New York Times

2009

All the Letters Fit to Print

David Margolick : Journalists & Journalism

A longstanding rivalry between old friends shows what it takes to get into the New York Times.
The Newspaper Biz: 'More Poison, Please'?

Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism

We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.

The Cold War That Wasn't

Mark Ames : Media

Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.
McCain and the Media

Robert Scheer : Corporate Media & Consolidation

It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.

Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge!

Alexander Cockburn : Media Analysis

The New York Times's credulous reporting of flimsy "evidence" regarding Iranian weapons in Iraq is enabling Bush's anti-Iran propaganda drive.

Point, No Counterpoint: The Conservative Beat

Eric Alterman : Media Analysis

The New York Times editors do a service by covering right-wingers: It would make sense to similarly cover progressives. Why don't they?
MoDo, Deconstructed

Simon Maxwell Apter : Journalists & Journalism

Maureen Dowd's political analysis is devilishly smart and viciously funny--but the New York Times columnist really should spend less time on the couch.
The Times Is Us

Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism

In wartime, you lose the luxury of choosing your allies: The Bush Administration's attacks on the New York Times are attacks on us all.

A Misguided Crusade

Robert Scheer : Journalists & Journalism

The New York Times exposes its own misguided and unethical campaign to make a terrible reporter a First Amendment saint.
Desperate Housewives of the Ivy League?

Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women

Why does the New York Times feel compelled to perpetuate the myth that smart, striving women are increasingly opting out of a career to be stay-at-home moms?
The Red State Times, Continued

Eric Alterman : Corporate Media & Consolidation

The so-called liberal New York Times bashed Bill Clinton every chance it got, and whitewashes Ed Meese. Go figure.
The Times, It Is A-Ragin'

Eric Alterman : Media Analysis

Even so-called liberal publications frequently tilt rightward.
Friedman's Imaginary India

Alexander Cockburn : Globalization

India has a billion people in it, and in reality, maybe 2 percent of them get to fly in a plane or go online.
Salt in the Wound

Patricia J. Williams : African-Americans

Why is The New York Times Magazine floating an unsubstantiated theory of genetic determinism?
Join the 14 Percent Club! We Won!

Alexander Cockburn

Reading the New York Times reform proposals is like reading a strategy memo from the dying embers of the Dukakis campaign.
Miller's UN Reporting

Russ Baker : Journalists & Journalism