Tag Archives: New York Times

C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers (Libya Edition)

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is a longtime admirer of New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers, and his report in Sunday’s Times just reinforces that. Lede: MISURATA, Libya — Muftah Militan, a rebel with his wounded right arm in a sling and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged C.J. Chivers, Libya, Muammar el-Qaddifi, Muftah Militan, New York Times | 1 Comment

To Know Trump

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(. . . is to laugh) New York Times op-ed columnist is in a swell slapfight with short-sighted vulgarian and presidential wannabe Donald Trump (R-The World Is My Apprentice). The current rumpus started last week with “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, birth certificate, Birther of a Nation, Donald Trump, Gail Collins, Michele Bachmann, New York Times, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, short-sighted vulgarian | 2 Comments

NYT’s Clyde Haberman Goes -30-

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times metro columnist Clyde Haberman is gone like a cool breeze. His Friday swan song signaled the end of the NYC feature “after 16 years and something on the order of 1,500 columns.” Headline/lede: Before Going Dark, One … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged -30-, Abe Rosenthal, Clyde Haberman, New York Times, NYC | Leave a comment

Dear Baraka, Love Muammar

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

So daffy Muammar el-Qaddafi has written another letter to Barack Obama according to this Thursday New York Times report: TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya sent another strikingly personal letter to President Obama on Wednesday, urging him to stop NATO’s airstrikes but drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baraka Hussein Abu oumama, Libya, Mu'aumer Qaddaffi, Muammar el-Qaddafi, New York Times, pen pals, Tripoli | 2 Comments

Boston Globe, New York Times Kissin’ Cousins With Mitt Romney Campaign

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Coincidental Coverage desk: Remarkably similar pieces on Mitt Romney (R-We Don’t Need No Stinking Tie!) from Sunday’s Boston Globe and New York Times. Globe headline: Romney campaign shuns the limelight Times headline: Romney Explores a Run Without Saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, kissin' cousins, Mitt Romney, New York Times | 3 Comments

Keller Apt?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff continues to believe that New York Times executive editor Bill Keller’s column in the paper is a bad idea. Previous transgression: His column last month that included this unfortunate lede: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Keller, James O'Keefe, Julian Assange, New York Times, Power 150, Vanity Fair | 2 Comments

Joe Nocera Buffets Warren Buffett

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

In his virgin New York Times op-ed column, Joe Nocera de-haloes Berkshire Hathaway’s sainted Warren Buffett over his heir apparent David Sokol’s likely insider trading shenanigans, which have led to Sokol’s resignation. Nut graf: In a statement, Buffett laid out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Berkshire Hathaway, Dave Sokol, Joe Nocera, Lubrizol, New York Times, Warren Buffett | Leave a comment

Look At Me, I’m Sandra Lee

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The original: The revival, via New York magazine’s cover story about Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his First Girlfriend: The Ravenous and Resourceful Sandra Lee Determined to become a down-market Martha Stewart, she parlayed her miserable childhood into a Food Network … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Big Town, Food Network, New York magazine, New York Times, Sandra Dee, Sandra Lee | Leave a comment

FOIAed Again

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Old friend Dan Kennedy posted this several days ago on his essential Media Nation blog: In Wisconsin, a FOIA request too far As a journalist, my inclination is to support public-records laws that guarantee maximum disclosure. As an ordinary citizen, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dan Kennedy, FOIA, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Madison, Media Nation, New York Times, Thug U, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, William Cronon | 4 Comments

R.I.P. George Tooker

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From today’s New York Times obituary pages: George Tooker, Painter Capturing Modern Anxieties, Dies at 90 George Tooker, a painter whose haunting images of trapped clerical workers and forbidding government offices expressed a peculiarly 20th-century brand of anxiety and alienation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Childs Gallery, D C Moore Gallery, George Tooker, Marshall N. Price, National Academy Museum, New York Times, The Masked Ball, The Missus, The Subway | Leave a comment