ON May 12, The Times published an Op-Ed article by Edward N. Luttwak, a military historian, who argued that any hopes that a President Barack Obama mi...
New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics
THEY thought they were being so slick. When the McCain campaign abruptly moved last Tuesday's fund-raiser with President Bush from the Phoenix Conven...
Evan Derkacz | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
You would think that one of the world's foremost Islamic Jurists would have no trouble getting published as an authority on Islam in order to set the record straight about Luttwak's ridiculous claim about Obama.
Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media
We all want our journalism to be thoroughly reported, which often means talking to scores of people when shaping stories and ideas. But does that mean we want reporting to become just another American Idol-like exercise?
Joan Garry | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
Governor Paterson directed the state of New York to honor same sex marriage licenses performed outside the state. A powerful and authentic display of vision from the blind governor of New York.
Marcia Meier | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media
Emily Gould landed on the cover of The New York Times Magazine over the weekend and created a firestorm of criticism and vitriol. Here's the good news: At least she's writing.
Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media
Just a few years ago, the press cavalierly snubbed Kennedy. A key turning point during that public rush to war was Kennedy's fervent and thoughtful anti-war speech in 2002.
236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.28.2008 | Media
When Bill Kristol was hired by the New York Times, it was announced that he would continue on as the editor of the Weekly Standard. This led many to b...
Terence Smith | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
I remember when my friend Cornell found his mission. He said he was going home to New York to raise money to create a center for what he called "concerned photography" - his term for photojournalism that made a difference.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
Word has leaked out about bombshell revelations in the upcoming Scott McClellan memoir -- including his unexpected charge that the "liberal media" fell for Bush "propaganda" on Iraq.
Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
In 2000, Bush didn't get the most votes in Florida. The news story spinners hung their hat on a technicality.
Joan Garry | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
The New York Times today reinforces every stereotype about the candidates by picking three specific photos, each of which affirm what we hear sixty billion times a week from the best political team in the Milky Way.
Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
For Krugman to keep saying that the voters of Florida voted "in good faith" is a lie. Were they not informed that the Democratic Party was not going to count their votes?
Huffington Post | Posted 05.26.2008 | Media
***UPDATE*** Politico reports that the Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal calls the White House attack "puzzling" but not uncommon: "The Whit...
Jan Herman | Posted 05.26.2008 | Media
The other day's Times article about Obama, which implicitly defames Jews and paints them as simple-minded racists, iss actually a two-fer: It race baits both blacks and Jews.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media
The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?
Posted 05.22.2008 | Media
John McCain is scheduled to release 400 pages of medical records this Friday, after having promised to release the records for more than a year. Doing...
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
Things suck for women directors, but nothing changes and things are actually getting worse. While most people believe that we are post-feminist, and post-organizing, and post-activism, I think the only way to make change is to agitate.
Robert Brustein | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment
I thought I had been summoned into Huntington's presence to discuss artistic matters. Instead, he remarked upon the title of the magazine and asked me what I thought of "Theatre."
Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media
Here we have a raft of errors that took over eight months for the Times to correct, even though the deceased's son brought the errors to the attention of the paper twice during that time.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics
Sexism is alive and well in America. One exit poll I saw had almost twice as many voters having trouble voting for a woman for president than voting...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business
According to Krugman the high oil prices as we now know them are a legitimate reflection of market forces. Simple as that. Economics 101. Oh, for the good old days.
Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.15.2008 | Media
The "brilliant" Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, declared our latest new war: a cold war with Iran. After years of desperately searching, we've finally found our new Soviet Union.
Ali Eteraz | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
In the UK, the Muslim smears come from the ultra-right BNP party. Great to see that the New York Times has followed suit. Let's call this what it really is: smearing immigrants.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
An article in today's New York Times, exploring Karl Rove's newish career as a pundit, features Obama spokesman Bill Burton saying, "Wouldn't taking h...
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New York Times | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics