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Obama’s War on the Media

May 15, 2013   ·   1 Comments

By Michael McGehee: The front page of the May 14, 2013 edition of The New York Times says, “Phone Records of Journalists of The Associated Press ...

The CUNY Chancellor and His Standards

By Costas Panayotakis: On April 13, Ariel Kaminer’s “Longtime CUNY Chancellor to Step Down After Pushing Higher Standards” reported on Matthew Goldstein’s decision to step down as chancellor of the City University of New York...

A Militarized Society: America’s Death Wish

By Norman Pollack: Again we hear (NYT ed., 4/6) about “the damage wrought by the gun lobby,” as though a cabal of manufacturers and other interested parties ...

Nevermind: Headline of Correction for NYT Piece on Projected Cost of Dementia

By Dean Baker: The New York Times ran a front page piece warning readers that the cost of treating dementia is “soaring.” The piece tells readers of the ...

A Curious New York Times Article on Teacher Evaluations

By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer: A recent New York Times article, “Curious Grade For Teachers: Nearly All Pass,” finds incredulous the idea that, “In Florida, ...

NYT Coverage of Looming Military Spending Cuts

By Michael McGehee: The most important thing readers of The New York Times need to keep in mind when reading “the paper of record” is that ...

Margaret Sullivan, an Ombud Who Cares

By Greg Mitchell: With criticism and debate over the Obama administration’s deadly drone policy at a high level, it’s easy to forget that this was not ...

James Goodale: It’s a Bad Time for Press Freedoms

By Susan Armitage: James Goodale has a message for journalists...

Bill Keller Doesn’t Understand Junior High School Civics

By Marie Burns: In his column in today’s New York Times, former Times executive editor Bill Keller takes a first-class seat on the Village Express to ...

The Court Erects a Barrier Against Civil Liberties Politicization of Justice

By Norman Pollack: Tuesday, Feb. 26, the Supreme Court, Allito’s majority opinion, took a significant step in linking counterterrorism to the ugly strain of anticommunism, McCarthyism, ...

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