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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (Horse’s Mouth Edition)
From our That’s Just Sad desk From time to time the hardclipping staff chronicles the mangled phrases issued by the differently clichéd among us and, man, they just keep piling up. Here’s our latest collection, in reverse chronological order. (Boldface … Continue reading
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NYT Editing Slashback: ‘Richard Simmons Is President’ Edition
From our Get Me Rewrite! desk As New York Times public editor Liz Spayd noted last month, the paper’s “editing architecture”has traditionally employed multiple layers of editors, with most stories blue-penciled by three editors, “with up to six or more if … Continue reading
Nike Just Trumps It in Star-Studded ‘Equality’ Campaign
Unlike many other marketers, Nike has a long history of addressing social issues, often in its own interests, but sometimes for the right reasons. Now comes this four-page spread in Sunday’s New York Times sports section. First page: Followed by this: … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Donald J. Trump, Equality, immigration orders, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, New York Times, Nike, refugees, Serena Williams, Starbucks
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Really? We’re Now Deconstructing Donald Trump’s Neckties?
The hardworking staff couldn’t help but notice that two major newspapers yesterday addressed the eccentric neckwear practices of the President of the United States. Exhibit A: Beth Teitell’s piece in the Boston Globe. Trump’s ties? Now that’s a long story. President’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Teitell, Boston Globe, Donald J. Trump, neckwear, New York Times, Richard Thompson Ford
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Heads Up! NYT’s Jim Rutenberg Footnotes Today’s Column
Well this is new. New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg has a couple of term-paper-style footnotes in his piece today. Check out the middle and righthand columns. And here are the footnotes themselves, at the end of … Continue reading
One America, Two Different Worlds (Jonathan Chait Edition)
First in what promises to be a long-running series It’s news to no one that liberals and conservatives in this great land of ours live in parallel universes. But with the ascension of Hair Apparent Donald J. Trump to the nation’s highest … Continue reading
Donald J. Quixote Is America’s First Potemkin President
The new White House administration is pretty much Donald Trump and Kellyanne Panza (tip o’ the pixel to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni). From Russell Berman’s piece in The Atlantic: A President Without an Administration The Trump transition is behind … Continue reading
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