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Correction o’ the Day (Porky Pig Edition)
From yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Review section. The news analysis (by Sabrina Tavernise) in question: Why Russians Hate America. Again. MOSCOW — ON a warm August evening, I found myself sitting with three educated young Russians at the Beverly … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills Diner, Marilyn Monroe, Moscow, New York Times, Porky Pig, Sabrina Tavernise, Sunday review
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NYT: Bostonians Don’t Care How They Look
From our Late to the Spending Party desk The hardworking staff has been occupied with one thing and another lately, so we missed this piece in the New York Times Sunday Review section. What People Buy Where CONSPICUOUS consumption is everywhere, … Continue reading
Where in The Times Is Brian McFadden?
Granted, the hardworking staff has run cold and hot with New York Times cartoonist Brian McFadden. But we were dismayed to see not McFadden’s work, but this cartoon by Michael Kupperman and David Rees in yesterday’s Sunday Review. There’s no “Brian McFadden is … Continue reading
In Which The Hardworking Staff Revises Its Opinion Of Brian McFadden
Last August the hardworking staff posted this: NYT Sunday Review Cartoonist Is Just Not Funny Posted on August 1, 2011 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged bigfatwhale.com, Brian McFadden, New York Times, Sunday review
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NYT NYM Wars
Spurred on by the New York Times, the Sneak ADtackniks have been on the nym wars lately like Brown on Williamson (see here and here). Now come the Times Sunday Review review of the topic: Sunday Dialogue: Anonymity and Incivility on the Internet Readers debate the benefits and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Wolf, New York Times, nym wars, Sneak ADtack, Sneak ADtackniks, Sunday Dialogue, Sunday review
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NYT Sunday Review Cartoonist Is Just Not Funny
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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Tagged Brian McFadden, Chester, Gunsmoke, New York Times, Sunday review
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Call It The Times Weak In Review
The hardworking staff has held off lo these three weeks, but now it has to be said: We hate the new Sunday Review section of the New York Times. It’s a maddening hodgepodge of New Analysis, Opinion, Whatever, and Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Fogeytown, Looneyville, New York Times, Sunday review, Weak in Review
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NYT ‘Sunday Review’ Reviews
The hardworking staff weighed in early on the New York Times revamp of its Week in Review section (Memo To NYT Sunday Review: You A Mess, Honey), but of course others are having their say as well. From Politico‘s Keach … Continue reading
Memo To NYT Sunday Review: You A Mess, Honey
Last Sunday New York Times executive whatever Bill Keller penned a preview of the paper’s Week in Review reincarnation as Sunday Review: This latest change is about proportion and display. The Sunday Review will devote somewhat greater space to columnists … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Keller, executive whatever, New York Times, Sunday review, Week in Review
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