February 2012 Archive

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,” ...