Shorter NYT: Should Journalists do their jobs?

Public editor of the New York Times, Arthur Brisbane, asks their readership if: …New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about. and is then surprised and claims he was misunderstood when its readers essentially answer with a chorus of “yes, you moron” replies, and comments hopeful that [...]

Chris Trotter doesn’t understand Occupy

The other day, I had the distinct displeasure of tripping over, hitting my mouse, and accidentally clicking over to one of Chris Trotter’s articles, which as always, was large on opinion and short on research. In an earlier life, I have joined the chorus of voices on the populist left that point out that the [...]