April 2012 Archive

Anti-Castro Hysteria Leads to MLB Manager’s Suspension

By Michael McGehee: In Edgar Thompson’s and Juliet Macur’s article “Marlins Suspend Manager for 5 Games Over Pro-Castro Comments,” that was published on today’s front page ...

5 Guidelines that Can Prevent Sexist Reporting on Women in Politics

By Sarah Seltzer: Women running for office have it hard during the long campaign slog. Not only are they grilled on their positions and their personalities, ...

Fear Factor – Ross Douthat Takes a Swipe at the President

By Marie Burns: On days like today, the New York Times editorial pages leave me with very little to work with. Maureen Dowd managed to pull a fairly insightful ...

The Three Letters on Palestine

By Osama Al Sharif: Three missives that sum up the predicament of Palestinians under occupation came under the limelight in the past few days. The first ...

More Police Officers Being Killed

Danny Schechter discusses the context missing from the Times investigation into the rising numbers of police officers being killed.

Can Someone Tell the NYT About the Chinese New Year?

By Dean Baker: After last month touting the fact that China’s trade surplus had plunged, the NYT  reports that in March: “Exports surged last month, helping to produce an ...