New York Times

Bear Skin: How the New York Times Scooped the Wall Street Journal

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media


Yvette Kantrow

The WSJ's front page Monday was starkly devoid of any Bear Stearns news, as was the rest of the paper. The omission was glaring, given how effectively the WSJ had covered Bear the previous week.

New York Times Responds To Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Year-Old Letter About Paper's "Misrepresentations"

Time | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


"I see that you have posted Rev. Wright's letter of a year ago to Jodi Kantor of The New York Times. At The Times, we generally choose to let our wor...

New York Times: Cutting Staff But Making Movies

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Michael Giltz

The New York Times should not be hiring reporters/talent who look good on camera and are known for funny videos so they can branch out into YouTube.

Start the Presses!

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Jacob Heilbrunn

In an announcement that is sending shockwaves through the mainstream media, the LA Times has apparently decided to begin publishing at least one truthful story each day.

NYT This Sunday Probes "The End of Republican America"

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Many more Republicans than Democrats are stepping down this year, making it almost impossible for the GOP to make gains.

Flashback: Wright's Letter To NYT About Obama

Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


In March 2007, New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor published a brief story about how Rev. Jeremiah Wright had been uninvited from delivering the invoc...

Splitting Hairs: Men Talk and Women Yak?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living


Irene S. Levine

Yes, men accuse women of "yakking". But when it comes to clinching hard-to-get appointment at a hair salon, it isn't simply about getting your hair done. Hair salons are vital epicenters of in-person communication for women.

You're Asking for It: Chasing the Logic of the Paparazzi

Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media


Dipayan Gupta

The dons and doyennes of gossip were all at NYU for "The Britney Show," a panel organized by The Atlantic in honor of its current feature on the media's obsession with the bedraggled pop star.

Give The News Impartially? FAIR Report Highlights Conflicts of Interest

Janine Jackson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media


Janine Jackson

We should also have a right to expect that the news we get is produced in a climate where journalistic priorities are paramount.

Jason Linkins

The Game Of Renouncing And Denouncing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


In yesterday's New York Times, columnist Stanley Fish weighed in on the "guilt by association" game that's played itself out again and again this poli...

The Press Hits Rewind on the Clinton Scandals

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

The release of Hillary Clinton's White House schedules hit the rewind button in lots of newsrooms last week as reporters jumped at the chance to talk about White House sex and and pretend it was news.

Sorry, Fox Business! CNBC Has Best Week In Five Years

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media


CNBC has the last laugh on Fox Business. Just yesterday, Fox Business bought ad space in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal slamming CNBC...

A Further Guide To The French

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.25.2008 | Living


The HuffPost Living Editors are no stranger to guides, so it was exciting to see that The New York Times had posted their own: A Guide To The French. ...

Heidi Montag A "Feminist Icon" According To The New York Times

US | Posted 03.24.2008 | Media


Defying our expectations," Heidi Montag "has emerged as a kind of feminist hero" in the new Hills season (airing tonight), a New York Times critic wri...

Jason Linkins

Kristol: Race Discussion Makes Me 'Shudder'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


New York Times Bill Kristol says he "shuddered only once while watching Barack Obama's speech last Tuesday." It wasn't because Obama didn't answer th...

The Intellectual Poverty of Frank Rich

Larry C. Johnson | Posted 03.23.2008 | Media


Larry C. Johnson

While the competition has been keen at the New York Times to secure the mantle as the most virulent Hillary hater, Frank Rich is in a class by himself.

The Only Way Out For Dems? A Superdelegate Primary

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 03.20.2008 | Home


Matthew and Peter Slutsky

Democrats are balancing on a live wire and after the primaries are finished need to take decisive and immediate action to ensure the nomination battle does not make it all the way to Denver.

Bush bashes PBS (again), and The New York Times helps

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

I understand why Bush takes cheap shots at PBS. But what's The New York Times' excuse?

Believe It or Not -- 5 Years Ago Many Top Newspapers Opposed the War

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Precisely five years ago, at least one-third of the top newspapers in this country came out against President Bush taking us to war at that time.

New York Times Fails To Mention Fox Anchor Megyn Kelly's Divorce In Wedding Write Up

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media


Did The New York Times give preferential treatment to a V.I.P. in its wedding pages? I know, I know -- when has the Times ever not given preferential...

New York Times to America: Stay the Course in Iraq

David Bromwich | Posted 03.17.2008 | Media


David Bromwich

There is a consistent effort by the New York Times to shift legitimate opinion toward acceptance of a large and permanent American force in the Middle East.

Pregnant Women, Drugs and the New York Times: Think of the Children!

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.17.2008 | Living


Maia Szalavitz

Punishing pregnant drug users for harming their fetuses tends not to stop their drug use, but rather to drive them underground and away from both prenatal care and addiction treatment.

Jason Linkins

Bill Kristol Errs, Times Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics


[UPDATES BELOW] Earlier this morning, the New York Times ran William Kristol's Monday morning op-ed, and just a short while thereafter, the Atlantic'...

As War Neared in 2003 -- Hillary Was Silent

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

With fifth-anniversary coverage of the Iraq War now in full swing, I probed The New York Times' online archives from March 2003, looking for evidence of what exactly Hillary did to halt the war.

The Times Explains How It Cracked The Spitzer Story

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


A Curious Vice Case The scandal unfolded in an innocuous fashion. The press release was e-mailed to reporters on Thursday morning, shortly after 11 o...


 

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