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APPRECIATION

Safire Was No 'Nattering Nabob of Negativism': Dowd

They don't make 'em like Safire anymore, writes Times colleague Dowd

Sep 30, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Safire, to use the phrase he coined, was anything but a "nattering nabob of negativity," writes his New York Times "colleague in columny" Maureen Dowd. The former Nixon speechwriter—who once told Dowd he had been frozen out by the Times' liberal writers until he... More »

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New York Times • conservative • journalism • columnists • William Safire

OPINION

 Obama and Brooks: Best Buds 

The odd friendship between a conservative columnist and liberal president

Aug 31, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nominal conservative David Brooks is one of President Obama’s unlikeliest allies, writes Gabriel Sherman for the New Republic. The New York Times columnist was on board early, publishing an op-ed titled “Run, Barack, Run” in 2006. Lately, Brooks has written more favorably of Obama than Paul Krugman has.... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Weekly Standard • columnists • Paul Krugman • David Brooks • bromance

APPRECIATION

 Novak: Last of the
 Shoe-Leather 
 Columnists 


Aug 19, 09 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans will remember Robert Novak as the acerbic right-winger on CNN, but he saw himself first and foremost as "a shoe-leather reporter," writes Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. Novak prided himself on getting scoops and uncovering secrets via a wide network of Republican officials. But that... More »

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Valerie Plame • Karl Rove • conservative • obituary • CNN • columnists • Robert Novak • Howard Kurtz

Appreciation

 To Friends, 
 Hardliner Novak 
 Was a 'Pussycat' 

Hard work made him 'the ultimate insider journalist'

Aug 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Novak called himself a “rough and tumble” journalist, “but to his friends and colleagues, he could be a pussycat,” writes Eleanor Clift in Newsweek. Despite their widely divergent views, Novak—who died today at 78—helped Clift get a spot on the then-all-male McLaughlin Group. When... More »

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Valerie Plame • journalist • columnists • Robert Novak • appreciation

(Newser) - Ben Stein is miffed about his summary expulsion from the New York Times’ Sunday business section, and he explains why in a lengthy piece for the American Spectator. Booted over a TV commercial he did for an online credit reporting service—not his first commercial, and not a subject... More »

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New York Times • columnists • Ben Stein • editorial pages • conflict of interest • credit score • fired • FreeScore

(Newser) - Ben Stein has been booted from his job as a New York Times columnist for shilling for an online credit report service, Gawker reports. Stein touts the value of FreeScore.com in television commercials, but the Times’ ethics policy states “it is an inherent conflict for... More »

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Internet • New York Times • economist • columnists • Ben Stein • newspaper editorials • journalistic ethics • credit score

(Newser) - Karl Rove fired back today at Maureen Dowd for criticizing former President Bush’s frequent vacation time in Texas, Politico reports. “I think Maureen Dowd is a bitter, twisted, deranged columnist for the New York Times,” Rove told Fox News, “who misses no opportunity to show... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • New York Times • Fox News • Maureen Dowd • columnists • George W. Bush

Interview

Krauthammer: Right's Thorn in Obama's Side

Post columnist the only coherent voice in a fractured opposition

May 20, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2006, Charles Krauthammer urged Barack Obama to run for president, guaranteeing he’d lose. That didn’t exactly work out, but Obama’s rise has been good for the Washington Post columnist, who has become the central anti-Obama voice, writes Ben Smith in Politico. His writing drips with a... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Washington Post • conservative • columnists • David Brooks • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer

Marshall: Back Off Plagiarism Charges

Dowd's mistake unintentional, says author of original line

May 19, 09 10:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo isn't joining the chorus of critics against Maureen Dowd, who admitted she inadvertently lifted one of Marshall's lines in her weekend column. "I generally think we're too quick to pull the trigger with charges of plagiarism," writes Marshall. "Whatever the mechanics... More »

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plagiarism • Maureen Dowd • columnists • Talking Points Memo • Josh Marshall

Old Gray Lady Grabs Obama
by the Ear

Krugman, Friedman, Dowd, Rich, editorial board all pile on prez

Mar 22, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration bore an avalanche of criticism this weekend from the usually friendly New York Times. Influential columnists Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, Thomas Friedman, and Maureen Dowd—plus the paper’s editorial board—all piled on a president who “is increasingly overwhelmed, and not fully appreciative of the... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • security • editorial • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • AIG • bonuses • Thomas Friedman • columnists • Paul Krugman • newspaper editorials • blog posts • Obama administration

