April 2012 Archive

Subject: Please Correct April 14, 2012 article, ‘Seeking Nuclear Insight in Fog of the Ayatollah’s Utterances’

I am writing to complain about the piece on the Iran nuclear talks that appeared in the New York Times over the byline of James Risen on Saturday, "Seeking Nuclear Insight in Fog of the Ayatollah’s Utterances," James Risen, New York Times, April 14, 2012

Assad’s Lies

Editor New York Times Sir, In an editorial in today’s New York Times, (Assad’s Lies, 21 April, 2012), the writer accuses Bashar al-Assad of reneging on his promises ...

NY Times Bungles Keystone Debate (Again)

By Peter Hart: More Democrats are starting to shift towards supporting the controversial Keystone pipeline, reports Jennifer Steinhauer in the New York Times (4/20/12).  The media discussion has leaned ...

Hardware Over People at the Pentagon (Again)

By Franklin Spinney: For a good example of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex’s (MICC’s) value system — which is hardware before ideas and people — read this New York Times column ...

Nick Kristof’s Itty-Bitty Prostitution Hypocrisy Issue

By Hamilton Nolan: Consummate do-gooder NYT columnist Nick Kristof is waging a campaign against Backpage.com, the online hooker-ad compendium, and its corporate parents, Village Voice Media ...