Category Archives: The NYTimes

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

NYTimes: 1 Data Point Determines A Trend

Posted on November 5, 2021 by tengrain

Our Failed Political Press ™ The NYTimes has a hot take: “Tuesday’s election result trend lines were a political nightmare for the Democratic Party, and no Democrat who cares about winning elections in 2022 and the presidential race in 2024 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, 2024 Goat Rodeo, Our Failed Political Press, People Dumber than Dolphins, The NYTimes | 2 Comments

Area Man To Both Sides Himself As He Runs For Governor

Posted on October 27, 2021 by tengrain

Guys, former NYTimes columnist/pundit Nick Kristof quit his job and declared his intention of running to become the gubnor of Oregon [The NYTimes questions the existence of Oregon, hears that it is somewhere west of the Hudon River, promises to … Continue reading →

Posted in Both Sides, Oregon, The NYTimes | 4 Comments

Our Failed Political Press ™

Posted on October 2, 2021 by tengrain

The NYT does it again: "House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud." On the homepage they call it a "Big Setback for the Biden Agenda." Really? Really? A day? A couple of days? The media is getting this … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Failed Political Press, The NYTimes | 6 Comments

The NYTimes Wants New Readers, Insults New Readers

Posted on September 27, 2021 by tengrain

This was my open tab I forgot to close over the weekend, essentially that the NYTimes is trying to figure out (and has been for a while) why the rest of us don’t read the NYTimes. So the paper has put … Continue reading →

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