Category Archives: The NYTimes

Report: Polling Numbers Should Be Apples-to-Apples, NYTimes!

Posted on September 13, 2022 by tengrain

Democrats are polling strong ahead of the 2022 Pie Fight, er, midterms. But… Nate Cohn at the NYTimes tells us that some areas where Dems are polling well are the exact same spots that polls got wrong in the 2016/2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Get Out The Vote, The NYTimes, voting | 2 Comments

But The Book Sales Will Be Boffo

Posted on September 12, 2022 by tengrain

Our Failed Political Press ™ Thanks a lot, Maggie Haberman: (CNN)Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election loss that he would remain in the White House rather than let incoming President Joe Biden … Continue reading →

Posted in Hair Führer Donald Trump, MAGA Haberman, Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes | 10 Comments

David Brooks Predicts the Decay of Western Civilization, Again

Posted on September 11, 2022 by tengrain

As long as I am asking you to read things written by other people, The Editorial Board has a terrific piece up entitled (boy is it ever), David Brooks and the decay of white Boomer politics. This is an editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in David Fucking Brooks, Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes | 8 Comments

One Lump of Stupid or Two, NYTimes?

Posted on September 8, 2022 by tengrain

The style guide says write simply and clearly. The word you seek is “coup.” Try, “…wide -ranging criminal investigation into the coup attempt by Mr. Trump and his allies…”

Posted in Hair Führer Donald Trump, MAGA Haberman, Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes, The Stupid Coup | 2 Comments

Some Fries With Your Stupid? (Our Failed Political Press ™ )

Posted on April 26, 2022 by tengrain

Getta load of the job description from the NYTimes: First time I have seen such a striking prerequisite in a journalism job ad pic.twitter.com/YotV375qtT — Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 25, 2022

Posted in Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes | 10 Comments

Next Door NYC Gets New Editor

Posted on April 20, 2022 by tengrain

If you were not aware, the residents of the Upper East Side have a new editor for their neighborhood blog. Yup, the Sulzbergers have appointed a replacement for the execrable Dean Baquet. Tiger Beat’s email thingie has the gossip: KNOWING … Continue reading →

Posted in Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes | 11 Comments

NYTimes: Dick Cheney Is The Sensible Center

Posted on March 19, 2022 by tengrain

The NYTimes Magazine tells us that Both Sides must move to the Sensible Center, and you’ll never guess how: I think what’s needed in the short term to preserve democracy, to get through the worst of this storm, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blam Blam, Both Sides, NeoCons, The NYTimes, war criminals | 13 Comments

Sorry, Mooselini

Posted on February 14, 2022 by tengrain

Breaking: The New York Times was handed a small victory on Monday, after a New York district judge said he would dismiss a landmark defamation case brought against it by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Expect it to go to … Continue reading →

Posted in Mooselini, The NYTimes | 3 Comments

News That Will Drive You to Drink

Posted on February 5, 2022 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Well this frosted my cookies (emphasis mine): The House select committee scrutinizing the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is borrowing techniques from federal prosecutions, employing aggressive tactics typically used against mobsters and terrorists as it seeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Hair Führer Donald Trump, Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes, The Stupid Coup, Trump Crime Family | 3 Comments

Mooselini and the Freedom of the Press (or at least The NYTimes)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by tengrain

As you may be aware, Sarah Palin is suing the NYTimes and the trial starts today. The issue at hand that Mooselini is claiming is that the Times defamed her in an editorial that made a connection between a map circulated … Continue reading →

Posted in First Amendment, Mooselini, The NYTimes | 9 Comments