Category Archives: New York Times

To NY Times, economic rut is recovery

Posted on April 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

The lead paragraphs and headline — “Job Growth Suggests Resilience of U.S. Recovery” — of a recent New York Times article suggests, Herbert Hoover-style, that prosperity is just around the corner. The real story is buried deep in the text: … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Bill Keller, economy, Iraq, jobs, New York Times, objectivity, real earnings, recession, recovery, resilience | Leave a comment

Shock and Awe 3.0, pre-released in Libya

Posted on March 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

Buried in the 16th paragraph of the NYT story about the Allied air assault on Libya: The international effort, called Operation Odyssey Dawn, may also present a double standard: While the West has taken punitive action against Libya, a relatively … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, New York Times, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Afghanistan, Arabs, Broad Street, Bush, disaster porn, Dubya, Iraq, Libya, Obama, oil grab, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Philadelphia, shock and awe, Tomahawk | Leave a comment

Autoworkers to Friedman: The world is round

Posted on March 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

From the March 17 New York Times: General Motors said Thursday that it would temporarily shut a truck plant in Louisiana because it could not get enough Japanese-made parts, the first in what analysts say could be widespread disruptions at … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged automakers, earthquake, General Motors, globalization, Japan, Louisiana, nuclear reactor crisis, Tom Friedman, tsunami | Leave a comment

GOP on Japan nuke crisis: Shit happens

Posted on March 16, 2011 by oddmanout215

Eric Fry of The Daily Reckoning, commenting on his colleague Chris Mayer’s column, about the advisability of investing in uranium “futures” in the wake of the ongoing nuclear reactor crisis is Japan: Uranium is “too hard” indeed. On the other … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, enviromentalism, finance reform bill, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, New York Times, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Eric Fry, Japan, nuclear reactor crisis, Sen. Lamar Alexander, The Daily Reckoning. Gov. Haley Barbour, uranium futures | Leave a comment

Very politely, NYT calls Christie a liar

Posted on March 11, 2011 by oddmanout215

Mr. Christie, a Republican who took office in January 2010, would hardly be the first politician to indulge in hyperbole or gloss over facts. But his misstatements, exaggerations and carefully constructed claims belie the national image he has built as … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, NJ, Politics, taxes | Tagged budget shortfall, Gov. Chris Christie, Jackie Gleason, lies, Matt Bai, millionaires, New Jersey, New York Times magazine, provate-sector workers, Ralph Kramden, Richard Perez-Pena, Rush Limbaugh | 2 Comments

Media guy blames media for Wisconsin turmoil

Posted on February 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Wisconsin says a lot about our political discourse, none of it good… Complex issues are reduced to sound bites. Talking points of the extreme left and right dominate. Americans obediently fall into line, either for “free enterprise” or the “working … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Philadelphia, taxes, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged collective bargaining, David Brooks, Elysian Fields, labor unions, Michael Smerconish. Philadelphia Inquirer, pension funds, right-wing commentators, unemployment, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Blow them up good, then corporatize

Posted on February 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wisconsin, isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad – specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence. … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, New York Times, NJ, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Baghdad, Bill Keller, budget crisis, Cairo, Gov. Scott Walker, Krugman, Madison, Naomi Klein, Obama, Paul Bremer, Rortybomb, The Shock Doctrine, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The NYT’s ‘no shit’ style of news analysis

Posted on February 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

There are deeply divided opinions and shifting allegiances over whether unions are helping or hurting people who have been caught in the recent economic squeeze. And workers themselves, being pitted against one another, are finding it hard to feel sympathy … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, unemployment | Tagged A. G. Sulzberger, budget crisis, Gov. Scott Walker, Koch Industries, Monica Davey, New York Times, pubic-sector unions, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Wis. workers try to slip pharoah’s yoke

Posted on February 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

I dig a ditch, I shape a stone/Another battlement for his throne/Another day on earth is flown/We’re all working for the pharaoh. — Richard Thompson, “Pharoah” The nicest thing you can say about the mainstream media’s skimpy coverage of the … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Egypt, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, NJ, Obama, Politics, taxes, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Egypt, Gov. Scott Walker, labor unions, Madison, pharoah, protests, Reagan, Richard Thompson, state workers, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

MLK honored, Tucson-style

Posted on January 17, 2011 by oddmanout215

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. — Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 Take a look at the truly fine citizens who lined up Saturday in irony-free Tucson for … Continue reading →

Posted in livable cities, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics | Tagged gun show, Martin Luther King, shooting, Tucson, U2 | Leave a comment