Thursday - June 18, 2009

The Shadow Editors: Bill Keller, History Slut (Or, Bigfoot Strikes Again)  @4:52 PM

Tom Scocca: Keller of 'NYT' in Iran: 'The Iranians Watch Us Closely'
Choire Sicha: Mr. Executive Editor of the Times is driving me a little crazy. His Reporter's Notebook?
Tom Scocca: Oh? Oh. "A newcomer to town."
Tom Scocca: Oh, he did not do a "Welcome to…" transition.
Choire Sicha: He's like 20 seconds away from a "Reader, I x'd Him." READ MORE 8

Tuesday - May 26, 2009

The 'New Yorker' On Carlos Slim And The 'Times'  @1:30 PM

I have emerged victorious from reading Lawrence Wright's Carlos Slim profile in this week's New Yorker. (The article is about the Mexican billionaire-mogul, in light of his financial entanglement with the New York Times.) Here are a few thoughts. READ MORE 3