The Times' Flood Control Hypocrisy
September 2nd, 2005 10:21 AM
Hurricane Katrina is a U.S. natural disaster unparalleled in modern times, leaving at least half of a major city underwater. In this national tragedy, the nation's paper of record rises to the occasion by declaring everything Bush's fault. But perhaps some blame could be more plausibly apportioned to the Times' own editorial page Yesterday's lead New York Times editorial, "Waiting for a Leader…
NYTimes' Krugman Talking Down the Economy Again
August 26th, 2005 10:23 AM
Fresh from his performance on ABC’s This Week this past Sunday, the New York Times economic writer, Paul Krugman, has a new op-ed today filled with more delicious economic distortions: But although many people say "four million jobs in the last two years" reverently, as if it were an amazing achievement, it's actually a rise of about 3 percent, not much faster than the growth of the working-age…
Good News In The Real World Becomes Bad News in the New York Times
August 26th, 2005 8:13 AM
Jack Kelly has a great story at Jewish World Review about how good news in the real world becomes bad news in the New York Times. The basics of the story go something like this: The Army has greatly improved the body armor soldiers are wearing over the past 15 years. It's lighter and tougher. There are some types of ammunition that can penetrate it, but no evidence that the "insurgents" are…
