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Tag Archives: New York Times
Boston’s Retail History: Bonwit Teller Part Two
In response to our post, Local Dailies Disappear Bonwit Teller from Boston’s Retail History, splendid commenter Rick in Duxbury sent this to the hardreading staff: If memory serves, the thing that really killed Bonwit’s was the boneheaded real estate department employee … Continue reading
Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (GNC Jack3d Edition)
From Sunday’s New York Times Business section: Is the Seller to Blame? Workout Supplement Challenged After Death of Soldier EVERY morning as she gets dressed for her accounting job, Leanne Sparling hangs her son’s military dog tags and a photograph of him … Continue reading
C.J. Chivers: Rhymes With Shivers (‘Death Highway’ Edition)
From our Late to the (Syrian Rebel) Party desk New York Times war correspondent C.J. Chivers produces boots-on-the-ground reporting as well as any journalist of his generation, and his Friday piece is no exception. In Syrian Clash Over ‘Death Highway,’ a Bitterly … Continue reading
Free The Bobby Allyn One! Hardwrecking Staff Unfair To NYT Reporter!
Yesterday the hardworking staff unfairly piled on New York Times freelancer Bobby Allyn, who was the object of one of the paper’s corrections. (Sorry no link – we’re iPadlocked.) In doing so, we violated rule number one of journalism mishaps: … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (NYT Doozie Edition)
From Friday’s New York Times Corrections: NATIONAL An article on Feb. 19 about the debate over a $2.6 billion effort to build two bridges linking Kentucky and southern Indiana contained a number of errors. That number being seven – count ’em, seven – … Continue reading
NYT’s Revisionist History Re: IHT
Smart Sam Roberts piece in Thursday’s New York Times about the pending demise of the International Herald Tribune brand. Fondly Recalling a ‘Writer’s Paper’ as a Name Goes Away Ghostly vestiges of the gothic Herald Tribune logo still survive on … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathless, Dick Schaap, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, I.H.T., International Herald Tribune, International New York Times, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jimmy Breslin, New York Times, Pete Hamill, Red Smith, Sam Roberts, takeover, Tom Wolfe, Washington Post
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Correction o’ the Day (NYT Horse Meat Edition)
From Tuesday’s New York Times Corrections: BUSINESS DAY • A question-and-answer article on Tuesday about horse meat and the American food supply misstated, in some editions, the number of pounds of meatballs Ikea was withdrawing from sale in 14 European countries. It is … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Stephen Lynch Victory Dance Edition)
From Friday’s New York Times Corrections: An article on Thursday about a primary election in Massachusetts for the Senate seat relinquished by John Kerry misstated the timing of a decision by Representative Stephen F. Lynch, one of the Democratic contenders, to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, corrections, New York Times, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lynch
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NBC = Not Being Competitive
The Peacock Network has plummeted to new depths in the latest ratings period. From the New York Times: In Turnabout, NBC Prime Time Lands in the Cellar With every passing week, the sudden blossoming of prime-time success that NBC experienced last fall … Continue reading
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Tagged NBC, New York Times, Not Being Competitive, Now Beaten Corporation, Univision
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Correction o’ the Day (Maru The YouTube Cat Edition)
From Friday’s New York Times: BUSINESS DAY The Advertising column on Tuesday, about online video commercials that promote the Litter Genie litter-box system, misstated the name of a cat that is the star of many YouTube videos. It is Maru, not Mamu. … Continue reading
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Tagged Litter Genie, Mamu, Maru, New York Times, YouTube cat
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