November 2011 Archive

Thomas Friedman—Greenwashing Imperial Messenger?

By Belén Fernández: The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work is a take-down of the three-time Pulitzer recipient and foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times. One ...

The Case against Elizabeth Warren, by Wall Street financiers, Karl Rove and the New York Times

By Marie Burns: When does a myth become a “fact”? When the myth is reported as fact on the pages of the New York Times. That ...

Times Columnist David Brooks Confuses the United States with Greece

By Dean Baker: It is easy to get Greece and the United States confused, after all they are both in the northern hemisphere. Okay, this is ...

Ex-New York Times Freelancer Natasha Lennard on Quitting the Corporate Media in an Occupy Era

Amy Goodman interviews reporter Natasha Lennard who is a former freelancer at the New York Times and who helped the Times cover the initial Occupy Wall Street protests.

The Fight of Our Lives: James Miller and the Danger of Liberal Paralysis

By Max Schwarz: On October 25th James Miller, a professor at the New School for Social Research, weighed in on the Occupy movement in an Op-Ed in the New York Times. In this piece, Miller warned against extremist, anti-democratic elements who threaten to undermine the nascent movement.