November 2012 Archive

Mark Thompson Gives Evidence to Nick Pollard Investigation Into Newsnight

By Dan Sabbagh: Mark Thompson has flown to London to give evidence to Nick Pollard inquiry into the handling of Newsnight's aborted investigation into sexual abuse by the late Jimmy Savile, taking a couple of days of enforced leave from his new job as chief executive of the New York Times.

Are World Financial Markets Talking to the NYT?

By Dean Baker: If they are, the paper should charge more for its subscriptions. Come on folks, a sentence that tells readers: “once the target numbers are settled, negotiators ...

A Moral Course: Alan Dershowitz Defends Targeted Assassinations

By Peter Warren: Never one to shy away from an opportunity to defend murder carried out by Israel’s army, Alan M. Dershowitz has thrown his tuppence-worth ...

US Engagement Fostered Rogue Israeli Policies, But Tom Friedman Can’t Say So

By Mark Braverman: In his New York Times column of Nov 11, “My President is Busy,” Tom Friedman tells Israelis not to count on the U.S. government to ...