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Obama's '57 States' Gaffe Finally Makes the Times News Pages

A day after Times Watch noted its omission, Obama's "57 states" flub finally appears in a Times news story: "And Democrats have made plenty of gaffes in the past, including President Obama, who ...

Reporter Condemns 'Dragon' Germany Proposing a Path of 'Austerity and Suffering' for Poor Greece

"...Germany has floated above the fray. While its economy has hummed along nicely, its leaders have steadfastly insisted that the path to redemption for the debtors lies in austerity and ...

Times Again Finds 'Far Right Wing' of GOP; Yet to Locate Dems' 'Far Left Wing'

There they go again. Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."

Top Editor Abramson Promises To Get to 'Heart' of Occupy Issues Like 'Income Inequality'

Executive Editor Jill Abramson promised the Times was "proceeding on multiple fronts with stories that get at the heart of the issues that OWS brings up - income inequality, the lingering effects ...

Sunday Review: Reagan 'the Archangel of American Spiritualized Greed'

The Sunday Review, more left-wing every week. Contributor Harold Bloom: "Our Great Emancipator of Selfishness, President Ronald Reagan...appropriated anyway as the archangel of American ...

NYT's Occupy Wall Street Reporter-Supporter Proudly Throws Objectivity Overboard

She said it, we didn't: "I agree with every pundit who argues that I have no place in the mainstream media." - Natasha Lennard, NYT freelancer and Occupy Wall Street tactical advisor.

Obama's Supposedly 'Famous' '57 States' Gaffe Went Virtually Unmentioned in the Times

Michael Shear said: "President Obama had that famous thing where he once said I think there were 57 states." But the Times barely mentioned Obama's "famous" flub. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Perry's ...

Keller Sees Path to Victory for Mitt 'Let Them Eat Cake' Romney, the 'Sane' Republican

In his latest column, former executive editor Bill Keller picks out the "sane" GOP candidate, Mitt "Let them eat cake" Romney, and predicts "Newt Gingrich will pass like a tantrum."

John Harwood Tells the Tale of Perry's 'Oops' Moment, and Keeping Perry on Spot

A producer prodded the CNBC debate hosts to keep Perry on the spot: "Since our tasks as moderators included keeping the conversation moving, Maria began asking a new question. But our senior ...

Reporter Looks Fondly on Post-War Austerity Compared to 'Newest Altars to Consumption and Greed.'

Alan Cowell: "As the riots in London and elsewhere in August seemed to show, the profound gulf between haves and have-nots has been magnified by the inequalities and envies of a society that has ...
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