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Wed Feb 10
55 posts in the last 24 hours

#hazing

Everybody Hates Chuck Todd

Barack Obama held a press conference today. While the availability may have assuaged concerns about the press' unprecedented lack of access to Obama, it did nothing to allay concerns that he calls on that jerk Chuck Todd too much. More »

02/09/10

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By John Cook

#mediacrack

Maybe Journalists Should Smoke More Crack?

In your brainstorming Tuesday media column: better journalism through crack, a Bob Schieffer vacation, Hugh Hefner gets sued, a star-studded media kid bar mitzvah, and newspapers discover a rich new source of advertising. More »

02/09/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#trendwatch

How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Fake Trend Story

We all know that New York Times fake trend stories are annoying because they are 1) fake, and 2) trend stories. But do not neglect their third worst quality: many are terribly written. Allow us to show you. More »

02/09/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#frontpages

Post Uses Paterson's Fight Against Rumor and Innuendo to Spread Rumors, Innuendo

Do not try and throw mud at the New York Post. You will get dirty. There's still an ominous silence from the broadsheets on the rumored scandal involving Governor Paterson, but the New York tabloids roll up their sleeves. More »

02/09/10

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By Ravi Somaiya

#catsanddogslivingtogether

Support for Obama Wavering in the Democratic Stronghold of Wall Street

The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick delivers the shocking and troubling news that Wall Street bankers are so disappointed in Barack Obama that they've started giving money to Republicans. Bankers! To Republicans! More »

02/08/10

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By John Cook

#mediacrack

Who's the Next Rich Sap to Blow His Wad on Journalism?

In your Byzantine Monday media column: searching for a rich media savior, a recipe duplication scandal, the future of robot media is $1 per hour, and STEPHEN A. SMITH is back in your area code. More »

02/08/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#magazines

Print Continues to Die

The US magazine circulation figures for the second half of 2009 are in. And grim! The big losers (and a winner), below. More »

02/08/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#suzbergheir

New York Times Sticks Boss's Kid With Crappiest Possible Shift

02/08/10

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#frontpages

Obama to Take GOP On in Televised Healthcare Summit

Some Ultrabowl or Megabowl event dominates, but there's also the intriguing news that Obama will debate the GOP in a televised healthcare summit. Along with the usual reports of explosions, executions and road safety in Afghanistan. More »

02/08/10

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By Ravi Somaiya

#weather

Shep Smith Predicts '85 Inches of Snow in Washington,' Declares Emergency Bear Alert

Today on Studio B, America's Best Newsman Shepard Smith covered the Washington DC snow emergency with his usual zeal: "I believe that 34 predicted inches requires a bear alert."

02/05/10

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By Pareene

#copycats

Daily Beast's Head Investigative Journalist Cops to Plagiarism

Tiger Woods scoop-meister Gerald Posner has admitted to copying five sentences from a Miami Herald article for a piece he wrote this week for the Daily Beast about a Miami murder. He apologized and said it was inadvertent. More »

02/05/10

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By Brian Moylan

#ipad

Steve Jobs Still Spreading Magic iPad Dust Around New York Print World

Steve Jobs reportedly followed up his New York Times and Wall Street Journal iPad show-and-tells with a secret meeting with Time Inc. 99 cents for funnyman Joel Stein's latest musings will save journalism!

02/05/10

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By Pareene

#davidpaterson

New York Times Sitting on Paterson Swinging Bombshell?

Click here to read <i>New York Times</i> Sitting on Paterson Swinging Bombshell?

The Observer's John Koblin heard the New York Times is supposedly working on a major story on our wacky governor. The guy's admitted to drugs and adultery, what else could there be? (We're all ears!) Update: More sex, looks like. More »

02/05/10

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By Pareene

#frontpages

Market Turmoil Leads to Red and Black Graphs

Everyone loves a markets-crashing story — today's comes complete with scary graphs and alarmist back-of-envelope calculations. It's also a bad day to be Toyota, a brown pelican or a Baptist missionary in Haiti. More »

02/05/10

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By Ravi Somaiya

#journalismism

Local Newspaper Goes Off the Record and Into an Infinite Loop

The Nashua Telegraph quoted a White House official saying a Q-and-A with area high schoolers was "off the record." But it turned out the conversation about being "off the record" was itself "off the record," so they retracted that, too. More »

02/05/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#interlopers

There's No Good Reason the National Enquirer Shouldn't Win a Pulitzer Prize

Click here to read There's No Good Reason the <em>National Enquirer</em> Shouldn't Win a Pulitzer Prize

The National Enquirer has thrown its hat in the ring for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize, seeking official recognition from the media Brahmins for its ownership of the John Edwards sex scandal. Said Brahmins are harrumphing, and here's why they're wrong. More »

02/04/10

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By John Cook

#mediacrack

Jared Kushner Expands His Unsuccessful Newspaper Empire

In your foreboding Thursday media column: Jared Kushner has a bright idea, Howard Zinn's reputation impugned, David Letterman plays a funny joke, and Janice Min somehow survives being rich as fuck. More »

02/04/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#bloodinthewater

White House Pool Fight: No-Show Smacked Down

The White House Press Pool is getting crazy! This morning, Roll Call was the print outlet scheduled to cover Obama's movements today. But Roll Call was a no-show. And they paid for it. More »

02/04/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#frontpages

Brain Scan Can See Thoughts of Vegetative Patients

The endlessly fascinating science of communicating with those in a persistent vegetative state dominates the front pages today. Doctors have managed to see into some their minds while asking them to think about tennis. (Really.) More »

02/04/10

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By Ravi Somaiya

#mediacrack

Keith Olbermann Is the Last Unbiased Man in the Media

In your slushy Wednesday media column: Keith Olbermann sniffs out media bias whether it exists or not, a way to save magazines in fantasyland, PARADE's editor leaves, and Air America totally owes media people money. More »

02/03/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#sulzbergheir