NYT’s Paul Krugman Calls Republicans Racists
I wonder how many NewsBusters readers knew they were racist. After all, if the New York Times publishes a column saying that we are, it's got to be so given that it is the paper of record in this country, correct? Ironically, it does seem fitting days after the civil rights protests in Jena, Louisiana, that one of the Times' leading columnists would point fingers at the Party largely…
NYT's Public Editor Says Paper Made Mistake Running MoveOn’s ‘Betr
If you thought the controversy over MoveOn's disgraceful "General Betray Us" ad was going away any time soon, think again. On Sunday, the Times's public editor Clark Hoyt came out strongly against the paper's decision to run this piece of detritus claiming that MoveOn got a price "that it should not have received under Times policies," and that "the ad appears to fly in the face of an internal…
Senate Condemnation of MoveOn’s ‘Betray Us’ Ad Receives Mixed Co
On Thursday, a NewsBusters headline asked, "How Will Media Report Senate Vote Condemning MoveOn's ‘Betray Us' Ad?" The answer is a mixed bag with some outlets such as the Washington Post giving the issue a surprising amount of focus, and others like CBS and ABC totally ignoring the matter. From a print perspective, the Post certainly showed a lot of moxie with its front page piece entitled "…
Schizo? NYT Ticked Taxes Can't Be Cut More
If there's one thing that the New York Times editorial page has inveighed against for the last six years, it's those horrid tax cuts that the Bush administraton pushed through. But now that the economy might be encountering some turbulence, the Times regrets, of all things, that taxes can't be cut more. Here's how the Times frames its plaint in this morning's "As the Economy Turns Down" […
Frank Rich Paints Petraeus as Coward
See Update at foot with list of Petraeus press appearances.The gravest charge you can level at a military man, as MoveOn.org essentially did to Gen. Petraeus with its infamous "General Betray Us" ad, is to call him a traitor.But close behind in the catalog of calumny is to call a soldier a coward. And that's effectively what Frank Rich did in his [p.p.v.] New York Times column of today.Writes…
NYT Mag: Global Warming Is All Jane Fonda’s Fault
Here's something you don't see every day: a liberal publication blaming actress Jane Fonda for anything bad. Yet, although not written by New York Times staffers, the idea that its Sunday magazine would even consider publishing an article blaming Fonda's 1979 movie "The China Syndrome" for global warming is quite shocking. Authored by "Freakonomics" writers Stephen J. Dubiner and Steven D.…
Gibson Implies Giuliani's Ad 'Nastier' Than MoveOn's 'Betray Us' Ad
ABC anchor Charles Gibson on Friday night suggested the Rudy Giuliani campaign's New York Times ad, not Monday's “General Betray Us” ad from MoveOn.org ad to which the Giuliani ad responded, meant “a fierce new political fight...got even nastier today.” Gibson did acknowledge: “It started with a single newspaper ad targeting General David Petraeus, as the war's top commander reported to Congress…
