January 2012 Archive

Meet Arthur S. Brisbane, Truth Vigilante!

By Fire Tom Friedman: Arthur S. Brisbane, the most timid in a long line of timid New York Times public editors, is having an existential crisis.  ...

Letter Re: Times Article by Justin Gillis, published October 1, With Deaths of Forest, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors

From: Gail Zawacki Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:00 AM Subject: Article in New York Times by Justin Gillis, published October 1, With Deaths of Forest, a Loss ...

Everybody Knows David Brooks Is Wrong

By Marie Burns: On Wednesday afternoons, the New York Times publishes “The Conversation,” a lighthearted back-and-forth between regular op-ed columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins. I ...

Throwaway line in ‘NYT’ story suggests that Israel is pressuring U.S. on war with Iran

By Philip Weiss: The New York Times is reporting that Iran has begun nuclear enrichment at a second plant, but reporter David Sanger leaves the militaristic Israeli response ...

An Open Letter To NYT Staffers: Leave The Plantation And Join Us

By Russ Baker: Recently, New York Times staffers boldly confronted their institution. In a near outright insurrection, published December 23 as an open letter to their boss, Arthur ...

Meating half way: Americans Opt for Less

By Tom Laskawy: In a New York Times op-ed Mark Bittman flagged this story from the Daily Livestock Report that notes the USDA is now projecting that U.S meat ...

The Japan Story

By Dean Baker: Eamonn Fingleton started a debate on Japan’s slump or lack thereof with a Sunday review piece in the NYT. This has since been joined by Paul ...