January 2012 Archive

More Intellectual Dishonesty at the New York Times

By Thomas S. Harrington: In an article in Sunday’s New York Times co-signed by Isabel Kershner and Ethan Bronner, the readers of the “Paper of Record” were informed ...

This is What Happens When We Keep Talking About Gender in Comedy

By Molly Knefel: Last week, the New York Times published a profile of Eddie Brill, the man in charge of booking stand-up comics on The Late Show with ...

This is Why We Keep Talking About Gender in Comedy

By Molly Knefel: Every few months, another article pops up about women in comedy.  Perhaps it is by some dude boldly proclaiming that women aren’t funny, ...

Letterman’s Comedy Booker Fired After Sexist Comments

By Tracie Egan Morrissey: CBS has dropped Eddie Brill as the comedy booker for Late Night after he universally insulted female comedians. Last week theNew York Times published a profile on “comedy gatekeeper” Brill—referring ...

Whitewashing Willard

By Marie Burns: You might think it would be difficult to whitewash a guy as white as Mitt Romney, but two New York Times columnists are ...