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The ‘Inherit Traditions’ of the ‘Free Press’ on Display at White House Correspondents Dinner

April 30, 2012   ·   0 Comments

US President Barack Obama used an annual star-studded dinner to take a few gentle shots at Mitt Rommey (AFP, Saul Loeb)

By Michael McGehee: As expected, the White House Correspondents Dinner was awful. It was the typical genuflecting, flag-sucking farce where various shades of celebrities show up ...

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New York Times Ad Accuses BDS Movement, College Professors of Inciting Murder of Jewish Children

By Ali Abunimah: In a sign of growing desperation among anti-Palestinian groups, a New York Times ad published yesterday likens the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement to the Holocaust.

Camila Vallejo

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, ...

#TrashTheStache: An Unabashedly—But Deservedly—Fawning Review of Belen Fernandez’s The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work

By Steve Marlowe: More sophisticated readers of the New York Times’ editorial pages have, for years, fumed at Thomas Friedman’s inane musings. Even less sophisticated readers, ...

NYT

2015 End Game for the New York Times?

By NYTX: In his presentation entitled “The End Game for the New York Times: Gone as a Stand-Alone Newspaper by 2015,” Forbes contributor Eric Jackson, who ...

Old vs New Media

New Media Outlets Should Demand Accountability From New York Times

By Michael Hoffman: The New York Times’ influence on American journalism has been unmatched for the past century. The newspaper still shapes the national news agenda ...

The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’

By Ben Adler: New York Times readers found an unpleasant surprise on page A11 [last] Thursday. A full page advertisement by the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) attacked the ...

Julian Assange

The Global Intelligence Files: The New York Times, A Postscript

By Chris Spannos: Four days after WikiLeaks’ announced that it would begin publishing “The Global Intelligence Files” and as of  early morning March 1st, the New ...

Anthony Shadid House of Stone Courtesy of Nada Bakri

Finding Bayt Across Borders of Stone

By Amal Hanano: I “met” Anthony Shadid the only way someone like me, a mere reader, can meet a journalist she admires: I emailed him a fan letter. I sent him my short note through the New York Times website and didn’t expect an answer. The next day, he emailed me a brief but warm thank you.

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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 ...

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