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Peak Oil Agonistes: The New York Times Finally Comes Around to Where HuffPost Never Feared to Tread

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Oil Industry, Peak Oil, The Huffington Post, President Obama, The New York Times, Oil, Fatih Birol, Michael Lynch, Abiotic-Oil, International Energy Agency, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

At last, one of the great misnomers of public disinformation bordering closer to brainwashing has been brought to heel.

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Charles Grassley, Death Panels, The Rapture, Immigration, Iran, Obama, Media, Facebook, Civil Rights, The Washington Post, South Africa, Politics, Liz Cheney, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Cheney, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Washington Post, Health Care, Sharia, Abortion, Birthers, Twitter, Food Stamps, Books, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Aliens, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, Tom Coburn, District 9, Jerome Corsi, Todd Palin, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Return-of-Shantytowns, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Alaska, NY Times, Metacritic, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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New Study Confirms Water Is Wet

David Finkle | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New Studies, The New York Times, Pets Resembling Dog Owners, Scientific Studies, Common Sense, Truckers, Texting, American Obesity, Truckers Texting, The Beatles, New Studies Coverage, New Study Expenditures, Battlefield Hunches, Generation Gap Eased, Dog Owners Resembling Pets, Health Care, Media News
David Finkle

Money is being spent on these evidently endless studies--perhaps lots and lots and lots of money. For what? For news as old as recorded time and maybe older.

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Olbermann-O'Reilly: Détente We Don't Want

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Countdown, General Electric, President Obama, Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud, Media, Media Censorship, Obama, Journalistic Independence, Fox, Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, Jeffrey Immelt, Msnbc, Politics News, O'Reilly Feud, Jeff Zucker, Journalistic Freedom, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Olbermann O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Brian Kilmeade, Censorship, Olbermann-O'Reilly Truce, The New York Times, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Nbc, Media News, Olbermann Feud, O'Reilly, Media Feuds, Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Michelle Schweiger Schecter

A sandbox brawl between Keith and Bill Has left their parents feeling ill They want their boys to get along Yet the ultimate result is quite wrong

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NJ Corruption Soup: 5 Rabbis, 3 Mayors, 36 Honorables

Henry J. Stern | Posted 08.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Nj Corruption, Jews, New York Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Times, New York News
Henry J. Stern

"Everything was on sale - from politicians to kidneys."

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What The White House Could Learn From A Bronx Soda Fountain Owner

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Peter Orszag, White-House-Budget, Joe Biden Vp, Jay Carney, The New York Times, Family, New York News
Lenore Skenazy

Since when did we decide that parents have to be there for every school outing?

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Who Delivers the News?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media

Read More: The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Cnn, Bbc, The Chicago Tribune, Ieds, The New York Times, Afghanistan, Media, Mraps, The Los Angeles Times, Iraq, Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

On July 6th, half-dozen troops were killed in Afghanistan by IED explosions. Those deaths underline the need to pay attention to the troops' equipment. I expected more reporting on the issue. There wasn't any.

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David Brooks: Obama "May Revitalize The Concept Of Dignity"

The New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, The New York Times, Brooks, President Barack Obama, Dignity, Obama, Capitalism, George Washington, Culture, Politics News

Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...

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Jackson's Death Once Again Shows Newspapers Are Irrelevant

Marcia Meier | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Michael Jackson, Internet, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Twitter, Michael Jackson Death, Headlines, The New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Facebook, Journalism, Media News
Marcia Meier

Every day, most newspaper headlines literally shout: We are irrelevant!

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Jason Linkins

It's An Eat The Press Canada Day (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Canada Day, Metric, Canadians, Jason Jones, Canadian Indie Rock, Canada, Samantha Bee, Jezebel, Meghan McCain, Conrad Black, Stars, The New York Times, Video, Sarah Palin, Rachel Sklar, Indie Rock, Media News

Hmm. It's July 1st! Somewhere, out in the recesses of memory, a strange, clarion call is sounding, reminding me of a hallowed Eat The Press traditio...

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Why We Joined the Media Blackout on Kidnapping of NYT Reporter

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporters, Journalistic Ethics, Taliban, Kidnapping, Journalism, The New York Times, David Rohde, Media News
Greg Mitchell

In the months after we found out about the kidnapping, I witnessed the most amazing press blackout on a major event that I have ever seen. I wonder how strongly this non-reporting will be criticized in the weeks to come.

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Third Screen: Entertainment vs. Recession Porn

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, David Lynch, The Economy, Poverty, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rich and Poor, The New York Times, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Who is rich and powerful? Who is poor and weak? Artists and journalists always write about these things, but how they do so is telling. During th...

