November 2011 Archive

Julian Assange on The New York Times: Part 4

Special Fundraising Offer: Donate to receive a remastered version of this series. A multipart interview with WikiLeaks Editor Julian Assange focusing on his experience working with the ...

Paul Krugman v. The New York Times Op-ed Page

By Marie Burns: Once again, Paul Krugman has used his own New York Times column to try to save the Times op-ed page from its stable ...

The New York Times Uses its Op-Ed Pages to Make Fun Of Sexual Harassment

By Sarah Seltzer: Why is the Times running an op-ed from professional antifeminist Katie Roiphe declaring that sexual harassment isn’t serious? Herman Cain’s campaign has raked in ...

A Prime Aim of the Growing Surveillance State

By Glenn Greenwald: Several weeks ago, a New York Times article by Noam Cohen examined the case of Aaron Swartz, the 24-year-old copyright reform advocate who was arrested in July, ...

Was the New York Times Embedded with the NY Police Department Prior to the #OWS Raid?

By Yves Smith: Do you see the New York Times’ coverage as its typical not-as-liberal-as-it-pretends-to-be positioning, or do you also see the corrupting signs of special access leading to more favorable coverage of the officialdom?

NYT Mag: Country folk understand fracking better than city folk

By Sarah Laskow: The New York Times has a long article in this weekend’s magazine about hydraulic fracturing in southwestern Pennsylvania. It tries to capture the culture of the place ...