June 2012 Archive

Barack Obama Is No Franklin Roosevelt

By Marie Burns: The writers of many New York Times “Campaign Stops” essays have concentrated on the themes or minutia of the 2012 presidential contest, but two recent ...

Obama’s Key Swing Voters Are in EU

By Matthew Stevenson: Instead of spending all that quality time with his Islamic hit lists, President Barack Obama might find it more expedient to deal with ...

The Money Should Come from the ECB, Not Germany

By Dean Baker: The NYT had two pieces today discussing the euro zone crisis, both of which implied that additional funds to support the peripheral countries will have to ...

Krugman on Colbert

Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman discusses America’s recessions and depressions, the effect of affluence on politics, and Europe’s big economic mistake. (06:50)

Despite Own Reporting, NY Times Continued To Downplay Anti-Immigrant Groups’ Unsavory Ties

By Salvatore Colleluori: In April 2011, the New York Times detailed the connections between John Tanton, the notorious kingpin of the current anti-immigrant movement in America, and two anti-immigrant organizations — ...

NewsDiffs Tracks Changes to New York Times, CNN

By Craig Silverman: It’s been said that the Internet never forgets, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy to recall something from minutes or even seconds before. Web ...

Someone Has to Tell Mitt Romney That He Supports a Lower Valued Dollar

By Dean Baker: In an article on the likelihood that the Fed would take steps to boost the economy at its meeting this week the NYT gave readers ...

NewsDiffs Shows Changes Made to New York Times Articles After They’re Published

By Adrianne Jeffries: Back in October, the New York Times made substantial changes to a report about Occupy Wall Street protesters marching over the Brooklyn Bridge. Version one ...