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Chicks on the Beach, or Why Does the Cover Preoccupy You So?

Joanne Rendell | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media

Read More: J.Courtney Sullivan, Lisa See, Romance, Books, Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Chick Lit, Sarah Wendell, Candy Tan, Media News
Joanne Rendell

Chick-books love shoes and if you're going to talk shoe-talk you kind of deserve your blah cover. If your book presents "cozy" female friends "weathering crises" together then you've also earned the sandals and Adirondack chair treatment. And if one of your characters dares to admit that she likes "a pink cover featuring a pair of glossy high-heeled shoes," you most definitely should have flowers and pastel shades on your dust jacket.

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UPDATED: New York Times Finally Corrects Botched Front-Pager on Gitmo Prisoners 'Returning to Jihad'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: The New York Times, Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo, New York Times Corrections, Times Gitmo Correction, Media News
Greg Mitchell

Even the correction today does not fess up to other weaknesses in the story. But again, the original article, as the Times admitted today, was botched from the start.

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More Unsolicited Advice From Dick "I'd Do Everything the Same" Cheney

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Will Shortz, Obama, Serena Williams, Frank Gehry, Bo, Dick Cheney, The New York Times, Comedy News
Sybil Adelman Sage

The former Vice President sends some helpful hints to those in need.

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Paper of Record Is No Longer Interesting

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Papers of Record, Style, Jon Stewart, Writing, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Media News, Strunk and White, Journalism, Media News
Richard Laermer

Newspapers strive to be viewed as the defenders of society -- holding government and industry accountable for their actions in instances where the eve...

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President Obama Hits All the Right Notes in Cairo

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Apartheid Wall, Israeli Settlements, Torture, John Bolton, Palestinian Lands, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, The New York Times, President Obama in Egypt, Palestinians, Dick Cheney, Muslim World, Cairo Speech, Ethan Bronner, Obama's Cairo Speech, Middle East, Elliot Abrams, The Washington Post, Islamic World, Michael Ledeen, World News
Joseph A. Palermo

President Barack Obama's speech today in Cairo hit all of the right notes and was exactly what he needed to say after eight years of saber rattling, r...

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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Attention Mr. Geffen

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Journalism, David Geffen, Craig's List, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Newspapers, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I read in a magazine someplace that you were interested in saving the New York Times. I think it's a terrific idea. I have one other idea for you.

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Texting Gets Reasons for a Thumbs Down

Danny Groner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Sexting, Preoccupation, Obsession, Text Messages, Twitter, Nytimes, Teens, The New York Times, Addiction, New York Times, Text Message, Text Messaging, Teenagers, Texting, Cell Phones, Technology, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Unplugging, Media News
Danny Groner

As a society, we tend to accept that texting has gone overboard with the even larger technological craze. As tough as it is to scale back, it's even tougher to convince others to.

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The New York Times: Let it Fall

John Ridley | Posted 06.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Jayson Blair, Arthur Sulzberger, The New York Times, Media News
John Ridley

The so-called "paper of record" has been, since its inception, insular and incestuous, and has remained so by design. Is there any news organization that would benefit more from new ownership?

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The Maureen Dowd Nexus

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, Nancy Pelosi, The New York Times, Plagiarism, Maureen Dowd, Drudge Report, Media, Dan Rather, Journalism, Dick Cheney, Torture, Newspapers, Media News
Ashley Rindsberg

Dowd showed us that the media, in its progression from establishment to grass root, from paper to Apple, has reached the Dowd Nexus and is now irretrievably past the point of no return.

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NY Times Writer and His Mortgage Woes

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgages, Megan McArdle, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Oprah, Financial Crisis, Financial Journalism, Edmund Andrews, Media, Foreclosure, Foreclosure News, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

It does make you wonder: What would this story read like if his wife wrote it? And I'm not convinced that Andrews' airing of his dirty laundry is such an act of bravery.

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On 6th Anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished' -- How the Media Blew It

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Mission Accomplished Anniversary, Thomas Friedman, David Sanger, Bush Mission Accomplished, Mission Accomplished, The New York Times, Maureen Dowd, New York Times War Coverage, Iraq, Media News
Greg Mitchell

On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared an end to major military operations in Iraq. Here's a look at how one newspaper covered the Bush declaration and its immediate aftermath.

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Amazing But True: New York Times Barely Mentioned Jackie Robinson's Debut 62 Years Ago

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Jackie Robinson, The New York Times, New York Mets, Baseball, Arthur Daley, New York-New York, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The story on the game, printed April 16, 1947, did not say anything about Robinson for the full 18 paragraphs, nor in the short takes that followed.

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