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New YorK Times Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch (Helene Cooper Edition)
May 25th, 2009 Bailout none Comments

Publius: Obsidian Wings: Helene Cooper Needs To Discover Google, Lexis: So let's say I'm Helene Cooper of the NYT.  And let's say I have a great idea for an article — the premise is that Obama knocks down pretend strawmen in his speeches just like Bush used to do (e.g., "Some have said…"). It would be a [...]

Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Only Made $12 Billion Last Year
March 25th, 2009 Financial Crisis none Comments

Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Only Made $12 Billion Last Year Alpha magazine has published its list of the best-compensated hedge fund managers in the world. If you want to feel better about yourself, the way to think about it is this: The compensation of the Top 25 hedge fund managers plunged almost 50% in 2008. 50%!  Imagine [...]

The New YorK Times: “Opinions on Shape of Earth Differ” Is Now Mandatory House Style
March 23rd, 2009 Financial Crisis none Comments

The New YorK Times: “Opinions on Shape of Earth Differ” Is Now Mandatory House Style Felix Salmon watches the New York Times crash and burn: The NYT’s Blogophobia: What’s with the sudden blogophobia at the NYT?… Craig Whitney’s astonishingly tone-deaf memo… the legal department’s heavy-handed nastygram trying to shut down Apartment Therapy…. Here’s Whitney: Blogs on the news [...]