NYT Separates Obama Administration from 'The Government
February 24th, 2009 11:06 AM
After eight years of blaming everything that came out of our nation's capitol on George W. Bush, the New York Times is suddenly separating the White House from the government.Such was immediately apparent in the Times front page story Tuesday addressing the mounting pressure being exerted on Washington to come up with more bailout funds for companies and industries in financial trouble.The…
CNBC's Kernen Rips NYT for Criticizing Coverage of Santelli Rant
February 23rd, 2009 11:23 PM
CNBC's Joe Kernen had some fun at the New York Times' expense Monday morning, so much so that whether you love Rick Santelli's Rant Heard 'Round The World, or just can't stand the Grey Lady, you're guaranteed to bust a gut.To set this up, the NY Times on Monday ran an article bashing media mogul Rupert Murdoch for actually liking -- wait for it!!! -- newspapers -- stop the presses!!! -- as well…
Did Gingrich Invent Partisanship? The NY Times Thinks So
February 23rd, 2009 6:00 PM
The New York Times seems to think there was no such thing as partisanship in Washington, D.C. until conservative Republicans came around in the 1990s to invent it. White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg's front-page Sunday Week in Review story, "Cutting the President Slack Is So Old School," is another example of that ideological blindness, impying that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich…
Gore Pulls Slide Linking Rise in Natural Disasters to Global Warming
February 23rd, 2009 1:40 PM
Climate realists won a huge battle with Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore when the former Vice President pulled a new slide he recently added to his now famous -- or, more to the point, infamous! -- presentation linking an increase in natural disasters to "climate change."As the New York Times' Andrew Revkin reported moments ago:The graph, which was added to his talk last year, came just after a…
NY Times Feeds Into Notion that Republican Opposition to Stimulus Bill
February 20th, 2009 2:55 PM
South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn appeared on WIS-TV yesterday in a round table setting to discuss how the stimulus bill will affect South Carolina. During the debate he stated that he was insulted by opposition to the plan; specifically targeting GOP Governors of Southern States by implying that their opposition was a "slap in the face of African-Americans" as if race was a determining…
New York Times Co. Suspends Dividend; Share Price Less Than Cost of Su
February 20th, 2009 9:03 AM
Yesterday, The New York Times Company suspended its quarterly dividend. The company's stock slid 5% to close at $3.51, yet another all-time low in the company's nearly 23 years as a public company in its current form (the Times has been a public company since the 1960s).Henry Blodget at Silicon Valley Insider noted, even before yesterday's announcement and share-price dip, that the company's…
Maureen Dowd: Bush Didn't 'Want to Add a Marc Rich Blot' With Libby Pa
February 18th, 2009 8:28 PM
Maureen Dowd's New York Times opinion piece yesterday was "Cheney and the Goat Devil." The mainstream media are reveling in the purported falling out between former President George Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney. Supposedly the two disagreed over granting Cheney's previous chief of staff, Scooter Libby, a pardon. Dowd joins in the fun:There were clues in the last couple of years…
The NY Times Plants Pro-ACORN Propaganda
February 18th, 2009 2:13 PM
New York Times metro-beat reporter Fernanda Santos seems to truly believe that the left-wing housing activist group ACORN is some bottom-up citizens organization conducting a new civil rights "resistance movement" against unfair foreclosures. That's judging by her credulous story, "A Bid to Link Arms Against Eviction -- Grass-Roots Effort Takes Shape To Support Families Facing Foreclosure." There…
NYT Editor Denies Reporters Fell 'In Love' With Obama
February 16th, 2009 1:33 PM
NBC's "Today" show invited, on Monday, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller to promote a new book featuring photos from the campaign called, Obama: The Historic Journey, and in his interview with Keller, substitute anchor David Gregory actually asked if the book adds to the, "criticism of the news media that we're somehow cheerleaders for Barack Obama," to which Keller admitted it was "a…
AP's 'Name That Party' Twist: Disgraced PA Judges' Dem Party ID Disapp
February 14th, 2009 6:55 AM
This "Name That Party" situation has many of the usual elements. There are several stories about two Democratic judges involved in criminal behavior in Pennsylvania, and, with one exception, they "somehow" don't get around to identifying their party. But this saga is different for two reasons: The crimes to which the judges have pleaded guilty involve "thousands" of juveniles. In one lonely…
Cramer on NY Times Glowing Account of Stimulus Bill: 'Who Edits this B
February 13th, 2009 10:05 AM
Everything is wonderful and peachy-keen in Obamaland if you rely on the reporting on the front page of The New York Times. Just ask CNBC's Jim Cramer. On his Feb. 12 program the "Mad Money" host dealt with the $789 billion stimulus package. "Now if you were to believe what's in the papers, holy cow - except for the funny papers - you would think this package was wonderful," Cramer said he said…
