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"This fall, nobody’s more in touch with their inner Lisbeth Salander than the women of Brooklyn"

Choire Sicha — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:50:40 +0000

"This fall, nobody’s more in touch with their inner Lisbeth Salander than the women of Brooklyn, terrorized by more than 20 sex attacks in Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington over the past eight months.... And now, in an appropriately Swedish turn, regular women can channel their outer Lisbeth, too. H&M’s 30-piece Dragon Tattoo line was created by Trish Summerville, the Fincher film’s costume designer, and distills the essence of her character into slightly less S&M-y threads."
—Take back the night, it belongs to H&M. (via)

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Newspaper Wants To Disguise Price Hike With Quality

Alex Balk — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:35 +0000

"The New York Post is raising its newsstand price to 75 cents beginning Monday, according to sources at the newspaper. Editor-in-chief Col Allan did not respond to calls about the hike. Memos sent to reporters on Tuesday demanded better stories on Monday to compensate for the price increase."
—Consider yourselves warned: the Post will continue to suck clear through the weekend.

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'New York Post' Outdoes Itself On Dominique Strauss-Kahn Story

Alex Balk — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:50:56 +0000

Thank God Tom McGeveran has found the words to explain how absolutely disgusting today's New York Post story about the accuser in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case really is, because I am filled with ineffable rage over the whole thing:

The Post touts its cooperation with authorities in not releasing the name of the accuser, and goes to some lengths in its main article on the D.S.K. case today to detail efforts being made by the New York Police Department to "protect" her from offers from influential friends of D.S.K. to drop the case in exchange for favors. But it reveals that she was living in an apartment organized for her by the charity Harlem United, which places people with H.I.V. and AIDS in rent-assisted housing. The sum of the importance of this fact, which does not establish that the alleged victim is H.I.V.-positive, is the suggestion that the accused sex criminal "may have more to worry about than a possible prison sentence" because, "[according] to the federal Centers for Disease Control: 'It is possible for either partner to become infected with HIV through performing or receiving oral sex.'" This, in the mind of the Post, qualifies as a "shock."

It is indeed a shock, but probably not in the way the paper intended. "Ugh" and "gah" all around.

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"Straight Men are Doing Stranger Workouts"

Choire Sicha — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:40:31 +0000

“I think more straight men are doing stranger workouts. A lot more people are going to yoga and pilates... and it’s more social, and people are dressing up a little bit more."
The zeitgeist of New York City, according to the New York Post and a gay gadabout. Goodness. It's almost like every young person goes through the same trends every two years and announces them as global!

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Today's Lottery Winners, Part 1: Man Mocked For Bad Luck

Alex Balk — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:40:42 +0000

"I have a job with the state doing work I love. I'm not going to sit around and ask myself that question for the next 20 years. I'm moving on. It's all good."
—New York State Homes and Community Renewal Agency employee Michael Kosko discusses his reaction to skipping out on his office's lottery pool, which wound up winning $319 million. It is terrific that Kosko can embrace that attitude (and he's probably fortunate not to have won) in the face of a situation like this. And while Kosko's line about how, working for the state, he feels like he has already won the lottery, will undoubtedly be used by some Post columnist in that paper's ongoing campaign to engender resentment against anyone with a public sector job, it's the bit on the front page referring to the rest of the story, "See LOSER Page 5," that really rams the message home. You'd think a rightwing rag like the Post would salute someone who refused to participate in a government program that redistributes wealth. Anyway, stay strong, Michael Kosko!

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Paper: Police Just As Bad As Educators

Alex Balk — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:00:28 +0000

You know, when the house organs of the right started attacking teachers, I figured it was only a matter of time before they started going after the cops. I just didn't reckon that it would happen so quickly.

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Jew Super Happy About Making Lots Of Money

Alex Balk — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:20:19 +0000

It would be a shame if the New York Post's astounding Ground Zero human remains map overshadowed this equally remarkable lead from the paper's report on the stunning ticket sales for the fall's Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino.

It's Rosh Hashanah — but the only Jew on Broadway who's celebrating is Shylock.

I... just... yeah.

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Let's Not Forget That These Are All Individual Acts

Alex Balk — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:00:31 +0000

In case you missed the paper this morning, here are three individual excerpts from today's New York Post:

• "Tuesday's stabbing must be taken for what it was: the act of a disturbed individual who is now in custody."

• "Indeed, it would be outrageous for the same people who reflexively insist that confirmed and coordinated Islamic terrorist attacks are "isolated incidents" that don't reflect on Muslims generally to suddenly insist that this one lone, despicable act somehow reflects the views and attitudes of, say, the 70 percent of Americans who oppose the Ground Zero mosque.

• "A drunk barged into a Queens mosque last night and shouted anti-Muslim slurs as he urinated on prayer rugs, cops and witnesses said."

