December 2011 Archive

New York Times Headlines December 23

Danny Schechter unspins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector Column. Danny Schechter is a journalist, author, television producer and ...

The New York Times Is Suing the DOJ Over the Assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki

By Mike Riggs: Back in September President Obama had U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki assassinated. When pressed on the legality of using “targeted killing” against a U.S. ...

The Brooks Syllabus, Part II: Galt’s Gulch

By Marie Burns: In his New York Times column today, David Brooks presents “The Sidney Awards, Part II.” If you missed Part I, you may want ...

MySpace Founder Confirms November Request For SEC To Investigate in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO

MySpace Founder Confirms in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO That A Complaint Was Made In November To The NYT Board & SEC Regarding Potential Violations of Sarbanes Oxley Statue 802 and Federal Racketeering Violations including Obstruction of Justice

Tell Andrew Gelman: Reducing Inequality Doesn’t Have to Mean Raising Taxes

By Dean Baker: It is more than a little bizarre to read a column on public attitudes to inequality in the NYT which completely equates reducing inequality with ...

CAMERA’s “Fact Checking” Misses Out Some Facts

By Ben White: The pro-Israel monitoring group CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) published an article attacking Ethan Bronner’s coverage in theNew York Times of the 2nd stage release of Palestinian prisoners (the Times have since printed a correction with the article).