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Venezuelan Garbage From the New York Times
2008-11-25 09:21:00 Updated November 26:I admit to being mystified by this New York Times article about the latest elections in Venezuela. All of the articles I have read so far said that the elections were a win for Chavez.Bizarrely, this weird NY Times piece seeks to cast the elections as a crushing blow to Chavez. I haven't the faintest idea how they are justifying that, other than sheer blatant propaganda. They are seeking to turn what was a smashing victory for Chavez into a humiliating defeat.Chavez' forces won in 17 out of 22 states in Venezuela. That means they won 72% of states. Somehow, a crushing 72% victory is being spun as a disastrous defeat. The article states that this defeat is the second for Chavez in less than a year. The previous defeat was for an overly ambitious attempt to rewrite the Constitution that was nevertheless only narrowly defeated by less than 1% of the vote.The real story. Opposition support is flat for 4 years running now, and they can't seem to figure out how to b...
By: Robert Lindsay
01.10.09 | 2PM | THE NEW YORK TIMES PRESENTS: ARTS & LEISURE WEEKEND FEATUR
2008-11-20 21:32:00 The broadcaster, author, advocate, philanthropist and host of the award-winning PBS late-night talk show gives his perspective on the news and issues that are shaping American life today. Interviewed by Matt Bai.
If the New York Times were the paper it once was . . .
2008-10-24 15:00:00 . . . it would be running a story on Obama’s campaign finance irregularities on the front page* and relegate stories on Sarah Palin’s clothing to the middle of the paper. Yep, the story about the Republican National Committee buying clothes for the Vice Presidential nominee made the front-page of the New York Times. A ...
By: GayPatriot
Colin Powell, The New York Times, and Intellectuals Endorse Obama, So What?
2008-10-20 10:49:00 David Schussler What more could frighten the American people than having the New York Times, Colin Powell, and a large portion of the liberal intellectual community endorse Barack Obama? Most Americans do not read the New York Times and could care less what or whom they promote. They have proven over the years that although they employ ...
The New York Times? sulfurous game of ?Kill the witch?
2008-10-19 10:29:00 After Hillary Clinton withdrew from the race for the Democratic nomination, Maureen Dowd wrote in the New York Times: It?s good news for Obama that Hillary?s out of the race. But it?s also bad news. Now Republicans can turn their full attention to demonizing Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama is the new, unwilling contestant in Round Two ...
By: GayPatriot
Warren Buffett in the New York Times
2008-10-17 16:54:00 Comes this op-ed piece from Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, the man tabbed (fairly unrealistically) by the candidates as their choice for Secretary of the Treasury. And he knows a thing or two about the stock market as well. “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” Buffett, whose personal portfolio ...
The New York Times Is Right
2008-07-21 19:32:00 Drudge is reporting that the NY Times has refused to print an editorial by Sen. John McCain in response to one that they published by Sen. Obama less than a week ago. And they’re right not to do so. To post a piece by the blasphemer McCain that speaks ill of the man ...
The New York Times Capitulates; Home Page is Taken Over by Ad
2008-06-04 23:32:00 The newspaper is dead offline and now online, too? The New York Times has ceded the last possible place for advertising on its site - the entire home page. Known in the advertising world as a “home page takeover,” Jet Blue is running an ad about “Happy Jetting.” Not sure what that means. Good ...
The New York Times reviews The Pinker Tones
2008-06-03 00:45:00 The Barcelona-based duo, who create the kind of whimsy-filled and unbearably catchy tunes that are instantly reminiscent of Mylo, are seemingly blowing up like mad. What's most intriguing is that in the article, they also review Weezer. Coincidence? Of course...
TYRA BANKS CHANNELS OPRAH ON THE COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
2008-05-30 17:16:00 Tyra Banks channels her inner Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart on the June 1st cover of The New York Times Magazine. America's Next Top Model host Tyra Banks shares her...
By: Binside TV
Tyra Covers The New York Times Magazine...
