December 2011 Archive

Bill Keller Will Stop Throwing the Word ‘Illegals’ Around So Much

By Jim Newell: Great news from the official top paper of historical world record, import, & fame, etc., the New York Times: former executive editor Bill Keller ...

The New York Times: Where Phone-It-In Meets Beam-Me-Up

By Marie Burns: Maureen Dowd phoned in her New York Times column today. It is a mashup of a column she wrote for the New York ...

NYT Sends NYPD Note Over Treatment of Photographer

By Samantha Gross: Video of a police officer's apparent attempts to block a New York Times free-lancer from photographing arrests at an Occupy Wall Street protest has led the newspaper to send a missive to the police department expressing disappointment.

How Does the NYT Know That Prohibiting Millionaires from Getting Food Stamps Is Part of a Desire to Make the Rich Pay More?

By Dean Baker: The NYT told readers that the Republican proposal to prohibit people with income of more than $1 million a year from receiving food stamps and ...