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Lemme Tell Ya 'Bout White Kids

Alex Balk — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:20:30 +0000

This weekend the New York Post had a piece on the return of the Kids in the Hall and their much-anticipated-at least by me-"Death Comes to Town" series. Unfortunately, the photo accompanying the article shows American sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know rather than their Canadian ancestors. It's an easy mistake to make, especially considering that both shows are affiliated with IFC, but still, in a time where the paper is under fire for confusing members of ethnic minorities with one another it is nice to know that they also apparently think that all white folks look alike too.

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A Brief History of Daily News Editor Martin Dunn as Told by Keith Kelly

Nate Freeman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:45 +0000

Yesterday Martin Dunn ended his seven-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the New York Daily News. Surprised? You wouldn't be if you'd been reading New York Post media columnist Keith Kelly, who was the first to report word of Dunn's exit. Repeatedly. Over the course of many years. Let's look back!

May 26, 2004 – NEW SNOOZE LOOKS LIKE OLD ; MASTHEAD SHIFT SHUFFLES DECK, BUT DOESN'T DEAL NEW BOSS
"The deck has been shuffled at Mort Zuckerman's embattled Daily News, but there are few signs of new life at the paper. Editorial directorÂ Martin Dunn, who returned to the paper in October after several years in his native London, finally unveiled his new lineup – which looks a lot like the old lineup."

June 3, 2005- BEA BILLY AT $5M – WARNER BOOKS SETS HIGH HURDLE FOR '700 SUNDAYS'
"Insiders say there is tension mounting between the two top British editors at the Daily News, Editorial DirectorÂ Martin DunnÂ and Editor-in-Chief Michael â€˜Footsie Monster' Cooke. The two were seen having what to some newsroom sources appeared to be a heated argument last week. Dunn was gesticulating wildly, said one, and Cooke appeared to be listening glumly."

August 10, 2005-IS DUNN DONE?
"Mort Zuckerman, the mercurial Daily News owner, generally doesn't keep his top editors around for more than a few years.

As the News editorial director and associate publisherÂ Martin DunnÂ closes in on his two-year anniversary, the rumors that he might soon be heading back to his native England were rekindled after a lengthy interview he gave to the London-based Independent newspaper earlier this week."

â€˜Within a year or two, Dunn will want to return to Britain where his wife and his family remain,' says the Independent."

December 15, 2005 – OFF THE RADAR – POP CULTURE MAG, WEB SITE FADE OUT
"At the Daily News, Zuckerman yesterday subbed his editorial directorÂ Martin DunnÂ as editor-in-chief, to replace Michael Cooke. In the past six months, the Daily News' circulation has tumbled to its lowest level since the Great Depression."

December 28, 2005 – DAILY DEFECTION – POST PARENT POACHES NEWS' TOP DOG GOODSTEIN
"That successor, insiders said, is unlikely to beÂ Martin Dunn, the paper's deputy publisher and editor-in-chief.

Dunn's tenure has been marked by a series of high-profile gaffes, including a botched Scratch n' Match promotional contest that wrongly â€˜awarded' $444 million in false jackpots to thousands of readers and sparked a wave of lawsuits."

November 1, 2006 – MORT BLOWS NEWS' FUSE – STAFF FEARS RESPONSE BY 'PANICKY' PUBLISHER
"Dunn, who is pulling in $1.2 million a year as the editor-in-chief, has about another year to go on his contract. Given Zuckerman's penchant for canning editors, most think Dunn is the most vulnerable to the whims of the mercurial owner."

June 6, 2007 – SNOOZE'S DUNN MAY BE NEWS
"IT could be that time is growing short for Editor-in-ChiefÂ Martin DunnÂ at the helm of Mort Zuckerman's struggling Daily News... Dunn's current contract expires at the end of the year, and talks about a new contract have not even begun.

Nobody is expecting that they will."

June 8, 2007 – DUNN WRONG: NEWS BOUNCES 2 EDITORS
"Some see the shakeup as a last-ditch attempt by Dunn to prove himself to Zuckerman before his contract expires in the fourth quarter of this year."

June 13, 2007 – FORMER SNOOZER: IT'S NO DUNN DEAL
"Dunn's contract expires in October – so the heat is on to inject new life into the struggling paper, which during Dunn's watch has lost its circulation lead to The New York Post. Both Dunn and Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman are said to be unsure if there will be a new contract. Talks between the two have not started yet."

June 27, 2007 – PARIS NON GRATA FOR US AND MIN
"As Dunn scrambles to save his own job and try to prove to the mercurial owner, Mort Zuckerman that he is till capable of shaking things up at the floundering tabloid."

January 5, 2008 – A BRIT DISS FOR SNOOZE
"The job offer to Wallace seems to raise anew questions aboutÂ Martin Dunn, the incumbent editor-in-chief.

It had been widely reported that his contract was set to expire in October, 2007 and the belief was that he hoped to return to his native Britain."

July 21, 2010 -Â NEW DAILY NEWS CHIEF
"Martin DunnÂ is out as the editor-in-chief of the Daily News, ending a seven-year run as the top editorial person in theÂ Mort Zuckerman-owned paper."

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