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Most Harmless Alessandra Stanley Correction Ever?

Error-prone Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley made a mistake everyone!
Because of an editing error, the TV Watch Column on Wednesday, comparing coverage of Senator Barack Obama’s trip overseas with coverage of Senator John McCain, gave an incorrect title in some copies for a Frankie Valli song used in a video by the McCain campaign to mock reporters’ coverage of Mr. Obama’s trip. The song is “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” — not “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”
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5:41 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Pareene
648 views, 11 comments

Latest by MisterHippity: "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" doesn't really have an "of" in it? Seriously? If there were ever an "Unnecessary Corrections Olympics," that would have to be your gold medal winner right there. more »

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Harvey Weinstein Makes a Blog

Weinstein Company head Harvey Weinstein is blogging away at Portfolio in a perfect storm of terrible news that we are required to cover. He is mad at you for going to Batman instead of some bullshit pretend indie he released to no acclaim. IT WON FOUR BAFTAS. The problem is the lying, biased media. "So, you see, its not that I'm not focusing on great independent films, it's just that no one is paying attention to them." So go see some weepie pretend indie and help Harvey Take Back the Multiplex! [Portfolio via NYO]

4:48 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Pareene
329 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: Clearly what Harvey needs in his movies are moar ninjas. more »

Times Price Hike As Advertising Plummets "Analysts say that 2008 is shaping up as the worst year for the newspaper business since the Depression, and the second quarter is clearly worse than the first." [Times]

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bias

House Republicans Demand 'Times' Retroactively Print McCain Editorial

House Republicans "fired off" a strongly-worded letter to the editor of the New York Times today, because that mean and biased newspaper asked John McCain to write a second draft of his stupid editorial. It's hilarious for like ten reasons. Look, regardless of the quality of the work the Times op-ed page prints, you do, as a political candidate, have to aspire to a certain level of pretend-seriousness before you can be printed there. Having a junior staffer throw together old talking points and attack-ad rhetoric is just not acceptable. And so now we have House Republicans crowing about a mythical right of "equal access" to the op-ed page of a privately owned newspaper. Ha ha do they want to bring back the fairness doctrine? Anyway let's all climb the New York Times building and burn it to the ground. Or let's make like the GOP wants to do and buy a full-page ad in the revenue-starved paper. That'll teach 'em! [Politico]

4:26 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Pareene
847 views, 39 comments

Latest by SlickaNicka: @Werrick: Agreed! We don't even have any forbidden love between the warring tribes to keep us interested, like if Jenna Bush would have hooked up with JFK, Jr. or something. No jazz kick fights, just bitter partisanship and vitriol. more »

It seemed like fun at first

David Carr Potato Metaphor Scandal!

Crackhead-turned Times reporter success story David Carr is loved by media types for being a cool guy, and is basking in the generally positive public attitude towards his upcoming memoir. But everything is not well in Carr's world. Oh no. Just as Carr has found the strength to open up to the world about his past drug use, an even bigger scandal threatens to overwhelm him: his incurable fondness for potatoes. More »

1:09 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
4,098 views, 107 comments

O'Reilly Viewers Settle Media Bias Question, Once and For All Suck it, NPR! If anyone listened to you they'd surely have voted you most biased. Against not being boring! BAM. [Via Fark]

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journalismism

More Sex Stories Coming, Says Times

Were you reading the Times this morning, wondering why there weren't more sexual stories up in there? Were you thinking some sex would fit particularly well in the metro section, squeezed between reports on rent control for VIPs, that Harlem neighborhood photographer and that guy who died in the triathalon? Well, then, you're in luck, because Joe Sexton (ahem), leader of the metro section's scoop ninjas, is saying the paper will likely deliver more discourse on intercourse. Apparently their Eliot Spitzer hooker exclusive was just the beginning! Here's what Sexton wrote on the Times website today, responding to a question about the newspaper's plans to expand New York City coverage: More »

11:08 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Ryan Tate
2,039 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: When Sexton walks around this must be what plays in the background. I bet it's hard to conduct meetings.+ Watch video more »

john mccain

Events for Old People

Hey, here is a thing John McCain should go to! New York Times Opinion Page Editor David Shipley, the man who politely asked that Senator McCain rewrite his little story and turn it in again, will be at the 92nd Street Y in January to discuss "The Art and Science of Opinion Pieces." Of course, by then, it'll be too late to win the election, but it will still be very useful for every other time McCain feels like writing a cranky letter to the editor, as most senior citizens frequently do. [92StY]

6:03 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Pareene
744 views, 30 comments

Latest by ellagood: didn't grandpa simpson show us how this is dangerous? more »

celebrity science

T Magazine Makes Will Ferrell Stop Clowning Around

Oh, New York Times "T" fashion magazine: we will never understand you. We know the glossy mag brings in a ton of advertising dollars for the paper. But beyond that, its editorial mission is too rarefied for us to grasp. There's the odd indie rock fashion spread or child porn dustup, but what for? Today we were informed by a marketing person that the magazine has launched a series of celebrity "screen test" videos on its website. As far as we can tell, they're the first people to succeed in editing a five-minute long Will Ferrell interview in such a way that it is not funny at all. Beyond that, we're not sure what they were trying to accomplish. Watch the clip below, and take your own guess: More »

