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Monthly Archives: July 2011
All The News Of The World That Fits, We Print
After Tuesday’s foam-filled appearance by the House of Murdoch (in father-and-son matching outfits) before the British House of Commons, the New York Times filed a relatively restrained eight pieces in its Wednesday edition. Begin with the bad news front-page story: Murdochs … Continue reading
News Corp(se) Dodge o’ the Day®
It’s a tie! Winner #1: Bret Stephens in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal: News of the World vs. WikiLeaks Only one placed at risk ‘the lives of countless innocent individuals.’ How does this year’s phone hacking scandal at the now-defunct British tabloid … Continue reading
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Tagged Bret Stephens, Fox, Murdoch Empire, News of the World, Robert L. Pollock, The Simpsons, Wall Street Journal, WikiLeaks
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The Proper Pronunciation Of ‘The’ Before A Vowel Is Literally Disappearing
Thuh Boston Globe’s Christopher Muther got two full pages of Tuesday’s G section to rail against thuh non-literal use of “literally” in virtually every area of American society. But thee umbrage at thuh Global Worldwide Headquarters is aimed at a different linguistic transgression: The … Continue reading
All The News Of The World That’s Fit To Print (II)
A week ago the hardworking staff noted the New York Times’ glee in reporting on the News of the World/Rupert Rumpus currently embroiling the News Corp(se) empire – five pieces two days in a row. Make that a double. Today’s … Continue reading
Jason Gay And The Dignity Of Defeat
During the past couple of weeks, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has written a couple of terrific pieces about the losers of major sporting events. Exhibit A: A Loser’s Winning Moment Rafael Nadal’s Grace Helps Him Shine in the … Continue reading
NYT Flirts With Outing Marcus Bachmann
The rumors about anti-gay Michele Bachmann’s probably-gay husband Marcus just keep getting stronger. From The Daily Beast: Bachmann Rumor Grows Louder If you aren’t yet familiar with the growing whispers about Michele Bachmann’s campaign—the uncorroborated speculation that the candidate’s profoundly … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Beast, Gaydar Patrol, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, New York Times
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Call It The Times Weak In Review
The hardworking staff has held off lo these three weeks, but now it has to be said: We hate the new Sunday Review section of the New York Times. It’s a maddening hodgepodge of New Analysis, Opinion, Whatever, and Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Fogeytown, Looneyville, New York Times, Sunday review, Weak in Review
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NYT Columnist Joe Nocera’s Media Culpa
In his Saturday op-ed column, New York Times chinstroker Joe Nocera punched into the News Corp(se) beatdown: The Journal Becomes Fox-ified It’s official. The Wall Street Journal has been Fox-ified. It took Rupert Murdoch only three and a half years … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Murray, Joe Nocera, Les Hinton, media culpa, New York Times, News Corp(se), News of the World, Rupert Murdoch
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We’re Number Last! (II)
Splendid reader Ed Mason points out some new elements in the Great GQ Dress-Down of Boston, the magazine’s 40 Worst-Dressed Cities in America feature. (The hardworking staff’s earlier post here.) Today’s Boston Herald reports on the uproar created by this sentence in … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 Worst-Dressed Cities in America, Boston, Boston Herald, GQ, Style Down Syndrome
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