March 2012 Archive

Bloomberg Warns BDS Will Lead to ‘Massacres’ as Park Slope Co-op Holds Initial Vote on Boycott Tonight

By Matthew Taylor: The Park Slope Food Co-op is set to vote tonight on whether to hold a referendum on boycotting Israeli goods and the New York Times has sunk ...

The New York Times Goes to the Dogs

By Ron Howell: Canine-centric stories skyrocket during early months of Abramson’s reign. There’s really no other way to say this: The New York Times is going to the dogs. Dogs ...

The Propaganda of False Trade-Offs: Pitting the Public against Social Spending, Good Wages, and Environmental Protection

By Kevin Young: One objective of propaganda is to convince the public that achieving a more equitable, democratic, and sustainable world would entail unacceptably high costs, ...

David Brooks’ Imaginary History of the United States — Obamacare Edition

By Marie Burns: David Brooks writes the strangest things. In his column in today’s New York Times, Brooks attempts to discredit the Affordable Care Act by invoking – of ...

How the New York Times Sets the Boundary on Solving Income Inequality

By Michael McGehee: For the most part I appreciated Steven Rattner’s recent op-ed piece for the New York Times, “The Rich Get Even Richer.” Acknowledgement in ...

Not Fit To See

By Danny Schechter: The New York Times has launched a new “Op Doc” feature to add videos. They are partnering with The Sundance Film Festival that ...

Steve Rattner Misleads on Inequality in the NYT

By Dean Baker: Steve Rattner seems to have found a new career in getting things wrong in the NYT. He was last seen ranting against those who say ...