Tag Archives: New York Times

My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet! (II)

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

More slop on the Faye Dunaway rent-control rumpus in Manhattan housing court: Actress Says She Can’t Be Evicted Because She Moved Out The day after court records revealed that Faye Dunaway would be joining the masses of New Yorkers braving housing court … Continue reading →

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My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

New York rent control politics are even more vicious than academic (because the stakes are so small) politics. In the Big Town, it’s only the apartments that are small. Latest case in point (via the New York Times): For Faye … Continue reading →

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NYT Obama R.I.P. Edition

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Monday’s New York Times pretty much serves as Barack Obama’s obituary. Editorial: To Escape Chaos, a Terrible Deal There is little to like about the tentative agreement between Congressional leaders and the White House except that it happened at all. … Continue reading →

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NYT Sunday Review Cartoonist Is Just Not Funny

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

If Brian McFadden isn’t the lamest guy since Gunsmoke’s Chester, he’ll do until someone else comes along. McFadden’s latest contribution to the New York Times Sunday Review section (click to enlarge): You’d need to go a long way to find … Continue reading →

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Politicians Taxing The English Language

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Chalk up another one for the forces of Englessh – the process whereby words take on an ever narrower meaning. Latest exhibit, from Frank Bruni’s Sunday New York Times column about Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform: Moments earlier, … Continue reading →

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All The News Of The World That Fits, We Print (NY Post Edition)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times continues to frolic in the News Corp(se) meltdown, staying on the story like Brown on Williamson. From Saturday’s edition: 2007 Letter Clearing a Tabloid Comes Under Scrutiny When the News of the World phone hacking rumpus … Continue reading →

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Who Was Epocrates?

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s New York Times featured a piece on a free smartphone app called Epocrates that lets doctors “look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient.” Ads included. But like so much else on the … Continue reading →

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The GOP’s “Non-Negotiable Terrorist Demand”

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, liberal chinstroker Mark Shields accused Congressional Republicans of issuing a “non-negotiable terrorist demand” in the debt-ceiling rumpus on Capitol Hill – namely, the requirement for passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution before the … Continue reading →

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Zev Chafets Writes Another NYT Rightwing Mash Note

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine features the latest big wet conservative kiss by Zev Chafets (to go along with his previous Rush Limbaugh and Jim Cramer NYT profiles). Now, say hello to Mr. Media Ambush James O’Keefe, who has pimped … Continue reading →

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That’s Just So Mean! (Hillary Clinton Edition)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times: Memo to New York Times: Really? Memo to Madame Secretary of State: Maybe time to visit the salon?

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