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Why is the Failed Monti a “Technocrat” and the Successful Correa a “Left-Leaning Economist”?

December 10, 2012   ·   1 Comments

By William K. Black: The New York Times produces profiles of national leaders like Italy’s Mario Monti and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa.  I invite readers to contrast the worshipful treatment accorded Monti ...

NYT Coverage of ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’

By Michael McGehee: It has been fifty years since the infamous “Cuban Missile Crisis.” Arthur Schlesinger, a historian and special assistant to the Kennedy administration, called ...

Regarding “Fears Persist Among Venezuelan Voters Ahead of Election”

From Gregory Wilpert: Dear William Neuman, I am writing to you to point out a couple of what I consider to be serious problems with your recent ...

The Times vs. Hugo Chavez

By Murray Polner: Whatever New York Times readers may think about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, the Times itself has no doubts. Simply stated, they don’t like ...

New York Times Coverage of Venezuelan Election Was Poor

By Michael McGehee: Hugo Chávez won his third straight presidential election this past weekend, and as the New York Times correspondent William Neumann put it in his latest ...

A Tale of Two Asylums: Assange, Palacio, and Media Hypocrisy

By Keane Bhatt: Every so often, world affairs offer us paired examples—two nearly identical instances through which we can better understand the role of powerful institutions, like the media.

The New York Times Publishes Misplaced Concerns Over Mercosur

By Keane Bhatt: On Tuesday, July 31, the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay met in Brasília and formally admitted Venezuela into Mercosur, the world’s third-largest trading bloc.

Assange, Sex, Power and Gringos

By Murray Polner: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks’ driving force, recently stepped out on a balcony on August 19 at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where he currently resides as a refugee. On the next day the Times, generally critical about WikiLeaks and its founder, chose to publish an Op Ed by Anita Isaacs, author of The Politics of Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador...

On Haiti, Jared Diamond Hasn’t Done His Homework

By Keane Bhatt: In a July 29th speech at a fundraiser in Jerusalem, presidential candidate Mitt Romney attributed the stark difference in economic development between Israel and Palestine ...

The NYT and the School of Assassins

By Joan Roelofs: Saturday, August 11, The New York Times printed a front page article about the nun, Sister Megan Rice, age 82, who committed civil disobedience at ...

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