Tag: New York Times
No, Chinese web traffic tidal wave didn’t flow through Wyoming house
It was a good headline penned by a New York Times biz-tech blog writer: "Chinese Internet Traffic Redirected to Small Wyoming House." But the story is mostly bogus.
Wiretap: Utah’s gay marriage emergency
Utah has decided that the refusal of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to grant a stay against gay marriages is an emergency and is seeking Supreme Court intervention.
Littwin: Never mind secession, we got sheriffs
Welcome to Colorado, where (some) gun laws are not laws at all. Really.
The ‘testy’ Ryan video was about urban policy not media bias
Video ricocheted around the Web Monday of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan "getting testy" with a Flint, Michigan, ABC reporter who asked him about urban gun violence. Ryan was presented by the Huffington Post as acting inappropriately in the interview out of disdain for the "liberal media." That's not exactly what was happening. There is a lot more to it worth considering.
Catholic politics, power dynamics highlighted in Colorado funding flap
The political tug-of-war waging within the U.S. Catholic Church made headlines in Colorado this month when the Church's Campaign for Human Development threatened to pull tens of thousands of dollars in support from Durango-based immigrant-rights group Compañeros.
Road to the White House runs through Colorado
Experts say Colorado could be the state that tips the 2012 presidential election. "It will be hard to win a close election without winning Colorado," said Colorado College political science professor Bob Loevy.
Jose Antonio Vargas loses his driver’s license, increasing risk of his...
When journalist Jose Antonio Vargas confessed to being undocumented in a piece for New York Times Magazine, he stated that he had obtained an Oregon driver’s license by using a fake Social Security card and proof of residency. However, his lawyer advised him not to include the fact that he had obtained a Washington state driver’s license after the Oregon one expired. That news broke soon after the story was published. Now, Vargas’ license has been cancelled by the Washington State Licensing Department, which cited Vargas’ lack of residence in the state as their reason for revoking his license.
FRAC Act backer Hinchey calls for SEC probe of shale gas...
Congressman Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., a co-sponsor of the FRAC Act with Colorado Democratic Reps. Diana DeGette and Jared Polis, on Sunday called for a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe of the natural gas industry after a New York Times article brought up allegations of an “Enron-style Ponzi scheme.”
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist reveals he’s undocumented
Jose Antonio Vargas, who wrote for the Washington Post and shared a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, came out as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times Magazine story that went live this morning.
Over half of 2011 New York Times issues contain articles sourced...
Despite attempts by the federal government to delegitimize WikiLeaks, a new review from The Atlantic indicates that the whistleblowing organization has a great deal of impact on the media conversation over international relations, particularly in coverage from the news organization WikiLeaks has quarreled with the most, The New York Times.