rest. Is the paper's editorial board routinely -- or ever -- briefed on pending stories?

My Role Involving Today's Times/Post Story on John McCain

Lanny Davis | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Lanny Davis

What was omitted from both stories today was that what I wanted Sen. McCain to do, he refused to do. And he did so out of a concern of appearances of impropriety. That is a fact.

Sex Doesn't Matter, Conflict of Interest Matters

Helaine Olen | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Helaine Olen

McCain and Iseman's intimacy was not the point of the expose, even though common sense says the rumored romance is what will give the scandal traction with the American public.

Jason Linkins

Attention Turns To John Weaver

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


John Weaver, the "informal campaign advisor" to John McCain, has issued a statement to MSNBC this morning that he is not the source of yesterday's sto...

For the New York Times, as Well, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Risks

Jay Rosen | Posted 02.21.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

Why did the Times endorse McCain for the Republican nomination on Jan. 25, when it was clearly working on this story and had the basic facts in hand?

NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media


Cenk Uygur

The only thing worse than being bullied by Republicans is getting scooped by your competitors. The story here isn't that the Times is trying to hurt conservatives, it's the exact opposite.


 

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