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Times Watch Quotes of Note: Radical Chic

The Times relaunches its Sunday magazine with a hagiographic profile of terrorist helper Lori Berenson in Peru. Plus Paul Krugman's persecution fantasies of Wisconsin, and why we won't miss ...

Radical Chic: Times Relaunches Mag With Hagiography of Terrorist Helper Lori Berenson

Plus: Paul Krugman's persecution fantasies of Wisconsin, and why we won't miss retiring columnist Frank Rich. And "Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of collective bargaining rights?"

Liberal Frank Rich Finally 'Gets Sick of His Own Voice,' Quits NYT

In his farewell column, Frank Rich admitted the job can push you to have stronger opinions than you actually have, or contrived opinions about subjects you may not care deeply about, or to run ...

Jay Carney, 'Non-Partisan' Reporter Turned Obama WH Press Secretary? Not Really

Jeremy Peters praises Jay Carney, new White House press secretary and former Time magazine reporter: "Jay Carney has never been much of a partisan. His former colleagues at Time never knew which ...

After Lawsuit, Times Finally Corrects Record on Brandon Darby, But False Text Remains

FBI informant Brandon Darby filed suit against the Times last week after the paper falsely accused him of having encouraged a firebombing of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul. ...

Fighting Spending Cuts in Ohio, NYT Focuses on Union Jobs, Not $8B Deficit

Liberal sob stories and left-wing income statistics from Sabrina Tavernise in defense of unionized public-sector workers in Ohio: "Now, as Ohio's legislature moves toward final approval of a bill ...

Rosenthal Tackles Liberal NIMBYism on the Environment

After writing on how everything is global warming's fault, Elisabeth Rosenthal faults liberals for talking a good game on the environment, until things get too close: "Park Slope, Brooklyn. Cape ...

Times Whines That 'Partisans Adopt Deceit As a Tactic,' Ignore Hidden Camera Hoaxes By NPR, ABC

Times media reporter Jeremy Peters falsely implies that journalistic stunts like the one conservative James O'Keefe pulled against liberal National Public Radio were rare in the mainstream media ...

David Carr Mocks Idea of 'Journalistic Independence' at Murdoch's News Corp.

The paper's media columnist faults NPR's executives while blessings its reporting, and points to the necessity of publicly funded journalism: "I'll just skip the joke about a News Corporation ...

Left-Wing Protests in Wisconsin: Full of High Hopes and 'Positive Energy' for 2012

Times reporters are determined to wring victory out of the defeat by public-sector unions in Wisconsin, celebrating the filibustering Democratic politicians returning as "folk heroes" and the ...
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