Tag Archives: New York Times

Times Dares Not Speak the Rumor’s Name

Posted on October 26, 2009 by admin

Today’s Times notes the firing of alleged ESPN sleazebag Steve Phillips, and throws in a nice little sidebar about the network’s recent flaming on Deadspin. It’s a classically awkward confluence of old and new media: The Gray Lady turns down … Continue reading →

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Well, Don’t They?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by admin

A judge has tossed two prospective jurors off the upcoming Bear Stearns trial because they hold tainted views of evil bankers. Such as, “people on Wall Street try to get away with wrongdoing,” and, big financial firms “always try to … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Bank Regulator Helped A Brother Out

Posted on August 28, 2009 by admin

I brought this up in the office today, and it got enough of a WTF????? reaction to warrant posting here. Because, seriously. So we know that Bernie Madoff’s post-Ponzi life has gotten more than a bit weird: Maybe he’s got … Continue reading →

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NYT: Cronkite Mangler Will Get Her Babysitter Back

Posted on August 3, 2009 by admin

Haha, do the great unwashed media-loathing masses have something to crow about now: The New York Times‘s public editor, Clark Hoyt, took a particularly brutish swing yesterday at the paper’s hapless television critic, Alessandra Stanley. Hoyt calls Stanley’s appraisal of … Continue reading →

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A Paper for Nothing

Posted on July 7, 2009 by admin

Steve Syre does some easy math and figures that, once the New York Times Co. has absorbed $200 million in Globe pension liabilities, the profit the Times will reap from a Globe sale “might be next to nothing.” Jay Fitzgerald … Continue reading →

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The Boston Globe Is Worth A Dollar

Posted on June 15, 2009 by admin

Not at the newsstand. As a business. That’s the take of one of several media analysts polled by David Carr in today’s Times. And the beautiful thing is, that $1 isn’t even the lowest price that these pros predict the … Continue reading →

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Obama Buys off Media – With Access?

Posted on January 21, 2009 by admin

So now we know: Barack Obama does have love the bulk of the newspapering media, and does just hate that Che-tatted rag, the Times, as had been widely rumored. Because: One of Hopey’s first official acts as King of Amerika was rolling … Continue reading →

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See No Evil

Posted on December 17, 2008 by admin

Today I was regaled with all sorts of beery theories about how our awful government faked the 1969 moon landing. Taibbi would be proud. Today, the Times ran a story about how Europe’s greatest almost-dictator, Vladimir Putin, props up his … Continue reading →

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Fascists Take New York, Too

Posted on November 28, 2008 by admin

The city of New York, beset by the end of the world, has decided to pay for its continued existence by actually enforcing its parking regulations. Naturally, this has some people upset. So it’s news. And, yes, we’ve done this … Continue reading →

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Entire Industry: Fixed

Posted on November 26, 2008 by admin

The New York Times is mighty pleased with its recent Obamafied Facebooking efforts. The crumbling paper took out a couple ads on the internets, and the populace responded by taking a second and a half to click a button that … Continue reading →

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