See update: Brodniak sob story debunked! Nick Kristof is the recipient of not one, but two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. He has traveled the world, writes critically acclaimed books, and counts Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie among his glamorous friends. He is also the author of what may quite possibly be the crappiest New York...
Read MoreTough times at the NYTimes: October 19, 2009 , 2:49 pm Times Says It Will Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs By Richard Perez-Pena The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs – about 8 percent of the total – by year’s end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if...
Read MorePhotoshop credit: Leo Alberti The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports tonight that the ACORN/Rathke embezzlement sum was $5 million, not the widely cited $1 million figure admitted publicly to date by the left-wing racketeering group. But guess what? The figure is not new -- and it is not news to the whitewashers at the New York...
Read More"Insufficient tuned-in-ness."
Pity the New York Times. Even when the Fishwrap of Record is admitting how out of touch it is, its editors still can't get the story right. Hapless ombudsman Clark Hoyt writes in his Sunday column that his paper was guilty of unnecessarily politicizing a legitimate breaking story and suffering "slow reflexes:" ON Sept. 12,...
Read MoreWho said it: "The real story to all this is how these myriad entities allow them to shuffle money around so much that no...
The Fishwrap of Record has finally seen fit to tell its readers about the latest ACORN scandals (the San Bernardino tapes, which don't get a mention, are beyond belief). True to form, the New York Times commits grievous sins of omission that whitewash the paper's own role in deliberately covering up ACORN's illicit activities before...
Read MoreJust got the news from Regnery this afternoon: Culture of Corruption is #1 on the New York Times best-seller list for the 5th week in a row. Bottomless thanks again to all of you who have bought the book, shared it, spread the word, and used it as a resource to create real Hope and...
Read MoreThe NYTimes has a round-up of blog posts decrying Jenna Bush's new job at the Today Show and assailing nepotism run amok in the world of political families. Can you spot the missing words? One starts with "K" and ends with "Y." And rhymes with "TENNEDY." Also missing: A word that starts with "B" and...
Read MoreTorrid.
David Brooks caught swamp fever a long time ago -- and I've been chronicling it for the past five years. But his symptoms have grown most acute in the Age of Obama. Last fall, his ejaculations about Obama's "achievatrons" inspired the nausea-inducing introduction to Culture of Corruption. Get out another airsickness bag. The New Republic...
Read MoreMark Levin held the #1 spot on the NYTimes best-seller list for 12 weeks this summer. Culture of Corruption has held the top spot for the past 3 weeks. Glenn Beck's latest book has topped the paperback non-fiction list for 9 weeks. The latest broadside against Obama from Dick Morris and Eileen McGann has also...
Read MoreWould Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales have done this for Fox News or the Washington Times? And if he had/has, wouldn't the New York Times editorial page blast him for colluding to suppress information from the public? Read the whole NYTimes' piece. Note especially how a Times editor used Wikipedia (and the Times' own website) to...
Read MoreI am glad New York Times reporter David Rohde is safe. But I have questions. Is the safety of journalists more important than the safety of our military? The safety of our homeland? From September 11, 2001 to the present, the terror-tipping blabbermouths of the New York Times have repeatedly undermined national security by disclosing...
Read MorePhotoshop credit: Leo Alberti My syndicated column today takes another whack at the New York Times. Outside of the blogosphere and Fox News, the Fishwrap of Record's admission that it spiked an election eve story on the possible illegal coordination between the Obama campaign and ACORN's canvassing arm, Project Vote, has gotten zero scrutiny. Fortunately,...
Read MoreObamACORN and the Fishwrap of Record.
NYTimes editor Bill Keller said this in December 2007. Mark these words: ...we are agnostic as to where a story may lead; we do not go into a story with an agenda or a pre-conceived notion. We do not manipulate or hide facts to advance an agenda. We strive to preserve our independence from political...
Read MoreDrool Bucket Award.
And now, for our Drool Bucket of the Day Award. Almost gave it to the SWAGGA crew at CNN. But this one inched them out. He asked the moronic question about what has "enchanted" President Obama the most about being in the White House. He could have, I dunno, pressed Obama for details about how...
Read MoreThe Fishwrap Rescue and Recovery Act of 2009.
October 23, 2008: "New York Times bonds near junk territory...Anyone smelling a bailout plea coming on?" November 11, 2008: "The newspaper bailout countdown clock: I think it’s time to start the newspaper bailout countdown clock. A few weeks ago, I joked that it wouldn’t be long until the junky New York Times started crawling to...
Read MoreThat's the headline in the NYTimes today: "Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits." To which one naturally responds: What isn't the Administration Open to Taxing?
In in its announcement of the hiring of Ross G. Douthat as resident conservative op-ed contributor, the New York Times makes explicit its employment critieria for any pundit to the right of Dennis Kucinich: You must "steer away from partisanship...or doctrine." You must "frequently criticize Republicans." Show a "concern for income equality." And be a...
Read MoreI've reminded you before of NYTimes' columnist David Brooks' boneheaded Ivy League ejaculations about the Obama administration. Now, the once-enamored Kool-Aid drinker admits his cult leader is not the man he knew: What an unbelievable waste of time and real estate is David Brooks. It's profane. Which is why Robert Stacy McCain's expletive-filled smackdown is...
Read MoreThe credentialed professionals at the Fishwrap of Record fall for a blindingly obvious hoax. All the dupes fit to print.
Not fit to print.
Don't read the New York Times if you want to know the full truth about Commerce Secretary nominee Gary Locke. The paper "reports:" What wasn't fit to print in the fishwrap of record: The Chinagate/Buddhist temple cash skeletons in Gary Locke’s closet And yet more reasons Gary Locke is another Obama mispick
Fidel Castro gives the American media two thumbs up for clueless coverage and wimpy whitewashing of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Henry Louis Gomez at the indispensable Babalu blog (which was recently honored by the White House) provides a handy score card to help you grade the MSM's Cuban revolution pieces. The AP...
Read MoreI launched the Newspaper Bailout Countdown Clock on Nov. 11, reported on Connecticut's move to prop up ailing dead-tree dailies on Dec. 1, and followed up with a column on the coming government rescues for the MSM on Dec. 3. And now, here comes Reuters, heralding the new year with this: Government aid could save...
Read MoreThe Fishwrap of Record's bonds and reputation are in the tank. What to do? Sell, sell, sell! Maybe if they had been spending more on letters editors than on baseball, they wouldn't have gotten punked. The New York Times Co., strapped for cash and facing shrinking revenue, is reportedly seeking to sell its stake in...
Read MoreC'est la vie.
They both got punked by fake Frenchmen. When Sarah Palin got punked, of course, she was universally mocked by the Left. Now that the Fishwrap of Record has admitted falling for a fake French prank, will they be ridiculed by Jon Stewart, the late-night comedians, and, um, the vicious commenters at the NYTimes.com? From the...
Read MoreI think it's time to start the newspaper bailout countdown clock. A few weeks ago, I joked that it wouldn't be long until the junky New York Times started crawling to the government for a handout. Now, with the Fed waving its magic wand and redefining American Express as a "bank holding company," with insurers...
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