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Tag Archives: New York Times
Private Oy: Facebook And The Super Snoopers (Part One)
An online privacy trifecta from the hardworking staff at Sneak ADtack!: • USA Today report (with helpful graphic): Facebook tracking is under scrutiny In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users’ … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Rethink Scott Brown Edition)
In his short but checkered career on Capitol Hill, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Wall Street) has Hoovered money from the financial services industry at a very impressive rate, according to the New York Times: Helpful chart: Nut graf: Mr. Brown, … Continue reading
Is A College Degree Worth The Money? (Part 2)
A couple of weeks ago the hardworking staff did a compare-and-contrast of dueling op-eds in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times about the value of a college education. New grist for the mill from the Weekend Wall Street … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Bialik, college degree, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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Gail Collins Kicks Seamus To The Curb
Interesting that the day after the hardworking staff treated Seamus Sweepstakes™ winner Michael Pahre to a lavish lunch as his grand prize, New York Times columnist Gail Collins actually wrote a piece that mentioned Mitt Romney but not his cartop … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Michael Pahre, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Tina Brown Tantrum Edition)
(Note: The hardworking staff started writing this post last night, but then Verizon crashed its Internet service and it’s still not working but we’re elsewhere now, so . . . ) Things are getting downright beastly at NewsBeast, the shotgun … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, NewsBeast, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Wall Street Journal
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De-Occupy Wall Street
From the New York Times: Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Protesters Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be … Continue reading
This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage (II)
Enough with the “familiar” references to U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren’s life story! Two months ago (as the hardworking staff duly noted) it was a Boston Globe report that included this: In an hourlong interview, [Warren] spoke often of the now-familiar story … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Scott Brown, Wall Street Journal
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The Bain Of Mitt Romney’s Existence
Just as with Ted Kennedy in 1994 and the Boston Globe in 2002, Mitt Romney’s vulture capitalist record has come back to haunt him, this time in Sunday’s New York Times. After a Romney Deal, Profits and Then Layoffs By … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, 2002, Bain, Boston Globe, Dade International, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Ted Kennedy, vulture capitalist
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Let The Seamus Sweepstakes™ Begin Again (Again)!
Just when the hardworking staff was thinking Seamus might be in the doghouse with New York Times columnist Gail Collins, he shows up in two consecutive columns, Thursday’s and today’s: The antipathy toward Mitt Romney is the most fascinating part … Continue reading
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Tagged @dbernstein, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes The Sequel™
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NYT Misleads Readers About Cain Accuser
Actually, it isn’t really fair to single out the New York Times, but this characterization of Herman Cain sexual harassment accuser Karen Kraushaar is emblematic of the news media at large: Mr. Cain has said he does not know [Sharon … Continue reading
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