2008-05-28 23:44:00 I'm loving this cover pic of Tyra for some reason. This Sunday, curvy Tyra Banks is the cover girl, and inside there's a profile written by editor at large Lynn Hirschberg that follows the life of the former model who is turning herself into a brand. The New York Times profile mainly follows her through her responsibilities behind her shows, including "America's Next Top Model," "The Tyra Banks Show." Banks talks about her early modeling days, relating how her agency made a list titled, ''designers who will not book Tyra because of hips and breasts." But now Banks appears more concerned with her role as a brand: "Like her hero, Martha Stewart, Banks wants, most of all, for her name to immediately suggest a distinct point of view," writes Hirschberg. "Her brand, like her trademark 'tough but still smiling' smile, is consistent in all her shows: serious about the frivolous; empathetic and empowering, and always, always aimed at young women, across all races. It's girly TV wi...
By: Hip Candy
Ambergris Caye in the New York Times
2008-05-25 19:26:00 The New York Times describes how Ambergris Caye is the top tourism desination in Belize. “It is even possible to find a good bottle of French wine in San Pedro, the island?s main town.” What starts as a holiday destination becomes a vacation homes for some. “For foreign buyers, Belize offers many attractive features. English is the primary ...
The New York Times talks Death Cab
2008-05-19 04:30:00 Aside from rampant droppings of things like Pitchfork, the eclecticism that came out of the Seattle area post-grunge, "The O.C.", the hijinx of major label recording processes and Ben Gibbard's appearance, the article had a letter bomb of a passage...
Beauty Blogging and The New York Times
2008-05-14 19:15:00 Copyright © 2008 Von Freudenberg Ent. Read what I have to say about it over on The Beauty Blog Network Blog……. Because you really didn’t think I’d not say anything about it did you? Thanks for reading! Download Elke's 100 Beauty Tips Ebook...enjoy! Love this one? Get Elke's "The Makeup Course" Ebook. Von Freudenberg Ent. 2008 © Copyright. Founder ...
Our 15 Minutes of Fame in the New York Times: Blogging Against Barbie
2008-05-13 04:39:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.In case you didn’t see it, Eco Child’s Play was featured in this weekend’s New York Times. In a piece called...
By: Green Options
Web: Andrew Bird blogs for The New York Times
2008-05-12 16:46:00 (photo by Cameron Wittig) In "Measure for Measure", the paper's column about songwriters and the recording process, Andrew Bird takes us into The Loft, Wilco's home turf, giving us a brief look into his own recording processes, microphone sounds and...
The New York Times offers an interesting story on Turkish religious schools
2008-05-05 06:21:00 The New York Times offers an interesting story on Turkish religious schools that offer their students an alternative image of Islam along with quality education.
Deep Thoughts On The Playoffs
2008-04-29 20:28:00 It's time for another edition of "Deep Thoughts." In this installment, I take enjoyment in the struggles of Carey Price, wonder how moronic Darian Hatcher actually is, marvel at the scouting prowess of the Detroit Red Wings, show the Dallas Stars some respect, and pass along some links and video. Enjoy.
By: Rumor Me This
Votar contra Chávez sugiere The New York Times a los venezolanos
2008-04-26 04:37:00 Mundo Hispano/Notimex El diario The New York Times animó hoy a los venezolanos a votar contra el presidente Hugo Chávez en los comicios estatales y municipales de noviembre para mostrar que están “verdaderamente cansados de su incompetencia y autoritarismo”.
The New York Times latest on Chavez
2008-04-25 00:00:00 Sorry for the delay in posting this. The New York Times had yet another editorial panning Chavez. Sin desperdicio.The New York Times hits it 100% in its understanding on why Chavez is holding yet another nationalization spree: to buy back the support of the poorest sectors who are ...
By: Pakistan News
Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All @ The New York Times
2008-04-24 18:18:00 New research points to high correlation between wealth and satisfactionWe like to think money doesn?t really make that much of a difference. The intuitive truth is that it does, but we must be careful not to jump to early conclusions.In an article by David Leonhardt for the NY times titled ?Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All? a new research by two economists from the University of Pensilvenya is discussed. I urge you to take the time and read the complete article but for the ones of you who are more pressed here are the main points of the research:The contrast between wealth and low satisfaction (demonstrated in post war Japan) was research by Richard Easterlin in 1974 and became known as the Easterlin Paradox.Mr. Easterlin also claimed relative income mattered far more than absolute income.The paradox became a social science classic for obvious reasons. We all like to believe we all have the same chance at happiness (I believe we do).In a new research, economists Betsey Steve...
Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All @ The New York Times
2008-04-24 18:18:00 New research points to high correlation between wealth and satisfactionWe like to think money doesn?t really make that much of a difference. The intuitive truth is that it does, but we must be careful not to jump to early conclusions.In an article by David Leonhardt for the NY times titled ?Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All? a new research by two economists from the University of Pensilvenya is discussed. I urge you to take the time and read the complete article but for the ones of you who are more pressed here are the main points of the research:The contrast between wealth and low satisfaction (demonstrated in post war Japan) was research by Richard Easterlin in 1974 and became known as the Easterlin Paradox.Mr. Easterlin also claimed relative income mattered far more than absolute income.The paradox became a social science classic for obvious reasons. We all like to believe we all have the same chance at happiness (I believe we do).In a new research, economists Betsey Steve...
Paul Krugman Blasts Obama: Bitter Stereotypes
2008-04-18 16:43:00 Paul Krugman in his recent New York Times editorial titled: ?Clinging to Stereotypes? (April 18, 2008), attempted to dissect Barack Obama?s now famous ?bitter? quote. Making arguments that only a conservative pundit could, Krugman went line by line utilizing the most intellectually honest arguments. Not only were his opinions factually accurate, Paul Krugman transcended his own liberal elitism in... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
[Amusing] The New York Times finally discovers how to sell media: sex, porn
2008-04-18 14:35:00 (Silicon Alley Insider)
The New York Times strategy...
2008-04-18 01:32:00 Strategy at the New York Times? Goes a little something like this...according to their earnings call: There are four key elements to our strategy - introducing new products and services, both in print and online; aggressively managing our costs;rebalancing our portfolio of businesses both by making acquisitions and by divesting properties that no longer meet their financial targets or fit strategically within the Times Company;and building our digital research and development capability.[BTW cf. McClatchy: We are focused on four major areas: driving new revenues, with a particular emphasis on online advertising;focusing on growing total audience;providing high quality public service journalism;and reducing our cost structure.]How else does it look for the Times?The national print categories where we saw the largest declines were telecommunications as wireless carriers reduced advertising; transportation, as international and domestic airlines cut back their spending due to a rise in...
Suzanne Vega's blog at the New York Times
2008-04-18 00:00:00 The New York Times has hired Suzanne Vega to blog about the creative process of the singer/songwriter, and so far so good. Her latest entry is all about how she writes music: When I was a teenager, I used to have a neat sort of formula for writing songs. It worked over and over, and I got about 60 songs out of it. Now it doesn't work so well, and I am forced to write in all different ways. But what worked for so long was this: I would start to write a song sometime late Saturday afternoon. Then, after dinner, when everyone in my family was doing other Saturday-night things, I would go into my room by myself and fool around with the guitar for several hours, usually managing to hammer out some kind of idea. In those days the chords came first, and they depended on what I was singing about. Then the melody, and lastly the lyrics. It goes on from there, and they've been nice enough to post a demo of her song, "Bound," from the latest album. Check it out!
Everyone's Favorite Skyline Thief Makes the New York Times
2008-04-14 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Ah yes, the Sunday New York Times: the week in review, fashion, book reviews and... lobster boy? This story won't die. And I guess the guy's court date is set for this week, so the fun...
By: CarDomain Blog
The New York Times on HBO?s ?Hot House?
