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Why Rafael Nadal Is the Most Admirable Person in All of Sports
The hardrooting staff has written often about Rafael Nadal, one of our all-time favorite athletes along with New York Yankees icon Mickey Mantle (our youthful crush) and Mantle’s New York Rangers doppelgänger Rod Gilbert. But Rafa is even more special. … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Australian Open, Big Three, Christopher Clarey, Daniil Medvedev, ESPN, John McEnroe, Liz Clarke, Matteo Berritini, Mickey Mantle, New York Rangers, New York Times, New York Yankees, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Rod Gilbert, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Washington Post
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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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Tagged ABC News, Adam Rippon, Axios, Axios AM, Cheeto-in-Chief, Chris Christie, David Smith, Donald Trump, Emily Sullivan, Fox News, Jonathan Swan, Joshua Partlow, Kim Jong Un, Laura Ingraham, LeBron James, Maggie Haberman, Mike Allen, Moon Jae-in, Morning Mediawire, New York magazine, Nick Corasaniti, NPR, Olivia Nuzzi, Panmunjom, Politico Nerdcast, Politico Playbook, Powerhouse Politics, Poynter, roboblonde, Scott Moir, shut up and dribble, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Singapore, Tessa Virtue, Washington Post
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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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Tagged Bleacher Report, CNN Money, corn was off the cob, Dallas Cowboys, Disney Co., disrespect the flag, Donald Trump, Eric Wemple, ESPN, Frank Pallotta, Jemele Hill, Jerry Jones, John Garfield, NFL, Robert Iger, Sarah Sanders, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Washington Post, white supremacist
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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
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Ave Atque Vale, The (Late, Lamented) Weekly Standard
The hardworking staff has long been a fan (we were a charter subscriber in the mid-90s) – and also a critic – of The Weekly Standard, which officially folded on Friday. For over two decades we’ve found the magazine’s political … Continue reading →