I'm informed by U.S. News & World Report columnist John Leo that the New York Times' diversity program -- the one that gave Jayson Blair his start -- was started in 1984 and continues today, but that it was opened to "people of pallor" in 2001.
I'm informed by U.S. News & World Report columnist John Leo that the New York Times' diversity program -- the one that gave Jayson Blair his start -- was started in 1984 and continues today, but that it was opened to "people of pallor" in 2001.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's latest screed against the Bush administration demonstrates that the clever use of quotes can give the impression someone's saying something they're not. Krugman today attacks the Bush administration's record on terrorism on the pretext that an attack in Saudi Arabia proves not enough is being done here at home. […]
One of the biggest problems newspapers have today is their use of anonymous sources. The latest misuse of what was once a method of last resort to get a story out was demonstrated by The New York TImes' Jayson Blair. Blair's (in)famous sniper story alleged that the feds had stopped the questioning of John Lee […]
The latest edition of National Review contains an article by Jim Lacey, a Time magazine correspondent who was embedded with the 101st Airborne Division during the Iraq II. Lacey recounts several anecdotes about the men who fought -- and won -- the war. One of them I found so humorous, that I couldn't stop laughing. […]
Well, it seems, once again, that religion is in the crossfire of our increasingly secular society. The latest victim is a teacher's aide in Pennsylvania who has run afoul of a 1895 anti-Catholic law that prohibits the display of "religious garb" in public schools. The religious garb in this case is an approximately 1-inch-long gold […]
I didn't mention it in my criticism of New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's column below, but he took a pot-shot at Fox News anchor/commentator Neil Cavuto. Well, in Cavuto's commentary segment at the end of his show, he fired back. Among the tidbits, he described Krugman as a "sanctimonius twit," an "ass" and a […]
I've noticed an unfortunate change in The New York Times Web site recently. Until the past couple of weeks, all of the Times reporting for the last 30 days was available, free of charge, on the Web. Articles older than 30 days cost some cash to see. Also, a direct link to any Times story, […]
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, in the midst of the revelations of Jayson Blair's journalistic deceits and forgeries turns his eyes to bad journalism and comes up with -- every American media outlet except the Times. [A] funny thing happened during the Iraq war: many Americans turned to the BBC for their TV news. […]
This past weekend, The New York Times presented us with the first of what promises to be several accounts of the journalistic fraud perpetrated by former boy wonder Jayson Blair. The Times' account is, for the most part, a candid, brutal and honest assessment of where they went wrong when it came to Blair's work […]
There's been a lot of brouhaha over President Bush's decision to be flown to the USS Abraham Lincoln a couple of weeks ago while it was off the coast of San Diego to congratulate the troops on a job well done. One of the complaints was that Bush's decision to use a jet, as opposed […]