November 2012 Archive
Blanking Bradley Manning: NYT and AP Launch Operation Amnesia
By Chris Floyd: On Thursday, Bradley Manning, one of the foremost prisoners of conscience in the world today, testified in open court -- the first time ...
As Predicted, Times Reports On How Atlantic Yards Opponents Are Exhausted By Losses; Neglects To Cite Court Win, Other News Validating Critique
By Norman Oder: I can't say I didn't predict it, the New York Times feature headlined "Opponents of Atlantic Yards Are Exhausted by a Long, Losing Battle." The Times, I wrote last month, would report that opponents were diminished and disempowered.
‘NYT’ Reporter Jodi Rudoren Gets a Social Network ‘Minder’ After Uproar Over Gaza
By Greg Mitchell: The new, and very acitve, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan, whose blog post Tuesday responded to my charges about the paper’s front-page caption on a ...
The New York Times Snubs Poetry
By Cameron Conaway: In its highly anticipated 100 Notable Books of 2012, The New York Times selected two books of poetry. That wouldn't be so bad, actually, if the subtitle ...
Abbas’ Useless Resolution
By Eugene Schulman: Over the past few days we have read in the New York Times, and elsewhere, about David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, declaring support for Palestine being accepted as non-member observer state in the UN General Assembly.
A New “New Cold War” in the Mideast?
By Ira Chernus: Just when we thought it was safe for Americans to go out in a democratizing Middle East … Well, I guess we stopped thinking that a while ago. But now a lead story on the front page of the New York Times makes it official.
Times Bureau Chief in Jerusalem Will Now Have Her Facebook Entries Edited
By Glenn Greenwald: While in Gaza reporting on the recent Israeli attack there, Judi Rudoren, the Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the New York Times, wrote several Facebook entries that caused substantial controversy. The episode began when she wrote a Times article on the funeral of the Dalu family, ten of whom (including several small children) were killed when an Israeli bomb destroyed their house...
Please, Herr Krugman, May I Have Another? How America’s Favorite Liberal Stokes German Masochism
By Cameron Abadi: When Germans vote in next year’s national election, they will have the choice between two candidates who hold the distinction of having been repeatedly insulted by Paul Krugman.
Thomas Friedman Has Some Dumb Ideas About Who Should Be Secretary Of State
By Jason Linkins: As most of you may know, Hillary Clinton will be stepping down from her current position as the U.S. Secretary of State, and ...
NY Times Editor Jill Abramson Distances Newsroom From In-House Criticism of New CEO
By Lucas Shaw: New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson distanced herself from her paper’s recent critiques of new CEO Mark Thompson on Tuesday, telling Business ...
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