(Newser) - The New York Times has found its replacement for William Kristol’s column from the right—Ross Douthat of the Atlantic. Douthat, 29, will start mostly online next month but will eventually appear on Mondays opposite Paul Krugman, reports the Columbia Journalism Review, quoting a Times email. He’ll also... More »

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New York Times • columnists • Atlantic Monthly • William Kristol • Ross Douthat

 Post Drops Liz Smith Column 


Feb 24, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Liz Smith will dish no more at the New York Post. The paper is dropping her gossip column this week to save money, Editor & Publisher reports. It will be the first time in 33 years that Smith, 86, won't have a spot in one of New York City's... More »

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newspaper • New York Post • gossip • columnists • Liz Smith • recession depression

ANALYSIS

Handicapping the Race for Kristol's Times Slot

Ex-Bush speechwriter Frum heads pack that may include Noonan, Limbaugh

Jan 27, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - At the New York Times op-ed page, William Kristol is out; that leaves a spot open for another conservative to keep David Brooks company, writes Michael Calderone in Politico. Times editor Andy Rosenthal wouldn’t comment, but Calderone has guesses on a replacement:
  1. David Frum: The former Bush
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New York Times • Rush Limbaugh • columnists • Peggy Noonan • op-ed • David Frum • Megan McArdle • William Kristol • Byron York • Ross Douthat

Obama Meets With Lefty
Media Pundits

Convo with liberals follows dinner with conservatives

Jan 14, 09 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama recalibrated his bipartisan scale today, CNN reports, meeting with liberal commentators a day after convening with conservative writers at columnist George Will's home. The left-leaners included Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich of the New York Times and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Obama aides remain mum about both off-the-record... More »

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Barack Obama • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • American media • columnists • Rachel Maddow • liberal media • President Obama • conservative media • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Bono waxes eloquent about Frank Sinatra and the life lessons he learned from the Chairman in his debut column today for the New York Times. Among other things, he contrasts an early boastful recording of "My Way" with one Sinatra made late in life that is filled with remorse.... More »

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New York Times • Bono • singer • columnists • Frank Sinatra

SPITZER: ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING

Disgraced gov turns
out for Slate party at former massage parlor

Dec 16, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - If Eliot Spitzer could have picked a place to reenter society, he probably wouldn’t have picked a former Chinatown massage parlor called “Happy Ending,” muses John Gapper of the Financial Times. But that’s where Slate was holding its winter party, and so there the online... More »

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journalism • Eliot Spitzer • columnists

analysis

Kristol Used His Column to Help McCain's Rebels

Pro-Palin camp fed columnist 'a constant stream of poison'

Nov 7, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - As Bill Kristol used his New York Times column to relentlessly praise Sarah Palin and simultaneously blast the McCain camp's handling of her, he was far from an objective observer, writes Scott Horton in the Daily Beast. Kristol regularly received inside information from the McCain team's pro-Palin contingent, then used... More »

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New York Times • columnists • negative campaigning • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Randy Scheunemann • William Kristol

 Bono Joins 
 Op-Ed Page 
 of NYT 

U2 singer joins Grey Lady's ranks as columnist

Oct 23, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bono may have finally found what he’s looking for: the New York Times’ op-ed section will be the U2 singer’s new print home, Radar reports. Editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal announced his newest columnist last night, telling Columbia's School of Journalism that the activist/sunglasses aficionado will pen between... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Condoleezza Rice • Bono • U2 • columnists • Megan McArdle • William Kristol

Mariotti Quits Sun-Times, Newspaper Biz

Future is online, decides contrarian Chicago columnist

Aug 27, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Mariotti has resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times, the controversial sports columnist tells the rival Tribune, after observing the toll the Internet has taken on newspapers. “I don't want to go down with it,” said the 47-year-old known for his contrarian opinions and run-ins with colleagues and athletes... More »

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Internet • newspaper • columnists • Chicago Sun Times • sports journalism • Jay Mariotti

 French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Divides Paris liberals over 'right to provoke'

Aug 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian. In a column for Charlie Hebdo, Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life."... More »

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France • Paris • columnists • anti-Semitism • Jean Sarkozy • controversy • Maurice Siné

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