2008-04-13 11:27:00 Dear Reader, The New York Times carries a review of a film called ‘Hot House’ that goes inside Israeli prisons and examines the lives of Palestinian prisoners. We’re not recommending the film or the review. But we do want to share our feelings with you about the beaming female face that adorns ...
The New York Times v. Hugo Chavez
2008-04-08 20:33:00 by Stephen Lendman Carly Simon's theme song from the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" says it all about The New York Times' agitprop skill - "Nobody Does It Better" nor have others in the media been at it longer. Most important is The Times influence and reach and what media critic Norman Solomon says about its front page. He calls it "the most valuable square inches of media real estate in the USA." It's read by government, business leaders and opinion-makers everywhere and for that reason is hugely important. Hugo Chavez is its frequent target, and Simon Romero has the assignment as The Times' man in Caracas. His latest March 30 offering is headlined "Files Suggest Venezuela Bid to Aid Columbia Rebels," and it relates to the spurious claim that captured FARC-EP computers contained potentially smoking-gun evidence "t(ying) Venezuela's government to efforts to secure arms for Colombia's largest insurgency" and is...
Blogging Stressing You Out? You?re Not Alone, Says The New York Times. A
2008-04-06 22:15:00 The gray lady herself comments today on the stress of blogging: intense competition to be the first to break a story, the seemingly relentless need to be on top of all the news. There is a cost to this: Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on ...
The Evolution of the News Business - Did the New York Times Miss the Point?
2008-04-06 17:06:00 The Business of NewsChapter I - The Town CrierChapter II - The Printing Press and NewspapersChapter III - RadioChapter IV - TelevisionChapter V - The WebChapter VI - Mobile AlertsChapter VII - BlogsOK, yes it's just a crude and simple representation of the evolution of news. My point is that blogs are merely the latest chapter, and not the only means for breaking news today. I think the New York Times neglected to write a more significant and complete story in its article, "In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop."Yes, we are traveling at light speed and not even realizing just how quickly we're missing everything else around us. It's like the movie Click where Adam Sandler fast-forwarded through his life only to realize that he had missed everything.I had a heads up that the New York Times was going to run a controversial piece on blogging because they wanted to use one of my pictures in the story. I have yet to see the print version (although I hear my photo of...
By: PR 2.0
Here we go again… Blogging vs the New York Times
2008-04-06 16:41:00 SAN FRANCISCO — They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment. Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment. At the same time, some are starting to wonder if something has gone very wrong. In the last few months, two among their ranks have died suddenly. Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech bl...
By: BitsBlog
Journalistic Negligence at the New York Times: Dishonest Polling Data
2008-04-04 19:18:00 The New York Times is no longer a credible news organization. I know I have cited references to support this conclusion in the past, but this recent example is just as conclusive. Yesterday, the latest New York Times / CBS poll of 1368 Americans was released regarding the present State of the Union. In conjunction with the data, The New York Times summarized the statistics in order to explain the... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Stephen Chao, WonderHowTo.com web entrepreneur, former Fox TV president: Mr
2008-03-24 04:58:00 Return to Part One!BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: Let?s make you more comfortable, and let?s talk about wonderhowto.com.STEPHEN CHAO: Great.ANDELMAN: And I?ll repeat it ? wonderhowto.com. How did you get involved in this site?CHAO: Well, about 2 years ago, I started with my partner, a guy named Mike Goedecke, and we were kind of all very amused, as you probably were, by the advent of pretty decent streaming as it was represented by YouTube, and I guess there?s now 250 other video streaming sites out there, 400. But it really seemed to cause a shift. Namely, ?Wow, it?s not a bad experience.?I don?t know how much you remember what it was like to download a file and play it back and go search for that file if you could -- it wasn?t very easy for me, and I?m okay at the computer. And it was a very painful experience. And around that same time, it was the tail end of when cable had said, ?Video on demand, it?s the future. You?re going to be able to use your remote control and see anything you w...
