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NYT Uses Its Journalists Offline, Then Abuses Them Online
As the hardworking staff noted yesterday, the New York Times is increasingly turning its journalists into arm candy for revenue-enhancing commercial ventures, from Times Journey duty to high-powered busine$$ forums. Meanwhile, the Times has stripped its homepage of their bylines. … Continue reading
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Is the New York Times Pimping Out Its Major Journalists?
As our kissin’ cousins at Sneak Adtack noted the other day, the New York Times has been using its journalists as arm candy at a rapidly accelerating pace. The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi pointed out last year that Times Journeys excursions … Continue reading
NYT Editing Slashback: ‘William Jennings Bryant’ Edition
From our Get Me Rewrite! desk As New York Times public editor Liz Spayd noted earlier this 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 … Continue reading
New York Times Editing Slashback: You Reap What You ‘Sew’
As CNN’s Brian Stelter noted yesterday, “fascinating public editor column by Liz Spayd, all about the NYT editing processes.” Readying The Times for Editing 3.0 THE NEW YORK TIMES has a reputation for impeccable editing. Not just because it can … Continue reading
NYT Op-It Girl Becomes Maureen Dawdle
Six months ago New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd got a new gig at the Grey Lady. Via Politico’s Dylan Byers: Maureen Dowd joins N.Y. Times Magazine New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is joining the New York Times … Continue reading
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Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists
Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading
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MoDo A No-Show For Bulger Trial Finale
Where’s MoDo? New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd came slumming a couple of times during the James “Whitey” Bulger hoedown and contributed, well, not much to the trial coverage. Representative sample: In return for being that most loathed thing … Continue reading
MoDo Still Slumming At Whitey Bulger Trial
As the hardworking staff previously noted, New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd has been hanging out at the James “Whitey” Bulger trial and dispensing her trademark PoMoDo reactions to the proceedings. Wednesday’s installment: Gangsta Guilt Trip BOSTON — Even the … Continue reading
NYT’s Maureen Dowd Still Slumming At Whitey Bulger Trial
New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd has parachuted into town a couple of times to cover the James “Whitey” Bulger trial. Dowd kicked off her coverage last month with a column headlined Of Rats and Hit Men, which detailed … Continue reading
Maureen Dowd: Pleasure Is Her Business
Today’s New York Times features Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd’s latest installment in her Vatican jihad over sex, contraception, and etc. Is Pleasure a Sin? It’s hard to say what is weirder: A Sister of Mercy writing about the Kama Sutra, … Continue reading