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Tag Archives: New York Times
Deep in the heart of Texas, yahoos still rule
Just when it looked like Texas might be prioritizing clean energy over dirty, this happens: The Texas Legislature is moving to erect barriers to clean energy development while providing incentives for fossil fuel production. This would make the task of … Continue reading
What lies beneath rock bottom?
I read to Swamp Rabbit from an op/ed in which the venerable rightwing attack dog George F. Will comments on the state of the nation: Today’s embarrassments — Donald Trump, his prosecutorial adversaries, the tribalism on both sides — might … Continue reading
Posted in humor, mainstream media, Politics
Tagged Alvin Bragg, Donald Trump, George F. Will, Joe Biden, New York Times, rock bottom, Washington Post
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Fool me once… OK, now fool me again
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
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NY Times to Denmark: Work harder, for less
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
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The new journalism
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
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Mittens must have loved NYT’s puff piece
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
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What is a ‘word’? (Vanity Fair tweaks NYT)
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
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NYT, WSJ: SEC is in a quandary, not corrupt
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