December 2012 Archive

How The New York Times Erases Israel’s Crimes

By Robert Ross: According to The New York Times, there is no siege of Gaza, no occupation of the West Bank, and never was there a Nakba...

Greg Mankiw Says We Have to Tax the Middle Class More

By Dean Baker: That is the explicit argument in his NYT column today. What is more interesting than what he says is what he doesn't say. There is ...

NYT on Farm Bill: A Classic in Non-Informative Reporting

By Dean Baker: Those of us old-timers who think that news reporting is about conveying information were seriously bothered by an NYT article on a plan for a ...