By: Mr. Media
News: The New York Times employs the smarts(?) of Veronica Webb to makeover
2008-03-24 02:19:00 Our beef with The New York Times just became real. They've always been the kind of rag that just blatantly wants to remain relevant as times change. The paper's physical change (layout, much more use of color, hell, the change...
A “large and growing” gap in the New York Times
2008-03-23 15:03:00 Robert Pear in the New York Times: WASHINGTON - New government research has found “large and growing” disparities in life expectancy for richer and poorer Americans, paralleling the growth of income inequality in the last two decades. So what! One, Peak finds no cause for the life expectancy difference.  Oh he makes lots of suggestions,but presents no conclusions. Two, there is no reason to believe that different demographic groups would have the same life expectancy. Pick any two demeographic groups. Pick any comman metric. There is scant reason to believe the metric will, or shold be, equal. If life expectancy disparity is so freaking bad, why no mention of the seven year life expectancy disparity between males and females?
By: BitsBlog
The New York Times College Scholarship Program
2008-03-17 08:00:00 The New York Times College Scholarship Program WHAT?S NEW?1) 2007/2008 Scholarship Applications: Nearly 1,400 were received in October, and are now being winnowed down to about 150 semi-finalists, who will be asked to fill out more extensive application forms for further consideration. 2) For Scholars Only: The winter meeting will be held at the New York Times, Thursday December 27, at 5:30 in the afternoon. There will be a seminar and discussion of the civil rights battles of the Sixties ? followed by a party for all scholars, all ages.History will come alive in a short video and longer panel discussion of exciting moments in the civil rights struggle. Arthur Gelb will lead the discussion with two of his former reporters: Gay Talese, who wrote from Selma during the dramatic voting rights marches in 1965, and Earl Caldwell, the only reporter at the motel in Memphis when Martin Luther King was assassinated nearly 40 years ago, who went on to cover the Black Panthers. Scholars shou...
Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation CEO and president, Mr. Media Interview,
2008-03-16 20:42:00 With $2.6 billion in assets, the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the 22nd largest foundation in the United States. Its mission is the betterment of the 26 communities in which it works and the promotion of journalism as a career and industry nationwide. The latter part of Knight?s mission is particularly challenging at a time when traditional newspapers are shrinking and, in many cases, evaporating. That puts Alberto Ibargüen, CEO of the Knight Foundation and a former publisher of the Miami Herald, at the same crossroads that silent movies encountered with talkies, talkies with radio, radio with television, television with cable, and now traditional print journalism with online reporting, blogs, podcasting, v-logs, streaming media, and so on. Since 1950, the Knight Foundation has invested more than $300 million to advance quality journalism and freedom of expression worldwide. It has a vital interest in seeing journalism survive in whatever form it takes. I int...
By: Mr. Media
The New York Times Tracks Spitzer's Hooker Down!
2008-03-13 01:20:00 It was only a matter of time before the world got a look at this kristen girl. We have to say even though she is wearing sunglasses this girl is hot. Elliot Spitzer is so ugly we know the only way he could get a girl like this is to pay for her. We even found out that her real name is Ashley Alexandra Dupre and she is 22 from New Jersey. This girl could easily well be a model, but she is just a slut exploiting her body. She made history this week, by toppling Mr self righteous off his high horse.
By: Young LifeStyle
Glenn Beck Destroys Keith Olbermann and Media Matters
2008-03-11 15:19:00 UPDATE: MEDIA MATTERS CLOSED ALL COMMENTS WITH THEIR REPORTING ON GLENN BECK AND JOHN HAGEE AND DID NOT OFFER A CORRECTION!! Last night, Glenn Beck performed one of the greatest monologues I have ever seen. He completely took apart Keith Olbermann, Media Matters, Think Progress (Center For American Progress) and The New York Times, for deliberately using his statements out-of-context to smear... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
John McCain has had enough of the New York Times.
2008-03-07 23:10:00 Others say his temper is back. What do you think? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Osi Speaks!
