August 2012 Archive

Foxy “Fair and Balanced” Comes to the New York Times

By Marie Burns: New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel provides an object lesson today in how to twist straight news reporting into cover for a political ...

Jon Stewart Jabs Fox News’ Judith Miller Over Hypocritical National Security Leak Stance (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart skewers Judith Miller...

New York Times Gives Glimpse of Sectarian Bloodbath Being Prepared by Syria Intervention

By Bill Van Auken: An article published last week in the New York Times on the spillover of sectarian tensions from Syria into Turkey belies the “democratic” and ...

Why Do Married Women Vote Republican?

By Ira Chernus: An article in today’s New York Times takes on one of the enduring mysteries of recent American politics: Why do single women vote for Democrats ...

The New York Times Goes After Hurdler Lolo Jones and Gets Olympic Sexism Wrong

By Alyssa Rosenberg: Over the weekend, as Olympic gymnastics and swimming competitions wound down and London and the world geared up for track and field, the New ...

What’s The Right Way To Be A Female Olympic Athlete?

By LORI: Over the weekend Jeré Longman of the New York Times published this piece about female Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones. It is by all accounts pretty scathing. Alyssa Rosenberg calls it ...

Times Photographer Roughed Up by NYPD Just Wants His Stuff Back

By Joe Coscarelli: Robert Stolarik, a photographer for the New York Times since 2000, has covered conflict zones, natural disasters, and protests for the paper, so he knows ...