Tag Archives: New York Times

NYTimes skirts — or crosses — boundary of staging a story

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

News organizations frequently “humanize” the news to draw readers, listeners and viewers.  They tell the story of one person to serve as a microcosm of a bigger issue, giving a “face” to an abstract idea. At other times, news media … Continue reading →

Posted in new york times, news media, Occupy Wall Street, staged news | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The words used in news can report — or distort

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Participants declared themselves the part of the “99 Percent,” to highlight their claim that that 1 percent of Americans control much of the country’s wealth. — The New York Times This seemingly innocuous sentence appears as a bit of background … Continue reading →

Posted in media coverage, new york times, Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, subtle bias in news, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

A case of double vision at The New York Times

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Perhaps all the top editors were partying in the Hamptons, too. It is the end of August. Whatever the reason, someone at The New York Times seems to have forgotten to read all the Sunday paper’s section fronts before rolling … Continue reading →

Posted in journalism, media coverage, new york times, news media, newspapers | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Why traditional news reports are fast becoming irrelevant

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

By recounting vanilla “facts” in a contextual vacuum, American news reports too often distort political debate and mislead the public. It is a point columnist Paul Krugman made eloquently Friday in a column titled “The Centrist Cop-Out.” “The cult of … Continue reading →

Posted in debt ceiling, debt default, deficit, fair and balanced, new york times, news media, newspapers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

A champion of the dispossessed leaves a hole at The Times

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

First Frank Rich left The New Times for a new gig at New York magazine.  I consider him the master of casting light on cultural interconnections, at giving new perspectives on the place of politics in the weird melange called … Continue reading →

Posted in journalism, news media, newspapers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

With less noise around, news has more meaning

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

After three weeks without television news, with limited Internet access, with our daily dose of information neatly packaged in the spare and succinct International Herald Tribune, read leisurely at a French sidewalk cafe, I find it jarring to return to the noise … Continue reading →

Posted in media coverage, news and speed | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

As Times public editor steps down, journalism loses an important voice

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

Without fanfare, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt published a final column in today’s Sunday Week In Review, ending a three-year contractual agreement. He promised that The Times will soon name a successor. But even so, his departure is … Continue reading →

Posted in media coverage | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Barbara Boxer's hair: The news media thump another vapid story

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina are tough women at opposite ends of the political spectrum, just engaging in  what promises to be a spirited campaign for the U.S. Senate in California. Boxer,  a liberal Democrat, is seeking a fourth term … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, media coverage | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Do we live in a growing culture of lies?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

“This is why I still love newspapers,” Kathy told me across our morning coffee. ‘This” referred to the serendipity of finding two curious stories of aggressive mendacity simply by scanning the front pages of our two morning newspapers. The first, … Continue reading →

Posted in lifestyle, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Do readers belong at The Times news meetings?

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

Peek into any print newsroom in America and you’ll hear reporters saying sometimes mocking or jaded things around the water fountain that they would never dream of uttering in public, on air or in print. The journalists I worked with … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, media coverage, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments