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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
WSJ Beats Boston Dailies on Bulger Wrongful Death Suit
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured this Zusha Elinson piece about the latest verse in The Ballad of Whitey Bulger. Bulger Was Wary Of Prison Transfer Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger seemed to have good news when he called his attorney … Continue reading
Ayanna Pressley’s Campaign Makes It in New York, New York
The New York Times took a beating two months ago for whiffing on the defenestration of 10-term incumbent (and potential future House Speaker) Rep. Joe Crowley by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York’s 14th Congressional district. Apparently, the Grey Lady has resolved … Continue reading
NYT Uses Its Journalists Offline, Then Abuses Them Online
As the hardworking staff noted yesterday, the New York Times is increasingly turning its journalists into arm candy for revenue-enhancing commercial ventures, from Times Journey duty to high-powered busine$$ forums. Meanwhile, the Times has stripped its homepage of their bylines. … Continue reading
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Is the New York Times Pimping Out Its Major Journalists?
As our kissin’ cousins at Sneak Adtack noted the other day, the New York Times has been using its journalists as arm candy at a rapidly accelerating pace. The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi pointed out last year that Times Journeys excursions … Continue reading
New York Times Gives Boston’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ Big Thumbs Up
Turns out it’s not just the Wall Street Journal’s Terry Teachout who’s smitten with Boston theater productions. New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley likes them too. Songs to Sin By in a Smashing ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Its pieces zoom through … Continue reading
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The Arts Seen in NYC (#StraightWhiteMen Preview Edition)
Well the Missus trundled me down to the Big Town for my birthday last weekend and, say, it was swell. (It also marked the start of a year’s worth of my saying, à la Raymond Chandler, that I’m pushing 70 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Anna D. Shapiro, Annette Arm, Armie Hammer, Bill Cunningham, Chaim Soutine, Château de Versailles, Clara Driscoll, Color, Conflict, Constantin Brancusi Sculpture, Cooper Hewitt, David Copperfield, Diego Rivera, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fashion Unraveled, FIT, Flesh, Fondation Giacometti, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, Harry Houdini, Heavenly Bodies:Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, James Gardner, Josh Charles, Like Life: Sculpture Color and the Body (1300-Now), Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louis XIV, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miles Malleson, Mint Theater Company, MOMA, Morgan Library, Museum of the City of New York, New-York Historical Society, Paul Schneider, Public Parks Private Gardens: Paris to Provence, pushing 70 hard enough to break a wrist, Raymond Chandler, Scofield Thayer Collection, Second Stage Theater, Stephen Payne, Straight White Men, Summer of Magic: Treasures from the David Copperfield Collection, Terry Teachout, The Jewish Museum, The Magic of Handwriting: The Pedro Corrêa do Lago Collection, The Met Breuer, The Met Cloisters, The Weekly Standard, Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs, Visitors to Versailles, Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes, Wall Street Journal, Wearing Memories, Young Jean Lee
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WSJ Gives Page One Shoutout to Boston’s ‘Discount Diplomat’
The hardworking staff has noted on numerous occasions the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed, home of those quirky features that have adorned the paper’s front page since 1943. This weekend’s Journal brings us Andrew Beaton’s international story with a decidedly local flavor. … Continue reading
Our Media Culpa to WSJ Columnist Jason Gay Re: Rafael Nadal
A week or so ago, the hardworking staff had some stern words for the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay over his latest cover story for WSJ. Magazine. The hardworking staff yields to no man in our respect and admiration for … Continue reading
Some Serious Editorial Mishegas at the Wall Street Journal
WTF, WSJ? First, there’s Kali Hays’s piece in yesterday’s WWD (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus). WSJ Reorganization Continues as Editors Reapply for Positions The Wall Street Journal has been slowing moving forward with its restructuring. The Wall Street Journal is … Continue reading
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Tagged desk editors, Gerard Baker, Kali Hays, Lloyd Grove, Maxwell Tani, News Corp, The Daily Beast, The Missus, Wall Street Journal, WSJ 2020, WWD
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WSJ = Worst Sports Judgment Ever in WSJ. Magazine Cover
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our respect and admiration for Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay, but his cover story in today’s WSJ. Magazine is a flatout bad joke. First, there’s the cover itself. Reclaims his throne? … Continue reading
