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Jason Linkins

Times Let 'Pentagon Pipeline' Story Die On Its Front Page

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Pentagon Analysts, Howard Kurtz, Pentagon Pundit Scandal, Pentagon PR, New York Times, Pentagon Military Analysts, Washington Post, Retired General, Pentagon Propaganda, Politics News

The aftermath of the story, for the Times, has been one of scant follow-up, lost scoops, and poor comparison when set alongside similar journalistic efforts.

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New York Times Circulation Plummets

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Circulation fell sharply at most top U.S. newspapers in the latest reporting period, an industry group said Monday, with the exceptio...

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Is Coverage of Arabs, Islam Good? Western Media Under Scrutiny

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

While media in the Muslim and Arab worlds have opposed the war in Iraq and in other Muslim countries, their reports and editorial lines can hardly be viewed as monolithic.

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The Times Gets "Mean, Vacuous, Desperate," Etc.

Nell Scovell | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Nell Scovell

While these columnists represent themselves and not the views of the paper, they set a tone that can only be described as mean, vacuous, desperate, and pandering.

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The New York Times' Hidden Hand On Oil's Agenda

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

Leave it to the New York Times and Mouwad to convey the imprimatur of what once passed for serious journalism to this greatest of all con games.

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New York Times Panic: Staffers Told To Rein In Spending While They Await The Bloodbath

Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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The New York Times recently announced that it would likely have to resort to newsroom layoffs since too few staffers had accepted voluntary buyout off...

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James Carville: Barack Obama "Hides Under The New York Times Editorialists' Skirt"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

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Clintonite James Carville appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360" Wednesday night along with Paul Begala to talk about the race between Clinton and Obama fo...

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The Media Shopoholic Strikes Again

Marvin Kitman | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

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Marvin Kitman

Whenever Murdoch is depressed, my studies over the years as a media pathologist find, he has what he calls "an expansionist lunge." And when he's in one of them he can't be outbid.

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NYT: Heal Thyself from Pentagon Spin and Conflicts of Interest

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media

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Robert Naiman

News media have a responsibility to warn their audience when a commentator has an economic interest in the issue they discuss.

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New York Times Correction Tally on Heston Obituary Now Officially Farcical

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Obituaries, New York Times Corrections, Nytimes, Corrections, Charlton Heston, Obituary, New York Times, NYTimes.Com, Obits, Nyt, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

These tiny corrections are not as crucial as when the Times got Heston's name and age wrong, but nonetheless, they leave the paper with even more egg on its face.

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Benedict in America: The Man Show

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Time, Brian Ross, Feminist, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Clergy Sex Abuse, Theology, Anderson Cooper, Pedophilia, Chris Matthews, Catholic Church, Dolores Huerta, Benedict XVI, Jason Berry, Dan Harris, Jim Lehrer, New York Times, Washington Post, Keith Oberman, Geroge W. Bush, Newsweek, Living News
Angela Bonavoglia

On Benedict XVI's much-heralded first papal visit to the United States, we witnessed once again the spectacle and pageantry of the Catholic Church's unapologetically all-male hierarchy.

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The Myth Machine Marches On

Gerald Bracey | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Statistics, Education Reform, Myth Making, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Media News
Gerald Bracey

It is still amazing to me how people who are wise and insightful on most topics under the sun go all goofy when it comes to education. Goofy is you in today's column, "Clueless in America."

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Jason Linkins

New York Times Finally Finds Some Time To Mention Bush's Support Of Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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Today's New York Times editorial, "The Torture Sessions," is shot through with references to time: Ever since Americans learned that American soldier...

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Rupert Murdoch Launches Old-Fashioned Newspaper War Against New York Times

Newsweek | Johnnie L. Roberts | Posted 04.20.2008 | Media

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Two of the publishing world's most influential editors approached the tower at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan with apprehension. Headquarter...

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The Pentagon's Corrupt Sock Puppet "Military Analysts" Exposed

Gareth Porter | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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Gareth Porter

This story should bring overwhelming public pressure for the immediate termination of any "military analyst" who has been compromised by links with the Pentagon and/or its business allies.

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NYT Editorial: ABC Debate "Roundly Panned, And Rightfully So"

New York Times | Charles M. Blow | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media

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The questioning at Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate has been roundly panned, and rightfully so. The moderators spent about 40 minutes on a t...

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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Super Size Me, Democracy Filmmaker, Morocco, Morgan Spurlock, Terrorism, War, Alex Gibney, Palestine, Wall Street Journal, Peace, Taxi to the Dark Side, Religion, Gaza, Wwf, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Danny Pearl, Oil, New York Times, Israel, Afghanistan, A.O. Scott, Clergy US Intervention, Masturbate, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Dilawar, Entertainment News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

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'Green Porno' Coming This Sunday in New York Times Magazine

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

So what's in the much touted "Green Issue" of the New York Times Magazine coming on Sunday? For one thing, some "Green Porno."

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Brilliance schmilliance: Portfolio Magazine's "Brilliance" Issue Isn't and The New York Times Stoops to Flatter

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

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Yvette Kantrow

So much for reviving long-form journalism. Portfolio, the magazine that launched a little more than a year ago with promises to reinvent business jour...

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New York Times Posts Loss

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

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The New York Times Company, the parent of The New York Times, posted a $335,000 loss in the first quarter -- one of the worst periods the company and ...

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Citizen Journalism: Can We Trust it?

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

Citizen reporters provide independent, accurate, reliable information that the traditional media doesn't provide, goes the argument. Independent? Perhaps. Accurate and reliable? Can't be sure, say concerned professionals.

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NYT CEO To Murdoch: Bring It On

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

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New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson has a message for Rupert Murdoch: Bring it on. On the Times Co.'s just-completed quarterly results call, Robins...

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Bush Administration, More Isolated in Latin America, Cries "Terrorism"

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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Mark Weisbrot

Washington has alienated Latin America through its economic policy prescriptions, which are widely associated with Latin America's unprecedented long-term economic failure.

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For Chris Matthews, misogyny pays

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Question: Is Chris Matthews the Michael Scott of political talk show hosts? And if so, does that make MSNBC the Dunder Mifflin of cable news? Rememb...

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India Puts Children On The Front Line

Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Olympic Protest, Children, Torch, Protest, Dalai Lama, New Delhi, Olympic Relay, Tibet, New York Times, Chinese Embassy, China, Front Lines, Olympics, Politics News
Dipayan Gupta

Who is the government going to allow to cheer on the torch bearers as they pass through New Delhi? According to The New York Times, "selected schoolchildren."

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