February 2012 Archive

News Dissector Headlines: U.S. Embassy in Iraq

Danny Schechter un-spins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector video column. Today’s Feb. 8 column focuses on the ...

The Fourth Estate Forfeiting Its Own Press Freedoms: WikiLeaks & The New York Times

By Chris Spannos: While the world waits for Britain’s Supreme Court ruling on Julian Assange’s appeal against Sweden’s attempt to extradite the WikiLeaks’ editor, U.S. military prosecutors ...

The Times on the Frustrations of Nurturing Democracy in Iraq

By Michael McGehee: In an article on the front page of today’s New York Times, “U.S. Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Up to Half,” Tim Arango ...

A “Fundamentally Dishonest” New York Times Report Advances the GOP Party Line

By Marie Burns: Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story under the headline “Republicans See Politics In Chrysler Super Bowl Ad.” The story was published on the ...

Black History Month: Graffiti Defacing America’s Wall of Greatness?

By Linn Washington Jr.: Ask journalists across America what is the seminal U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the First Amendment’s press freedom right and most will quickly ...