5:19 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,852 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: @moff: Only if you shake it. Or is that Jello? more »

Oversharers

Let Allen Salkin Fill You In On The Crazy Life Of Allen Salkin

Look, we have another entrant to the oversharers hall of fame! This guy doesn't post pictures of cum on his face, or go on and on about his four-year-old's cheese preferences. But considering that this man is a reporter for the New York Times, we're going to hold him to a slightly higher standard. Anyhow, is everyone in for the barbecue excursion next week with Allen Salkin? More »

3:49 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,385 views, 35 comments

bias

'Times' Sends McCain Rejection Letter, McCain Cries Like Little Girl

This is great. The McCain campaign is crying bias and went running to Drudge because the New York Times wouldn't print their stupid editorial. See, the Times printed an editoral by Barack Obama called "My Plan for Iraq." So McCain "wrote" an editorial about how Obama's plan for Iraq was to lose just like we lost Vietnam and John McCain's plan was to win the war. So the Times said, hey, why don't you try another draft of this where you articulate what "winning" means? The McCain campaign took this as a rejection and now they're all whining like the embittered nation of recession-imagining whiners they hate. More »

1:53 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Pareene
5,765 views, 121 comments

Latest by Meeg: "If we don't win the war our enemies do." This guy is such a fucking idiot! He's one of those crazy Vietnam vets who are like "oh if we had the government's full support and we went all in, we more »

media

Pinch Sulzberger's Moose Killed the 'Times'

New York Times publisher and genial buffoon Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger is not worried about how his newspaper's circulation sucks and the share price is at a historic low. You know why? Because Craig Newmark, the guy who invented Cragslist and destroyed the newspaper revenue stream, just got a Times subscription! So hey, no worries, Times staffers. If there's one thing Pinch has learned since he took over as publisher 16 years ago, it's to always mention the moose in the room. But not to bring an actual moose with him anymore. More »

12:12 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Pareene
1,050 views, 14 comments

Latest by smithhimself: The real moose in the room -- is Pinch. more »

this thing looks like that thing

Joel Stein: American Original

Oh hey, beloved humorist Joel Stein wrote a fantastic column for the Los Angeles Times newspaper called "How to Make Fun of Barack Obama." Wait, sorry, that's the wrong link. That link goes to a post we wrote on Wednesday. We meant to link to Joel Stein's hilarious and original column, "How to make fun of Obama." Do you need reassurance that all is right with the world? Here it is: his advice directly contradicts ours, repeatedly. Did you know that Barack Obama is really gay? More »

11:21 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Pareene
2,530 views, 28 comments

Latest by WasatchMan: Joel Stein is responsible for the upcoming death of TIME magazine: [www.foliomag.com] more »

advertising

Consumers Bored With This Whole 'Save The Earth' Thing

Well, it's been a year or two since the corporate world started its "green" advertising revolution, and it's worked. The problem is solved! The problem being the fickle consumer's desire to hear companies talk about how "green" they are. “After 18 months, levels of concern on any issue tend to drop off,” explains one marketing wizard. Now we can all sit back and feel good about what we've accomplished! The earth is still destined for environmental ruin, but at least we'll be subjected to less marketing bastardization like this: More »

9:42 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,690 views, 28 comments

Latest by Elkie: Please consider the environment before printing this blog post. more »

Times' Dark Knight Review "Mr. Ledger's death might have cast a paralyzing pall over the film if the performance were not so alive... He’s just a clown painted on black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece." [Times]

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books

Times Reporter: "I Was A Fat Thug Who Beat Up Women And Sold Bad Coke"

How does David Carr pull this off? The Times media critic writes in his forthcoming memoir of drug addiction that he kidnapped his children, smacked around his girlfriends and left two babies in a near-freezing car on the street for hours while he got high. This in addition to dealing drugs and fathering crack babies, which we already knew about. It's all in his book excerpt from next Sunday's Times Magazine. And yet, after reading the account, it's remarkably hard to detest the guy. More »

12:12 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Ryan Tate
6,299 views, 32 comments

Latest by n/a: As harrowing as the tale is, I for one appreciated his honesty in telling the story. That and he can actually write. Bravo David! more »

Condé Nast Succession Story In Sunday Times "The feeling at 4 Times Square is that [Si] Newhouse isn't retiring anytime soon... But those close to Newhouse have heard of a possible succession plan that involves the creation of a committee of several top Newhouse family members." [WWD]

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Freefall June ad sales at USA Today were 27% lower than a year earlier. That's a decline even steeper than reported by the Tribune Company papers and the New York Times.

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