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The Incestuous Merkins Produce Ethically Murky Doings at the New York Times

Roger Smith | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Clark Hoyt, J. Ezra Merkin, The New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal, Bernard Madoff, Daphne Merkin, Yeshiva University, Week in Review, Media News
Roger Smith

The Times thought it fitting to allow the sister of Erza Merkin who steered $2.4 billion to Madoff to be prominently featured, and allowed her to get away with the barest sort of disclosure.

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For the New York Post, Help Should Begin At Home

Rashad Robinson | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Page Six, The Wall Street Journal, Sean Delonas, LGBT Issues, Newscorp, New York Post, Glaad, The New York Times, Rupert Murdoch, Media News
Rashad Robinson

The Post's editors talk a big game about accountability but don't seem particularly interested in holding themselves to the same strict standards.

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Coming This Sunday in the New York Times: The Uproar Over George W. Bush's College 'Freedom Institute'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, The New York Times, Smu, Southern Methodist University, Bush Freedom Institute, George Bush Foundation, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Critics are denouncing the new "Freedom Institute" established by George W. Bush for various reasons, including the fact that it has been set up to pursue and defend his policies and record, not for scholarly research.

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No News Is Bad News

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Internet Journalism, Cutbacks, The New York Times, Mcclatchey, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today McClatchy declared that it would cut 1,600 jobs. Why do companies announce their various intentions to decruit vast numbers of people?

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Times' Sanger Concerned about Concentration of Power

Mike Smith | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama, David Sanger, Separation of Powers, Obama Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Obama Transition, Media News
Mike Smith

The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power looks at how the Obama Administration faces global challenges not of its own making.

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The New York Times is the Paper of Record, Funny.

Catie Lazarus | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Carson Daly, Television, Entertainment, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson, The New York Times, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Media, Jimmy Fallon, Journalism, Comedy, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Media News
Catie Lazarus

Gosh, the New York Times investigative reporter critic Alessandra Stanley has her finger on comedy's pulse.

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Jane Brody, Wrong on Nutrition

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 04.03.2009 | Style

Read More: American Dietetic Association, American Diet, The New York Times, Jane Brody, New York Times, NY Times, Diet, Media Bias, Style News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

I have a love / hate relationship with the New York Times. On the one hand, there's David Brooks and Gail Collins. On the other hand, there's Jane ...

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New York Times Music Editor on a Mission

Jan Herman | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Citigroup, Vienna's University of Music, Lang Lang, James Oestreich, Vienna Philharmonic, Clemens Hellsberg, The New York Times, National Academy Foundation, Sanford I. Weill, Zubin Mehta, Peter G. Peterson, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Vpo, Music, Media News
Jan Herman

The classical music editor of the New York Times takes up his longtime role once again as chief media apologist for the Vienna Philharmonic.

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NYT Repeats Pelosi Mouse Smear Debunked By Own Reporters

The Plum Line | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Talking Points, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, The New York Times, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, California Mouse, Economic Stimulus, Newt Gingrich, Stimulus, Pelosi Mouse, Politics News

Okay, this is pretty interesting. As I noted here yesterday, the infamous GOP talking point that the stimulus package contains gobs of cash for saving...

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It's Time to Resuscitate the FCC

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Television Licenses, Bill Clinton, Bernie Goldberg, Ronald Reagan, Fairness Doctrine, Clear Channel Radio, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Media Power, FCC Chair Mark Fowler, Federal Communications Commission, Fox News, Public Airwaves, The Washington Post, Bill O'Reilly, Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, Media Consolidation, Media Corporations, President Barack Obama, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Why do all the right-wing television personalities fear the Fairness Doctrine so much? Could it be because if it were reinstated they would have to enter into a real public debate?

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The Evil of Banality

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Obstructionism, Michael Steele, Tarp Bailout, Republican National Committee, John McCain, John Thain, National Right to Life Committee, Rush Limbaugh, Ben Stein, President Barack Obama, Republican Control of the Political Discourse, The New York Times, Economic Crisis, The Evil of Banality, "Joe the Plumber, Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, Lindsey Graham, Human Rights Campaign, " Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Palin, Economic Meltdown, Christian Coalition, The Wall Street Journal, Merrill Lynch, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Economic Stimulus, Senator Lindsey Graham, Stimulus Bill, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

It could be that our institutions are so corrupt, our political discourse so banal and polluted, that they are incapable of lifting us up from our national malaise.

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The New York Times' And Guardian's Fear Mongering on Iran Hits a New Low

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Alan Cowell, Robert Tait, World, The Guardian, United Nations, George W. Bush, The New York Times, Iran, Media, Iran Nuclear Program, Satellite, Barack Obama, Media News
Sam Sedaei

Since the attacks of September 11, American journalists have shown an obsession with Iran's nuclear program and paid a disproportionate attention to Iran's enrichment of uranium.

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Where Is The New York Times Going?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Gray Lady, New York Times, Newspaper, Media, Carlos Slim, Red Sox, News, The Times, Sulzberger, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media Death Watch, The New York Times, Ochs-Sulzbergers, Old Media, Media News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today, the paper runs the most sophisticated, resource-rich, and usable news website in the US (and probably the world) but is bleeding cash and readers. Why?

