The New York Times' decision to put its columnists behind the Iron Curtain of TimesSelect was dumb. Where once people like Nick Kristof, Paul Krugman and David Brooks played an influential role in the public debate, now they are seldom if ever discussed. Unread, they've become largely irrelevant. But if that move wasn't bad enough, […]
There's been a lot of hubbub around the blogosphere about this photo that was published on the New York Times Web site over the weekend. When first published, the Times referred to the artillery shell in the photo as "the remains of a missile." The blogosphere assailed the Times for its ignorance of things military, […]
Are Cox and Forkum. They nail it with this one: It's a travesty that they're not syndicated.
Of course, that old adage only makes sense if you're talking about analog clocks. But it applies to this article in today's New York Times on a crisis pregnancy center in Louisville, Ky. The article is fair and balanced and doesn't allow the pro-abortion opponents to dominate the piece (since it isn't about them anyway). […]
If you haven't already read this, do it now. It's an account of how the New York Times didn't feel as outraged about the Clinton administration's wide-ranging Echelon spying program as they do about the Bush administration's comparatively limited surveillance program. I've often said of the Times editorial page that it is partisan, not principled. […]
The Washington Post's Robin Givhan critiques the Alitos' choice of dress. The Post would be well-advised to send Givhan back to the typing pool and hire some better editors and reporters.
The Smoking Gun is largely famous on the Web for posting celebrity mug shots, but they also publish all sorts of legal documents and occasionally do some reporting. The latter is what prompted this letter from legal eagle Martin D. Singer. The letter threatening a lawsuit should The Smoking Gun go ahead with its report […]
The Angry Clam fisks the bejeezus out of a New York Times editorial. Check it out. Read the comments too, I particularly liked this one by nk: I believe that I became interested in Supreme Court nominations during the confirmation hearings of Judge Bork. I saw him being verbally abused, slandered and insulted by @##$%s […]
One of the bloggers over at the Kotaku videogame site arranged for an e-mail interview with the world's worst director, Uwe Boll. I ended up sending Uwe Boll about 15 questions, none of which could be possibly answered with a single word. He responded within the day, and managed to answer most with little more. […]
Slate's Jack Shafer nails it with regard to the kidnapping of Christian Science Monitor stringer and kidnap victim Jill Carroll. Media outlets colluded to hold the news of her kidnapping secret for several days in an effort to gain her freedom. Sitting on newsworthy information is an unnatural act for most reporters�some would say unprofessional�and […]