By Stephen Roblin: In Piero Gleijeses' authoritative transnational history of the conflict in southern Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, Visions of Freedom, he provides an account of the American press's troubling treatment of a political debate that occurred during the middle of Reagan's tenure. The debate centered on the question of whether the United States should provide lethal aid to the Angolan insurgent group, UNITA, which was led by one of Africa's most infamous terrorists, Jonas Savimbi. Here, NYTimes eXaminer has published the excerpt from Gleijeses' study.
By Murray Polner: Ten Cheers for Margaret Sullivan, the Times’ gutsy and shrewd Public Editor who took on her employer for its one-sided opinion pages about Iraq since the sudden and unexpected appearance of the ISIS gangs.
By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer: In a recent New York Times op-ed article, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz theorized that capitalism does not inevitably produce inequalities in wealth.
By Lawrence Davidson: There are many forms of discrimination, but one that Americans seem to have a high tolerance for is that based on class.
By Steve Breyman: Mark Landler's "US Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016" was the lead story in the New York Times on Wednesday, May 28.
By Robert Chambers: Part of Duke’s problem in the twenty-first century is that its ambitions have far outgrown any semblance of the sleepy Southern school that even long ago already seemed to some to embody all...
By Murray Polner: Respect them or not, it is undeniable that the Times remains preeminent among its competitors and over the many decades has displayed courage ...
By Eugene Schulman: The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776, stating that it wished freedom from...
By Richard Falk: What follows is a letter to the NY Times responding to their editorial of June 6, 2014, which was not accepted for publication. I publish it here as a post because...
By Murray Polner: A battle of accusations and counter-accusations began with a New York Times Sunday book review posted online before it ever appeared in print.
By Murray Polner: Poor Katrina van den Heuvel and husband Stephen Cohen, she the editor of The Nation and he a scholar of Russian history and author of a definitive biography of Nikolai Bukharin...
By Steve Breyman: Anne-Marie Slaughter had a successful academic career at elite institutions.
By Stephen Roblin: In Piero Gleijeses' authoritative transnational history of the conflict in southern Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, Visions of Freedom, he provides an account of the American press's troubling treatment of a political debate that occurred during the middle of Reagan's tenure. The debate centered on the question of whether the United States should provide lethal aid to the Angolan insurgent group, UNITA, which was led by one of Africa's most infamous terrorists, Jonas Savimbi. Here, NYTimes eXaminer has published the excerpt from Gleijeses' study.
By Dean Baker: Robert Frank has an interesting discussion in the NYT of the "winner take all" dynamics created by the Internet economy, but he leaves out an ...
By Dean Baker: David Brooks doesn't like the idea of raising the minimum wage. But the good news is that...
By Dean Baker: Bill Keller gives us some holiday fun by getting almost everything completely wrong in contrasting the left-left...
By Stephen Roblin: In Piero Gleijeses' authoritative transnational history of the conflict in southern Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, Visions of Freedom, he provides an account of the American press's troubling treatment of a political debate that occurred during the middle of Reagan's tenure. The debate centered on the question of whether the United States should provide lethal aid to the Angolan insurgent group, UNITA, which was led by one of Africa's most infamous terrorists, Jonas Savimbi. Here, NYTimes eXaminer has published the excerpt from Gleijeses' study.
By Michael M'Gehee: In a recent New York Times article by Andrew Kramer readers are informed about how NATO plans to use the ongoing crisis in Ukraine to “strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe.”
By Jason Hirthler: Empires rely on the studious manipulation of facts to maintain a pristine image...
By Steve Breyman: Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger published the op-ed “Global Warming Scare Tactics” in the New York Times on April 8. Participants in recent ...
By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer: In a recent New York Times op-ed article, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz theorized that capitalism does not inevitably produce inequalities in wealth.
By Edward S. Herman: Did you know that for the New York Times there is no “far right” component of the Democratic Party, but there is a “far left?”
By Kevin Young: U.S. journalists and commentators have helped popularize the image of two distinct Latin American lefts...
By Preeti Kaur: Recently released e-mails shine further light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s (C.I.A) late 2010 high-level meetings with New York Times and government officials centering on WikiLeaks and Chelsea (Bradley) Manning.
We requested copies of any records for the three month period of November 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011 regarding communication the C.I.A had with New York Times' Bill Keller...
From Alice Slater: You misstate the legal obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of the five states who had nuclear arsenals at the time the NPT became law in 1970.
By Matthew Stevenson: Is a college education, once the birthright of every graduating American high school senior, worth $233,000 over four years?
By Daniel Warner: During his recent visit to Moscow, Didier Burkhalter referred to Vladimir Putin as “Cher Colleague” before the cameras.
Matthew Stevenson reports from Kiev: The same mobs in Kiev who have American policy makers gushing over the inalienable rights of freedom fighters and self-determination, when they set up their roadblocks of automobile tires and sandbags in eastern Ukraine, they become Russian mercenaries who are a threat to world peace.
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By NYT eXaminer: In his March 17 New York Times front page article, “Global Crises Put Obama’s Strategy of Caution to the Test,” David Sanger provided a platform for Condoleezza Rice to recycle recurring Times’ criticism that Obama is weak on U.S. foreign policy.
We requested copies of any records for the three month period of November 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011 regarding communication the C.I.A had with New York Times' Bill Keller...
Fighting for the Press with James C. Goodale:
Chief counsel for the NYT during the Pentagon Papers case, James is also former vice chairman of the NYTCo.
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