Why Reporters Need Sources

January 23, 2012

How do you explain Mitt Romney’s taxes when you don’t understand the tax law? Not well at all, as The New York Times demonstrated.

New York Times Tilts News On Taxes, Again

January 10, 2012

Biased reporting on taxes has become a New York Times tradition. The tradition is alive and well.

Reality Takes Down The CLASS Act

October 17, 2011

A Washington tradition lives on: burying bad news, in this case the government’s new long term care program, on a Friday afternoon.

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IRS Concedes Gift Tax Fight It Can’t Win

July 25, 2011

The IRS prefers to fight battles it thinks it can win. The argument about gift taxes to nonprofit advocacy groups is not one of them.

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Read All About It: Newspaper War In New York

May 7, 2010

Where do New Yorkers turn when they need to know if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to cut subway service again, or if that new exhibit at the Guggenheim is worth seeing? Rupert Murdoch wants the answer to be The Wall Street Journal. The Journal, acquired by Murdoch’s News Corp. in 2007, recently launched its new Greater New York section, with which it hopes to lure New York residents and …

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Full Disclosure: My Secret Life As A Union Man

October 14, 2009

It is no surprise that a New York Times media columnist would write, and not in glowing terms, about the Tribune Company’s plan to pay $66 million in bonuses to executives who led the company into bankruptcy. It is a newsworthy item. The company’s creditors support the bonus plan, which is supposed to help retain managers who can turn Tribune’s fortunes around. But there is vigorous opposition from the bankruptcy …

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No Plan B In Beantown

June 11, 2009

I spent a lot of time pondering what the Boston Newspaper Guild had accomplished this week by rejecting the wage cuts and other concessions that The Boston Globe demanded. Here is what I came up with: Guild members have virtually assured themselves a 23 percent pay cut beginning next week. The concessions package included only an 8 percent reduction, but it also had cutbacks in pensions and job guarantees that …

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