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Tag Archives: Washington Post
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)
From our annual That’s Just Sad desk As the hardworking staff wends its way through this veil – sorry, vale – of tears, we’ve felt obliged to keep track of the mangled phrases employed by our differently worded brethren, who go … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Alexandra Bruell, Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., Athens Democracy Forum, Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Joe Kahn, Maureen Dowd, Meredith Kopit Levien, Michael Calderone, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Op-It Girl, Paul Farhi, Politico Morning Media, Richard Deitsch, Scott Heller, Times Journeys, Wall Street Journal, Walter Shapiro, Washington Post, Wesley Lowery
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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
Strange Adfellows for Net Neutrality: AT&T and . . . Burger King?
As the rumpus over the fate of net neutrality continues, it’s not just 21 states and the District of Columbia pushing back against the FCC decision to neuter neutrality. It’s also advertisers. Exhibit AT&T: This full-page ad that’s been running … Continue reading
New York Times Keeps Pimping Out Its Staffers to Subscribers
As the hardworking staff has previously noted, the New York Times routinely deploys its journalists to accompany (and schmooze with) civilians on Times Journeys to the four corners of the earth – an enterprise that is rife with potential conflicts … Continue reading
Jemele Hill=John Garfield in ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’
As you splendid readers undoubtedly know, ESPN lightning rod Jemele Hill has been handed a two-week suspension by the cable sports network for, yes, reckless tweeting. Via CNN Money: ESPN suspends Jemele Hill over NFL tweets ESPN has suspended host … Continue reading
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NYT Still Can’t Find 50 People for Its $135K Worldwind Tour
As the hardworking staff noted several months ago, the New York Times Journeys travel agency has faced an uphill battle selling out its Around the World by Private Jet: Cultures in Transformation. Full-page from yesterday’s Times. The 26-day, $135,000 … Continue reading
Seats Still Available for NYT’s Worldwind Global Journey!
In journalism nowadays, there’s sell out, and then there’s sold out. The New York Times’s Around the World by Private Jet: Cultures in Transformation might be the former, but it’s apparently not the latter. Here’s how the Times Journeys site describes … Continue reading
The Grey Lady Opens the Kimono All the Way
As the hard tracking staff at Sneak Adtack has dutifully noted, the New York Times is increasingly blurring the line between advertising and editorial. Especially prevalent are the Russian nesting ads the Times has developed – advertising in the print … Continue reading
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (@elondumptrump Edition)
From our never-ending All Those Dollars and No Sense series Elon Musk, celebrated electric carhop and fledgling space cadet, generally gets positive press – except for yesterday, when this full-page ad appeared in four daily newspapers. Close-up for the … Continue reading
