Waiting for Katrina

May 9th, 2007 6:46 PM

Hypocrisy Anyone? NYT Touts Use of Data-mining on Own Readers

May 9th, 2007 6:27 PM

NYT on 'Right-Wing' Fox News -- Pot Meets Kettle, Again

May 9th, 2007 1:47 PM

Illegal Residence of Fort Dix Suspects Buried in WashPost

May 9th, 2007 11:25 AM

UMd. Study: RSS Feeds Poorly Designed by Media Outlets, NY Times Among

May 8th, 2007 6:18 PM
A new study by my alma mater, the University of Maryland, looked at the online divisions of 19 major traditional print and broadcast media:... to see which ones gave the users of their RSS feeds the same number of stories, the same range of news sources, in as timely a fashion as could be gotten if those users went to the individual website. The Los Angeles Times, ABCNews.com, and Foxnews.com…

NYT: Will Sarkozy's 'Divisive Legislation' Lead to More Violence in Fr

May 8th, 2007 3:46 PM

NYT Front Page Photo: Queen Elizabeth II With Unnamed 'American Escort

May 8th, 2007 2:25 PM
Update below (May 9, 23:30 EDT)First Time magazine drops the President from the '100 Most Influential' list, and now this: The big front-page photo in Tuesday's New York Times was of Queen Elizabeth (who did make Time's list of important movers and shakers) with President Bush walking past a row of photographers at the White House after her official welcome. But the photo cropped off the top…

WashPost Royally Ribs Bush for Gaffe

May 8th, 2007 2:28 AM

NYT: 'Ruthless, Us-Against-Them' Sarkozy Wins French Presidency

May 7th, 2007 2:01 PM

Reuters and the 'Women Shunned Segolene' Meme

May 7th, 2007 12:13 PM
"Women voters shun Segolene Royal" reads one Reuters headline. Writes reporter Kerstin Gehmlich:The weak female support is a bitter personal blow for Royal, who had played up her feminist credentials throughout the campaign, frequently defending policies she would want "as a mother" and accusing critics of male chauvinism.Yet Gehmlich noted that the Sarkozy-Royal split among women voters in…

NYT: Already Sniping New 'Conservative' French President

May 6th, 2007 5:41 PM

Sparse Coverage of CBO's Friday Deficit Report Ignores Record April Ta

May 6th, 2007 7:59 AM
On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) spilled the beancounters' beans (PDF report is available at the link) in advance of this next Thursday's release of the Monthly Treasury Statement. The coverage of CBO's report has been very light. Excuse me if I question CBO's timing. But first, the news -- The report by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press (HT Right Angle Blog) has all that's…

Media Virtually Ignores Dow's Best Bull Run in 80 Years

May 5th, 2007 8:24 AM
Did the Dow’s ‘Bull Run’ Milestone Get to Your Paper’s Front Page Today?Front page? Heck, the overwhelming odds are that it didn't get mentioned anywhere. It should have been. At CNNMoney.com, writers Alexandra Twin and Steve Hargreaves appear to be the only ones who even recognized the significance of yesterday's positive market close (bolds are mine): Dow: Longest bull run in 80 years Major…

'Hate Crimes' Battle Labeled As 'Civil Rights Groups' vs. 'Staunchest

May 4th, 2007 2:10 PM