I read the two big New York Times articles on Nadagate over the weekend -- the Times' own account and that of its formerly incarcerated reporter Judith Miller. The following thoughts struck me: Miller's (lack of an) explanation of where she got the name of Joseph Wilson's wife is not very believable. Supposedly she no […]
is not a reporter. She's a columnist, and has been for the past couple of years. She doesn't even fake impartiality anymore. So can we quit calling Helen Thomas a reporter?
Today's San Diego Union-Tribune has a story on the San Diego mayor's race. When I first read it, I was a little shocked by the following paragraph: Later, [mayoral candidate Jerry] Sanders was joined at a news conference by Arthur Laffer, a former economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan who is known as the "father […]
NBC News reporter Michelle Kosinski wanted to dramatize the flooding in New Jersey brought about by seemingly never-ending rains, so she climbed into a canoe and rowed down a city street in Wayne, N.J. And then a couple of guys in hip-waders walked between Kosinski and the camera -- and revealed that the water was […]
Over at Mediacrity, a letter from New York Times public editor Byron Calame regarding the curious silence on Chuckaquiddick -- and the first reporting of it buried in a horse race story. Dear XXX: The editors said the story fell between the cracks, with one part of the paper assuming another part of the paper […]
In light of last week's especially dishonest piece of journalism on Chuckaquiddick (the scandal surrounding two DSCC staffers' illegally acquiring a probable GOP senate candidate's credit report). I got to thinking about how Bill Keller's propaganda rag would have covered Tom DeLay's indictment in Texas if they leaned to the right as far as they […]
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller opened his mouth and again cut into the little remaining journalistic integrity his paper still possesses. At a conference in Phoenix, Keller lashed out at bloggers, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, The Wall Street Journal and anyone else who annoys him while laughably lauding his own work. Keller pointed […]
The New York Times tries, unsuccessfully, to give credence to the unctuous Juan Cole's suggestion that journalist Steven Vincent was part of an honor killing. If you read far enough into the Times article, you notice a couple of things that put the suggestion of an illicit affair to blame for Vincent's killing to rest. […]
So, I sent an e-mail to Gail Collins, editorial page editor of The New York Times requesting corrections earlier this week. My e-mail: Ms. Collins, in light of your Sunday "Letter from the editor" reflecting your committment to accuracy on the editorial pages, I thought I would bring one error -- committed twice -- to […]
Today's New York Times finally runs an article on the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commitee's illegal accesssing of Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's credit report, more than two weeks after the story first broke. But the article is really a case study on spin -- how to provide all the facts, but mislead and obsfucate in […]