Hillary's 'Morning Joe' Appearance a Cackle Six-Pack
April 23rd, 2008 8:48 AM
Could it be a continuation of Hillary's winning shot-and-a-beer strategy? Appearing on Morning Joe the day after her PA primary win, Clinton popped the top on an even six-pack of cackles. Perhaps her good humor was inspired not only by her victory, but by Joe Scarborough's unabashed [if possibly facetious] pandering, describing himself and sidekick Willie Geist as Hillary's "only shameless…
Times Scrambles as Murdoch's Journal Prepares Assault
April 21st, 2008 2:15 PM
Interesting media news this Monday as Newsweek takes a look at the coming war between the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The mag's piece in turn sparked a newspaper industry news boomlet as other publications rushed to find out whether Newsweek's claim that liberal Democrat Republican New York mayor Michael Bloomberg might give the New York Times Company a cash infusion to "protect…
NYT's Failure to Understand Our Times Now Complete
April 20th, 2008 3:40 PM
To the New York Times there is only one issue in America: the war.
To show how pathetic The New York Times and John Broder are at analyzing the current political climate, all one has to do is read "Gore-Lieberman: A Hyphen Apart? Try Poles." Here the Times clearly reveals that they see but two types of American politician: the good guys against the war, and the evil ones for it. That's it. To…
NYT's Herbert: 'Democrats Doing Everything They Can to Blow This Elect
April 19th, 2008 6:14 PM
In the second half of today's "As The Left Eat Their Own," the New York Times' Bob Herbert goes after Democrats for "doing everything they can to blow this presidential election."And that was just the first sentence of his scathing rebuke of all things currently left-leaning.With that as an appetizer, readers are advised to strap themselves into their comfiest chairs with a nice bucket of popcorn…
CNN Reporter Arrested in Central Park, Most Media Ignore Sex Element
April 19th, 2008 1:05 PM
Imagine for a moment that a Fox News reporter was arrested in Central Park early in the morning with a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals. Do you think this little nuance would be included in press coverage of this bizarre event?Probably in the headline and the opening paragraph, right?Well, for some reason, though news outlets did report the odd happenings in NYC Friday morning…
NYT Whines About No Global Warming Debate Questions Despite ABC Poll
April 19th, 2008 11:57 AM
When it comes to news, much as comedy, timing is everything -- and it's clear the good folks at the New York Times don't have it.On Saturday, the Times published an op-ed by graphics director Charles M. Blow carping and whining about the now infamous Democrat presidential debate broadcast on ABC Wednesday, and, in particular, that no time was spent talking about climate change.Well, Charles,…
NYT: Papal Spectators 'Residents, Tourists,' or 'the Simply Curious
April 17th, 2008 12:33 PM
NYT Reported 750K Saw Mandela in 1990; Similar Papal Estimates on Way? It's early in the papal visit, but I have to wonder if Old Media will get into the level of detail found in the New York Times's June 21, 1990 coverage of Nelson Mandela's visit to New York City: The police estimated that 750,000 people saw Mr. Mandela at one point or another - 50,000 in Queens at Kennedy International Airport…