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Tag Archives: New York Times
Bogus Headline o’ the Week (NYT MIT Edition)
From Wednesday’s New York Times: Wait – shouldn’t that headline be: M.I.T. Clears Itself In Report After Suicide Of Activist Not to get technical about it. (Tip o’ the pixel to The Missus.)
Correction o’ the Day (NYT North Korea Rescue Edition)
Tuesday’s New York Times featured this piece by Jane Perlez: Six Decades Later, a Second Rescue Attempt Ex-Navy Pilot Visits North Korea to Seek Colleague’s Remains BEIJING — As more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers swarmed over far fewer American Marines … Continue reading
Please, MLB: Ban A-Roid For Life
New York Yankees cancer Alex Rodriguez is engaged in another slapfight with the ballclub over his return to the mothership, detailed in this New York Times piece: Rodriguez and Yankees Clash Again Over His Status ARLINGTON, Tex. — No one … Continue reading
Emile Griffith, R.I.P.
Legendary boxer Emile Griffith (85 victories, 24 losses, 2 draws, multiple championships) died this week at the age of 75. The cause was kidney failure and complications of dementia according to this New York Times Page One obituary (headline from print … Continue reading
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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
Embattled Detroit Gives The Birdy To America
Detroit is under siege. Bankruptcy! Ruin porn! Motorpocalypse! Yikes! But here’s a ray of hope, via a full-page ad in Tuesday’s New York Times. Body copy: Apparently they do know shit from Shinola in Detroit.
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Tagged bankruptcy, Detroit, Motorpocalypse, New York Times, ruin porn, Shinola, shit from Shinola, The Birdy
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Times-Industrial Complex Provides Lyft To ‘Ride-Sharing Upstarts’
Interestingly, two New York Times Co. media properties featured positive stories on taxicab alternatives yesterday. From Monday’s Boston Globe: A post-taxi population opts for ride-sharing As the cab industry seethes, tech-savvy drivers and passengers are embracing a burgeoning ride-sharing business … 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
Everything You Need To Know About Contemporary Politics
Today’s political process rewards two things – preemption and money. Exhibit Umpteen of both, from Thursday’s New York Times: In TV Ad, Cuomo Vows to Clean Up Corruption More than a year before he is to appear on the ballot … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Boston Symphony Orchestra Edition)
When the New York Times hits a sour note, it does its best to make amends. From Saturday’s Corrections: THE ARTS A music review on Monday about the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at Tanglewood, misidentified the instrument in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto that was … Continue reading
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