The New York Times takes on Dunmore Homes
2008-03-07 04:54:00 In a detailed expose set to run in Friday's paper, The New York Times tells the story of now-bankrupt Dunmore Homes, which built throughout California's Central Valley for decades. Before selling his company to an investor last year, Sidney Dunmore was also one of the state's most respected homebuilders, who built a solid home and was active in building industry associations. But as the market slowed, over-leveraged bets began to unravel, uncovering what the story says "have come to symbolize the real estate crisis not just for Dunmore Homes, but for an entire industry:"When George P. Dunmore started his business in Sacramento in the early 1950s, World War II was over and the building boom was on. Over the next several decades his company, Dunmore Construction, along with other respected builders, took the tabula rasa that was California’s Central Valley and etched it with entire neighborhoods filled with well-built ranch houses on trim lawns...But by the time Mr. Dunmore die...
The New York Times: John McCain is "flip-flopping".
2008-03-04 20:28:00 The New York Times in this story, suggests that "[t]he risk, Republicans acknowledge, is that Mr. McCain may no longer be seen as above pandering and will be increasingly vulnerable to criticism from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Alison Goldfrapp picks her playlist for The New York Times
2008-03-03 01:58:00 In case you missed it (we did until about half-hour ago), Ms. Goldfrapp provides the old gray lady with five 100-word summaries of some of her most favorite records from the last year or so. We almost died when we...
Turmoil: The New York Times Facing Internal Take Over Bid?
2008-03-02 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Looks like Pinch Sulzberger is facing some stiff carping from the NYT's shareholders and there are rumors of the dynastic family being pushed to move the paper's Internet migration at a faster pace. The Telegraph reports "outside investors" are also trying to loosen the iron grip the ...
By: Publius Forum
George Bush More Favorable than the New York Times
2008-02-29 05:42:00 In light of the recent New York Times sham story on John McCain, the embarrassing story erroneously saying that our soldiers murder more people compared to the rest of the population when they return from Iraq (WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE 6 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO COMMIT MURDER THAN THE REST OF THE POPULATION), and the Times' overt liberal bias, the American people are sick of The New York... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
The New York Times Of Two Minds On McCain-Lobbyist Bombshell
2008-02-25 13:15:00 The MSM was all over the map in its reaction to an anonymously sourced article in The New York Times claiming that eight years ago aides to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were so concerned that the habitual presence of Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman (pictured wearing an evening gown in the article) would give rise to ...
The New York Times Article Results In Giant John McCain Scandal
2008-02-21 22:55:00 So, as you probably have already heard, The New York Times published an article today on John McCain, which alluded to a possible indiscretion with a 40-year-old lobbyist named Vicki Iserman, claiming the relationship between the 71-year old and the pretty blonde was troubling to some of McCain's closest aides. This was the article. McCain has since responded via news conference, and everyone from The View to - well, everyone - is discussing the matter. The bottom line to me is: who cares?
[Sad] The New York Times valiantly describes the plight of the lonely super
2008-02-18 22:37:00 (Gothamist)
It?s hack ?n? whack time at The Times: 100 newsroom cuts planned
2008-02-15 22:56:00 It is a good time to be a deceitful politician or a pay-for-favors lobbyist or a crooked corporate CEO. That’s because the profession that is charged in a democracy with ferreting out such miscreants is losing some members of its “A” team. Despite its ills and errors, The New York Times remains the best newspaper in America. But the business model to which the industry remains fanatically obsessed ? maximize shareholder income at the expense of the quality of its product ? is about to slip a knife into the muscle and bone of The Times‘ reporting staff. The Times will trim its newsroom staff of 1,332 by about 100: The cuts will be achieved ?by not filling jobs that go vacant, by offering buyouts, and if necessary by layoffs,? the executive editor, Bill Keller, said. The more people who accept buyouts, he said, ?the smaller the prospect of layoffs, but we should brace ourselves for the likelihood that there will be some layoffs.? He said, ?We intend to move qui... |
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