December 2011 Archive

The New York Times on Bradley Manning & Chat Logs

By Chris Spannos: As news of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq now occupies headlines, the New York Times has swept Pfc. Bradley Manning aside as a ...

New York Times Headlines: U.S. Withdrawal

(Video) Danny Schechter unspins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector Column. Today's column focuses on the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

Andrew Revkin’s Bjorn Lomborg Problem

By Howard Friel: On his Dot Earth blog for the New York Times on December 12, Andrew Revkin noted “some of the merits of Bjorn Lomborg’s reaction to the climate talks” following “the latest failed attempt to limit climate risk” at the international conference at Durban, South Africa this month.

The Politics of Doomsday: Gingrich, the Times and the E-Bomb

By Conn Hallinan: In a recent New York Times article the newspaper’s senior science writer, William J. Broad, takes a dig at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s obsession ...

Friedman Raises “Pro-Israel” Question Again; Abrams Smears Him

By Jim Lobe: It’s been three and a half years since I noted in a blog post that major Jewish media figures — namely, Tom Friedman and Jeffrey ...

McJournalism: The Unbearable Lightness of Thomas Friedman

By Cyril Mychalejko: Book Review: The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work by Belén Fernandez (Verso Press, 2011). One year ago, Foreign Policy magazine placed New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedman at number ...

Kristol is going to ‘punch’ Obama administration, in Palm Beach and Vegas

By Philip Weiss: Boy this is fun! This is the latest from Bill Kristol’s group, the Emergency Committee for Israel. “Obama administration is treating Israel like a ...