Accuracy in Media

The National Rifle Association (NRA) released a new video Monday that mocked a New York Times ad that aired during the Oscars on Sunday evening. In the Times ad, called “The Truth,” the newspaper took shots at President Donald Trump and sought to portray the Times as the real arbiter of truth in a time of […]

Stephanie Cutter, who was the deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, was hired and quickly fired by NBC News as a political analyst on Friday without ever appearing on the air, after it was reported that she had a massive conflict of interest. Cutter, whose last regular television gig was the failed […]

In a move that shocked the newspaper world yesterday, The New York Times fired executive editor Jill Abramson and replaced her with managing editor Dean Baquet. Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. informed the staff of the changes at a quickly assembled meeting, citing “an issue with management in the newsroom” as the reason for […]

The New York Times, which purchased the Boston Globe in 1993 for $1.1 billion, is now accepting bids to sell the newspaper for a price that’s expected to be in the $100 million range, or about one-tenth of the original purchase price, according to Bloomberg News. Potential bidders include former president of the Globe Rick […]

The New York Times Company announced on Wednesday that it will put their New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe, up for sale so it can focus on The New York Times brand. This is the second time in the last four years that the Times Co. has tried to sell the Globe […]

Senator John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008 in part because he did not want to challenge Obama’s personal character or loyalty to the U.S., is now upset over what he calls “…a disturbing stream of articles” that cite “leaked classified or highly-sensitive information…” in an “effort to paint a portrait of President Obama […]

Frank Bruni is a liberal op-ed columnist and a food writer for the New York Times. He is a 48-year-old reporter who has been at that newspaper since 1995. He was a reporter at the Detroit Daily News for five years before that. Bruni is an experienced journalist and writes well, sometimes even persuasively, though […]

Thursday night former president Bill Clinton was a guest on Piers Morgan Tonight with guest host Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein, the well-known Hollywood producer, openly acknowledged that he is a big supporter of both Clinton and Barack Obama, and he was working it for all he could. But it may have backfired. Writing in The Caucus, […]

The first lady of the United States is on a whirlwind publicity tour for her hefty new food and gardening book ($30), which the White House hopes will bolster Team Obama’s favorability ratings. I’d say it’s a classic recipe for rank campaign hypocrisy and media double standards. While journalists savor chummy chitchats with Mrs. Obama […]

Janet Maslin of The New York Times calls the book “skimpy, bitter,” but does not dispute the statements from Wright.