Tag Archives: New York Times

Editors’ Note o’ The Day (Jay Maeder Edition)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times: EDITORS’ NOTE A City Room article on Monday about renewed criticism of the “Rough Boy” statue at Queens Borough Hall included descriptions of the historical background very similar to material the same author had published … Continue reading →

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RomneyFare®: Not So Good In NYT

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Front-page piece in Sunday’s New York Times about the jobs-based focus of once and future presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-Pretzel Logic), who undoubtedly wishes he’d been relegated to page A23. Nut graf: The message is well suited to Mr. Romney’s … Continue reading →

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MoDo Grabs The Big Chair At NYT

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Before Frank Rich’s laptop is even cold, New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd has slipped into the paper’s Week in Review Spotlight Column (see dead-tree edition for what they call in D.C. “the optics”): Governor Brown Redux: The Iceman … Continue reading →

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Southie-Based ‘Good People’ Gets Good/Bad Reviews

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I saw David Lindsay-Abaire’s new play “Good People” in previews last month and loved it. As did New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley: Don’t make the mistake of thinking you understand Margaret Walsh from the get-go, … Continue reading →

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NYT: America’s Assignment Desk (Bob Probert Edition)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Thursday New York Times page one report: Hockey Brawler Paid Price, With Brain Trauma TECUMSEH, Ontario — For 16 seasons, Bob Probert’s fists were two of hockey’s most notorious weapons, winning most of his 246 fights and feeding the N.H.L.’s … Continue reading →

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That’s Rich: Why The Times Columnist Bolted To New York Magazine

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

By one reading, New York Times columnist Frank Rich is just another pawn in the chess smackdown between the Times and New York magazine. Via MediaWeek: Since September, the New York Times Magazine has had New York magazine editor Adam … Continue reading →

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Doing Good Before Doing Well

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

In these parlous economic times, college graduates are turning toward public service jobs to tide them over until private sector jobs bounce back. From Wednesday’s New York Times: In 2009 alone, 16 percent more young college graduates worked for the … Continue reading →

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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (David Leonhardt Edition)

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times columnist David Leonhardt has weighed in on the public/private salary rumpus triggered by the Wisconsin union- busting campaign, and he delivers a customarily level-headed verdict: [A]cademic papers spanning more than 30 years have found that government workers receive … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Town (BRA Edition)

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Real estate development in Boston is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get . . . approved. (Although Boston Mayor-for-Life Tom Menino does. Just ask Don Chiafaro.) Regardless, there is some real estate activity underway … Continue reading →

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Salon: NYT’s “journalistic obedience”

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s New York Times featured a Page One piece about CIA operative Raymond Davis, who allegedly shot and killed two Pakistanis last month, thereby exacerbating the uneasy alliance between Pakistan and the U.S. Problem is, according to Salon.com, the Times sat … Continue reading →

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