The Numbers Behind TimesSelect, Dissappointing Any Which Way
August 14th, 2007 1:04 PM
As NewsBusters reported earlier (here and here), the New York Times is likely to soon abandon its TimesSelect pay-subscription online service. That's hardly a surprise when you look at the numbers writes Brett Arends: The New York Times Web site is extremely popular. According to figures tracked by Nielsen/NetRatings, nytimes.com attracted about 12.5 million readers worldwide in June, the month…
NYT: 'Dogged by Detractors,' General Petraeus Has 'Flagging Spirits
August 14th, 2007 6:57 AM
In a report that is supposed to be about General David Petraeus and his efforts to pacify Iraq by commanding the forces in president Bush's Iraq surge, The New York Times speculates instead about his state of mind and generally tries to tear him down. Times writer John Burns seems to be putting in a bid for his own late night psychic TV show by being able to read the General's mind and divining…
Dispatch from the Briar Patch: NYT Demands Dems Investigate Rove
August 14th, 2007 6:41 AM
When it comes to investigating Dems, the MSM is all Moveon.org. But when a Republican is potentially in the crosshairs, the liberal media suddenly goes Eliot Ness . . . Take the New York Times editorial of this morning, Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town, which amounts to an extended plea to Democrats to investigate Karl Rove on matters sundry. Huffs the Times:
Gail Collins of the Times Finds Iowans Ineffably Droll
August 11th, 2007 5:20 PM
Actual op-ed column, or parody of MSM mockery of Middle America? You be the judge of today's p.p.v. opus by Gail Collins, New York Times columnist turned Editorial Page Editor now returned to her column-writing roots. We'll begin with the title, Republicans in the Straw, and proceed to these excerpts:Today 40,000 Republicans are expected to make a pilgrimage to a large tent in Ames, Iowa, where…
NYT's Linda Greenhouse Bans Cameras from Public Appearance
August 10th, 2007 1:00 PM
Notoriously left-wing New York Times court reporter Linda Greenhouse, famous for her 2006 rant against Republicans, "religious fundamentalism," and illegal immigration opponents has apparently learned from her mistake.No, she hasn't decided that someone with such fervently liberal positions needs a conservative counterpart on the beat. Instead, she decided that television cameras need to be…
Jerome Who? 'Crashing the Gates' Co-Author Getting an Old Media Pass o
August 9th, 2007 9:00 AM
Imagine if a leading light of the right side of the blogosphere had the SEC come down on him like it just did on Jerome "Pump and Dump" Armstrong of MyDD and "Crashing the Gates" co-authorship fame (excerpt is from SEC announcement; HT Drudge, whose story refers to a New York Times blog story that is now behind the TimeSelect firewall): August 7, 2007 On July 26, 2007, the Honorable John D.…
'Today': NY Times Goes to Bat for Bonds
August 8th, 2007 8:04 AM
When New-York based "Today" went looking for a local sports reporter to defend Barry Bonds the morning after he set the career home run record, it didn't turn to the New York Post, whose headline this morning reads JUNK BONDS: ‘SULTAN OF SYRINGE'. Nor was it likely that the designated hitter would be someone from the Daily News, whose back page screams "King of Shame." Instead, "Today" looked…