Tag Archives: New York Times

Fool me once… OK, now fool me again

Posted on May 9, 2018 by oddmanout215

The race is on. In one lane we have Donald Trump using false evidence from Benjamin Netanyahu as an excuse to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, a first step in drumming up support for another Mideast war. In the other, … Continue reading →

Posted in apocalypse, humor, Iraq war, mainstream media, Politics | Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran nuclear deal, Mideast war, Mussolini, New York Times, Robert Mueller | 2 Comments

‘Abundance without attachment’ is right-wing doubletalk

Posted on December 17, 2014 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I huddled next to the wood stove and pored over a cheery Christmas article by economist Arthur C. Brooks, who wants people to make an attitude adjustment regarding possessions. He urges readers to “collect experiences, not things,” … Continue reading →

Posted in apocalypse, down and out, economic collapse, food, globalization, Great Recession, humor, liar, life in the big city, mainstream media, philosophy, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged abundance without attachment, American Enterprise Institute, Arthur C. Brooks, Billy Graham, Christmas, Dick Cheney, New York Times | 1 Comment

NY Times to Denmark: Work harder, for less

Posted on April 24, 2013 by oddmanout215

From a weirdly negative front-page story about Denmark in the Sunday New York Times. In 2012, a little over 2.6 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 were working in Denmark, 47 percent of the total population and … Continue reading →

Posted in Great Recession, humor, mainstream media, unemployment | Tagged Dean Baker, Denmark, minimum wage, New York Times, social democracy, welfare state | 2 Comments

The new journalism

Posted on July 19, 2012 by oddmanout215

Odd Man thinks of himself as jaded, but maybe he’s just naive and way out of the loop. He was shocked to read Bill Boyarsky’s piece about censorship, inspired by a New York Times story by Jeremy Peters. Boyarsky wrote: … Continue reading →

Posted in mainstream media, New York Times, Politics | Tagged censorship, New York Times, quotations, self-censorship | 4 Comments

Mittens must have loved NYT’s puff piece

Posted on May 24, 2012 by oddmanout215

In case you missed it: Jodi Kantor’s front-page story in Sunday’s New York Times, headlined “Romney’s Faith, Silent but Deep,” was one of the most cringe-worthy puff pieces about a political candidate published in recent memory. Read it and you’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in liar, mainstream media, Mitt Romney | Tagged Mitt Romney, New York Times, puff piece, Romney's faith silent but deep | 2 Comments

What is a ‘word’? (Vanity Fair tweaks NYT)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by oddmanout215

A recent Vanity Fair piece spoofs the shockingly stupid editor’s column in the NYT that asked readers to decide whether newspapers should report facts. Many VF readers apparently didn’t get VF‘s joke. Read the VF piece below and then the … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, mainstream media, Politics | Tagged Arthur S. Brisbane, irony, New York Times, satire, Vanity Fair | 1 Comment

NYT to readers: Do facts matter?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by oddmanout215

Daily newspapers subscribe to the notion of objective reporting, and newspaper editors are always eager to defend this foggy notion. Which makes it all the more curious that New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane recently asked readers whether “news … Continue reading →

Posted in Mitt Romney, New York Times, Obama, Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, New York Times, objective reporting, Public Editor Arthur Brisbane, stenographer model | 1 Comment

NYT, WSJ: SEC is in a quandary, not corrupt

Posted on November 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

In applauding the smackdown of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its $285 million penalty against Citigroup, Matt Taibbi wrote, “The [Judge Jed] Rakoff ruling shines a light on the way these crappy settlements have evolved into a kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in mainstream media, New York Times, Wall Street | Tagged Citigroup, Edward Wyatt, Judge Jed Rakoff, New York Times, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

More news pollution from the NYT

Posted on November 8, 2011 by oddmanout215

In a Sunday op-ed piece, Frank Bruni complained that Americans get worked up to no good end — headline: “The invention of outrage” — over what passes for news these days. Well, no shit. The odd thing about the piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, environmentalism, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged corporate media, Frank Bruni, Kim Kardashian, New York Times, outrage | Leave a comment

NYT’s Keller wrong about Iraq, wrong about OWS

Posted on October 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

Many of us waited years for Bill Keller to own up to his key role in helping legitimize the disastrous Iraq War, but it never happened. So it’s no surprise that, instead of admitting he wrongly supported deregulation of the … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Bill Keller, deregulation, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street | 1 Comment