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Tag Archives: New York Times
Emma Bovary Smackdown!
Ruth Franklin in The New Republic: Why Is Emma Bovary So Maligned and Misunderstood? Emma Bovary is one of the most abused heroines of the modern novel. It’s not enough for her to lose her mind in love for an unworthy … Continue reading
Ginni Thomas Gins Up Publicity
There are only two plausible explanations for the bizarre, out-of-the-blue phone call Mrs. Justice Clarence Thomas placed to Ms. Call-for-Justice Anita Hill this past Columbus Day weekend. [Text of voicemail, via the New York Times: “Good morning Anita Hill, it’s Ginni … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, Liberty Central, New York Times, The Grio, Virginia Thomas
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WSJ Punks NYT. Again.
[Chapter Umpteenth in the ongoing Wall Street Journal/New York Times Slapfight:] Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece in the Marketplace section: Chevron Ad Campaign Answers Critics Head-On As Big Oil struggles to repair its image in the wake of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chevron, Juvenal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Juvenal, WSJspeak
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Is This The Book You Thought C.J. Chivers Would Write?
When New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers went missing from the paper some months ago, the logical assumption was that he’d taken time off to write a book about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, both of which he has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, AK-47, C.J. Chivers, Iraq, New York Times, The Gun, Wall Street Journal
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Joe Nocera Pwns Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich, along with his clenched-teeth wife Tonya (see here), might be what passes for a celebrity in Boston, but Joe Nocera was having none of it in his Saturday New York Times column, headlined “Capturing The Facebook Obsession.” Lede: … Continue reading
Dems Gone Joe McCarthy?
Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik has taken the Democratic National Committee to task over its ad attacking the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for – possibly – “taking money from foreign interests and using it to ‘steal our democracy.’” The … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Sun, Chamber of Commerce, China-bashing, David Zurawik, DNC, Joe McCarthy, New York Times
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Ads ‘n’ Ends
(From our iPad desk, so links to come later) – If the hardworking staff sees one more Boston Globe Metro column headline like “A love that would not die,” we’re canceling our dead-tree Globe subscription – Paladino Patrol, New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Buick, Carl Paladino, New York Times, Oldsmobile, Rite Aid
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