Times Touts Incremental Iraq Gains Amid Numerous Setbacks
The New York Times took the silver lining view of the Iraq War this morning, in an article entitled "Iraq Attacks Lower, but Steady, New Figures Show....
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Recommended RNC Websites
Lauren Kirchner | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics
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Here's a couple of domain names, just off the top of my head, that I think will help the RNC really reach their base.
Warfare and Healthcare
Norman Solomon | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
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It's kind of logical. In a pathological way. A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermi...
Hillary Clinton, 60 Minutes, and the Muslim question
Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.11.2008 | Media
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There simply is no other candidate, from either party, who has had their comments, their fragments, dissected so dishonestly the way Hillary Clinton's have been.
Also, apparently, there was like a strike about this or something.
Bill Barol | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media
The New York Times discovers, in today's Business section, that the kids are now watching TV shows on their computers. (Whoa! It's like I'm talkin' sp...
Eliot Spitzer's Prostitution Ring Story Kept New York Times Metro Desk Working Late
New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media
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The New York times has just broken the news of Eliot Spitzer's involvement in the prostitution ring Emperors Club VIP. The New York Observer reports ...
Get Your White On, Margaret Seltzer!
Linda Keenan | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media
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James Frey,
Jack Johnson,
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New York Times,
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Tyra Banks,
Yo Gabba Gabba,
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It may be a tough and boring road for you, without those gunshot wounds and helicopter-hovers that seemed to liven up your drab suburban life. But we're here for you, Boo.
NYT Public Editor: We Are Not Biased Against Hillary
New York Times | CLARK HOYT | Posted 03.09.2008 | Media
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IN the 10 days leading up to Hillary Clinton's victories last week in Ohio and Texas, the news media came under withering attack for being, in the wor...
The Afghan Hero Who Died in Guantánamo
Andy Worthington | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics
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Abdul Razzaq Hekmati helped free three significant anti-Taliban commanders from a Taliban jail in 1999, but no significant effort was made by Guantánamo to verify his story prior to his death.
UPDATED: Some Pulitzer Finalists Leaked
Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media
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The jurors finished their work at Columbia U on Wednesday and usually by now we have our near-complete list. But the gag rule has worked better than usual.
John McCain's "Surge" Problem
Jesse Larner | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
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We now know that John McCain will be the Republican candidate for President in 2008. I happen to agree with McCain that we can't just pull our troops out now.
New York Times Plagiarist A Repeat Offender
Slate | Jack Shafer | Posted 03.06.2008 | Media
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When a journalist gets caught plagiarizing the first time, he can usually duck the charge by claiming that the theft was really an accident. I mistake...
Primaries Help CNN's Profits Double
The New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media
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The morning after the Democratic primary debate on Feb. 21, while both sides argued over who had come out ahead, there was one clear winner: CNN. The ...
When Dumb Articles Happen to Smart Newspapers
Jay Rosen | Posted 03.04.2008 | Home
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Howard Kurtz,
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Press,
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Washington Post Women,
Home News
Thursday I posted a little exercise in pattern recognition at the New York Times. Here are the answers I received, plus some commentary on the Washington Post's "women are dumb" article.
Imus, McCain, Autism, and 08
David Kirby | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living
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The following is an unofficial transcript of my interview this morning by Don Imus. I post it here, without comment, except to thank Don and Deirdre I...
Camelot 2.0
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living
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Hilary Clinton,
Michelle O Meets Jackie O,
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The Great Gatsby,
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Americans truly worshipped the Kennedys, and now they're in the mood to canonize again. But charisma can be a chimera.
We Are Not What We Eat
Alan Miller | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living
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It seems to me that the ever-increasing intervention of authorities and bureaucrats in what we eat, drink, or smoke is far unhealthier than anything we may ingest.
In The Paper Of Record, An Inexcusable Error
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.02.2008 | Media
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It was with interest that I began reading the NYT' s Jacques Steinberg's article examining the media's meta-take on recent charges of bias in favor of...
Forty Years On: Kerner and the Liberal Media
John Ridley | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media
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For all the areas of society in which blacks -- and by extension all minorities -- have enjoyed some measure of parity, there is one glaring and ironic omission: the very media which is so often accused of having a liberal bias.
The Press Will Torment Obama, Too
Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media
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Clear signs suggest that Obama's press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their lazy routine of critiquing Dems through the eyes of Republican spin.
The Times, Protecting Us From Our Befuddled Selves
Ruth Hochberger | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media
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The notion that the Times columnists are forbidden to make a presidential endorsement so as not to confuse us kiddies is insulting, paternalistic and ridiculous.
When Candidate "Vetting" Runs off the Rails
Jay Rosen | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home
Each of the New York Times "vetting" stories is part of the ritual in which the press imagines itself asking the hard questions of candidates who would be president.
New York Times Almost Endorsed Obama Over Clinton
The New Republic | Gabriel Sherman | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media
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On January 25, the New York Times endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton. At the time, the 1,100-word editorial stood out for both its tepidness and early a...
New York Times Plagiarizes Miami Herald
Slate | Jack Shafer | Posted 02.27.2008 | Media
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The hell wrought on Argentina by the illicit drug "paco" has already become a journalistic staple. The Christian Science Monitor visited the topic on ...
Alarmist Lede Drives Times Wiretap Story
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
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The New York Time's Eric Lichtblau is all a flutter today because, as his headline reads, "In Wiretap's Stead, Uncertainty." Harrowing, terrifying, "...
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