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New York Times Misinforms Readers on Jerry Brown’s Budget

May 16, 2012   ·   1 Comments

By Paul Hogarth: Adam Nagourney’s report on Governor Jerry Brown’s May Revise budget got one obvious fact wrong – the state doesn’t have a “new” $16 billion shortfall. ...

David Brooks Misses the Weasel Factor

By Marie Burns: New York Times columnist David Brooks is perplexed. He cannot figure out why President Obama is “even close” in public polls pitting the President against ...

Colleges as Merchants of Debt

By Yves Smith: Student loan debt slavery is even worse than you probably thought. The Grey Lady had a long, informative story, “A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College“, that early on presents the stunning tidbit that 94% of the recipients of bachelor’s degrees borrowed in order to pay for it.

‘Beer Sniffing’ Reporters Invade Pine Ridge

By Tim Giago: The “beer sniffing” reporters from across the country, particularly those of The New York Times, descended upon the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. First ...

Banning Beer on the Reservation? How Prohibition Harms the Alcohol-Addicted Oglala Sioux

By Tony Newman: For the second time in a year, the New York Times has covered the devastation of alcohol abuse on the Native American tribe of Oglala ...

Obama Supports States Rights Over Same-Sex Marriage

Danny Schechter un-spins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector video column. In today’s report Danny discusses Obama’s “endorsement” of ...

The Essential Mitt Romney

By Marie Burns: Andrew Rosenthal, who edits the New York Times editorial pages, got at the essential Mitt Romney yesterday afternoon when he wrote, These days, [Romney] doesn’t want to bully ...

Joe Biden Is a Better Skier Than His Boss

By Scarecrow: The President of the United States did a good thing when he told Americans he supported same-sex marriage.  It was overdue but the right ...

What it Means for Obama to Endorse Same-Sex Marriage

By Michael McGehee: It didn't take long for sensible people to fall all over themselves with praise for President Obama today. According to today's New York Times Page One story, "Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, Taking Stand On Charged Social Issue"...

The Greediness of Brain Drain

By Ralph Nader: The phrase “brain drain” used to mean, in the 1950s and ‘60s, the flight of professionally-trained people from dictatorships to find opportunity in ...

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