February 2012 Archive

Possum Brooks

By Ed Kilgore: New York Times columnist David Brooks’ usual M.O. is to position himself as an immensely reasonable centrist who views political conflict from a great ...

HC SVNT DRACONES

By Marie Burns: In medieval times, areas known to be dangerous or uncharted were often labeled on maps with the warning: ‘Beware, here be dragons.’ – Thomas Friedman, New ...

Details About The Gray Lady’s $25,000-Per-Hour Consultant…

By Sonya Hubbard: When the New York Times’ (NYT) and its president and former chief executive, Janet L. Robinson, announced a few months ago that Robinson would step down at ...

We Don’t Need Truth Vigilantes

By Joan Walsh: But we do need good political reporting, and the media’s rote repetition of Santorum’s JFK lies fell short New York Times public editor Arthur ...

Flaming Faucets! Fracking Joe Is Back!

By Marie Burns: As a public service, Joe Nocera has devoted his New York Times column today to inform his readers “How to Frack Responsibly.” What could possibly be wrong ...

New York Times Advocates Market Economy in China

By Michael McGehee: When I came across today’s New York Times article, “A Call for Beijing to Loosen Its Grip on the Economic Reins,” in the ...

Etgar Keret in the ‘NY Times Magazine’ Tries on Orientalism with an Iconic ‘Arab’ Look

By Liz Shulman: “If you have a respectable mustache and believable shoes, people will take you for an Arab even if your parents are from Poland,” ...

A Lubricant for Intervention: NYT Continues to Get It Wrong on Syria

By Michael McGehee: Vijay Prashad, author of the upcoming book Arab Spring, Libyan Winter, told Democracy Now! that "the nature of the NATO intervention" in Libya was "the use of human rights as a lubricant for intervention." This is nothing new. This was the same nature of the faux-humanitarianism advanced in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. And is being pushed in regards to Syria as we speak.

Chelsea Clinton for Congress? What Does That Tell Us About America?

By Steven Strauss: Recently, the New York Times (NYT) praised Chelsea Clinton’s current successes and commitment to public service. Ms. Clinton is the daughter of current U.S. Secretary ...

There Was No Bowles-Simpson Commission Report

By Dean Baker: he New York Times badly misled readers by repeatedly referring to a report of the deficit reduction commission led by former Senator Alan ...

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