by Walter Brasch In May 2004, the New York Times, while claiming it was aggressive in pursuing stories about the Bush–Cheney Administration, slipped in an apology for acting more as the mouthpiece for politicians than as a watchdog for society. “Coverage was not as rigorous as it should have bee...

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It's over, love. Look at me pushing fifty now, Hair like grave-grass growing in both ears,The piles and boggy prostate, the crooked penis, The sour taste of each day's first lie, And that recurrent dream of years ago pulling A swaying bead-chain of moonlight,Of slipping between the cool sheets of da...

In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations, a trio of stories -- two from McClatchy and one from the AP -- prove to be little more than empty Obama boostering with little worth as news, though the AP piece at least comes close...

The late Mr. Blackwell could have gotten a job as a political reporter for McClatchy newspapers. Should you doubt this assessment, then check out this McClatchy newspapers report about Barack Obama written by  Halimah Abdullah which was described by McClatchy Watch as sounding like a cross between ...

The McClatchy publishing company is more and more beginning to resemble an isolated bunker in the final stages of Götterdämmerung as ugly reality, such as their 99% stock price plunge, closes in on both fronts. Inside the bunker a leader is screaming madly, conjuring up phantom armies to ward off ...

Employees of McClatchy publishing in Iraq were in an unusually good mood recently. The occasion was the aftermath of the Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President Bush at a press conference in Baghdad as you can see in these quotes from Inside Iraq, a blog for McClatchy journalists working ...

The McClatchy Company which is the third largest newspaper company in the United States is seeing a decline in advertising for the month of November 2008. The consolidated and advertising revenues of the company have decreased to 19.4% and 22.4% respectively as compared to November 2007. The decline...

Creditors of the Tribune Company are leaving a margin for error, Breakingviews says. The company’s senior buyout loans are trading at about 35 cents on the dollar. Breakingviews, assuming that is a proxy for Tribune’s enterprise value, the total of its market capitalization and debt, calculates ...

Today’s news is music to the ears of American males. The Miami Herald and Chicago Tribune have practically anounced bankruptcy and are both now valued at less than the value of the real estate they own (prime bay-front property in Miami and a skyscraper in Chicago). Even better, McClatchy New...