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We're All Wal-Mart Shoppers Now

Ron Galloway | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Walmart Unions, Cardcheck, Bruce Springsteen, Seiu, Boeing, Sears, Economy, The New York Times, Microsoft, Economic Crisis, Kodak, Business, Recession, Layoffs, Job Cuts, Starbucks, Recession Fears, New York Times, Business News
Ron Galloway

WalMart has 1.4 million employees at its 4000 U.S. locations. These employees have one thing in common: a job. Maybe not the most rewarding job in the world, but a job nonetheless.

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Cleaner Cars -- The Race to the Top?

David Doniger | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Gas Prices, Environmental Protection Agency, Gas, Bush Administration, California, Chrysler, General Motors, The New York Times, Epa, Environment, New York Times, Ford, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Auto Manufacturers, Cars, Green News
David Doniger

The new administration understands that higher pollution and mileage standards will help curb global warming, cut our dangerous dependence on oil, and save billions at the pump.

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A Modest Proposal

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Witch Hunt, Taxes, President Obama, Tom Daschle, Domestic Help, Letters, Nanny, Nannygate, The New York Times, New York Times, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tax Evasion, Tom Daschle Taxes, Media News
Peter Clothier

In view of the "tax problems" that are plaguing the confirmation of Barack Obama's nominees, I have a modest proposal.

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It's Time to Rethink Our Welfare Policy

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Helping the Needy, Poverty, Money, US Poverty, Welfare Reform, Economy, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, The New York Times, United States, Race, Detroit, New York Times, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, Safety Net Organizations, Minority, Welfare Policy, Michigan, Minorities, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

A society cannot survive without a safety net and we don't have one during the worst economic crisis in decades.

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Why I Subscribed to My Local Print Newspaper (While Still Loving Online)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Print Journalism, Humor, Newspaper Circulation, The New York Times, Audio, Alt-Country, Podcast, Newspapers, Newspaper Delivery, Local News, House-Sitting, Death of Newspapers, Local Newspaper, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Within days, the local newspaper became my mini Facebook. The woman who booked our band to play at the cinema was the paper's movie critic. Writers were friends; friends became writers.

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Dowd's Snark Shoots Up, Down

Nancy Kruh | Posted 03.06.2009 | Media

Read More: George Bush, The Clintons, David Denby, Obama Berlin, Bill Clinton, Snarkiness, John McCain, Deval Patrick, Writing, Books, George W. Bush, The New York Times, Maureen Dowd, Obama Berlin Speech, Clintons, Journalism, Eliot Spitzer, Barack Obama, Obama Deval Patrick, Snark, Barack Obama Deval Patrick, Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, John Edwards, New York Times, Iraq, Berlin, Media News
Nancy Kruh

In his book, Snark David Denby describes Maureen Dowd as "essentially sour and without hope," but my evidence, I believe, proves him wrong.

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I Was a Victim of the Peanut Butter Recall

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Salmonella Peanut Butter, Personal Health, Books, The New York Times, Email, Omnivore's Dilemma, Fresh Direct, Fda, Eating Local, Peanut Butter, New York City, Michael Pollan, Bush Administration, Food and Drug Safety, Health, Grocery Stores, Fast Food Nation, Eating Locally, The Omnivore's Dilemma, New York Times, Peanut Butter Salmonella, Food and Drug Administration, Peanut Butter Recall, Living News
Scott Dodd

I can't say that I was in the dark when I bought my honey-roasted peanut butter last week, but like so many people, I had the impression that someone was looking out for me.

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Bill Kristol's Last New York Times Piece: Mind Boggling Nonsense

Ben Cohen | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: William Kristol, Bill Kristol NYT, Conservatives, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, The New York Times, New York Times, William Kristol New York Times, Media News
Ben Cohen

Two failed wars, an economic meltdown, crumbling infrastructure, an increase in global warming, a drowned city, plummeting world opinion -- conservatism is not working.

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Millennial Generation, Millennials, Barack Obama, Civic Generation, John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Obama's Inauguration, GI Generation, Age, Obama Inauguration, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Barack Obama Inauguration, Norman Mailer, Politics, Activism, Inauguration, Political Activism, New York Times, Politics News
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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NYT Backs Stimulus: "Good First Step," Spending Was "Calculated Carefully And Chosen Well"

New York Times | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, The New York Times, New York Times, Economic Stimulus, Barack Obama, Politics News

The signature achievement of the $819 billion stimulus and recovery bill, passed on Wednesday by the House, is that it directs most of its resources w...

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The Overlooked $170 Billion of American-Muslim Spending Power

Michael Hastings-Black | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Ads, Advertisement, Islam, Ninjas, The New York Times, Burger King, Media, Ramadan, United Arab Emirates, Muslim World, Advertising, Domino's Pizza, Rachel Ray, New Media, Muslims, New York Times, Dunkin' Donuts, Jif Peanut Butter, Business News
Michael Hastings-Black

To date, pop-culture representations of Islam are either cloaked in evil or infused with pathos.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop. More Real Than Reviewers

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rob Schneider, Holiday Shopping, Entertainment, Kevin James, Economy, The New York Times, New York Times, Malls, Shopping Mall, Adam Sandler, Christmas Shopping, Shopping Malls, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Douglas MacKinnon

How dare we derive pleasure from a movie that elitist reviewers writing for a minute collection of fellow elitists have deemed prosaic, unimaginative, and beneath them.

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