When several employees at the New York Times received “holiday goodies” in packages that looked like they had been tampered with, the paper did some investigating and found out they had… by rodents. A post office employee who worked at the facility where the parcels were sorted admitted they have a rat problem, especially during the holidays. Nasty! (Photo: Richard Perry/New York Times)
That’s what a New York Times reporter seems to suggest in a bizarre article about the “guilty pleasure” of driving a car through Central Park. Several drivers who were interviewed agreed and said it’s a lot nicer than the chaos found on city streets. No shit! It’s a park! Does that mean we should lay down some asphalt along the beachfront at Coney Island or set up a HOV lane in the wetlands surrounding Jamaica Bay? It’s too bad we didn’t have rainforests in NYC, just imagine how fun those would be to motor through.
After spotting a real life hobo earlier this week, the New York Times continues its foray into the reportage of activities not traditionally enjoyed by the paper’s readership and for this latest installment discovered a “poor man’s golf range.” No pricey memberships or advanced bookings are necessary, just a body of water, some used golf balls, “trash picked” clubs, and most importantly, “a fifth of Bacardi rum and some pineapple juice.” Now this is a sport I can appreciate.
Jonathan Paul, the New York Times’ former web editor, reports that he scrubbed all the content from his Ten Ones Tumblr at the “urging” of the paper’s lawyers. Started last summer, the blog showcased the visual side of the news-making business and featured photos, illustrations, and other eye candy created by Times staff. All the images were credited, linked and widely reblogged, but apparently that didn’t satisfy the legal department, which can only mean one thing: The paywall is imminent.
During the wintertime, it snows. That snow then piles up and must be shoveled. But how does one do manual labor without getting hurt? Thankfully, the New York Times tackles this dilemma with some expert advice for its readership: Read more »
The New York Times reports today that ice has been falling from buildings, tree branches, signs, and other objects lately. The recent snowstorms seem to have something to do with this phenomenon, which is a totally new thing. Read more »
New York City public schools suspend twice as many students as they did in 2005, because suspension has become the fashionable disciplinary method. The upshot: it’s a lot easier to deal with schoolkids when they’re not in class chewing their Hubba Bubba and yelling crazy stuff at each other. Almost makes you wonder why we even bother having schools in the first place.
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The NYPD has no problem videotaping protesters at every demonstration, keeping databases on innocent people and potentially scanning the irises of suspects arrested regardless of the crime, but when it comes to legal requests for information from the New York Times, they go on the defensive. According to the paper, several of their queries have gone unanswered and so they filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court demanding that the police agency adhere to the State Freedom of Information Law.
The usually level headed New York Times channeled a tabloid mentality in a groundbreaking article about the Columbus Avenue bike lane and discovered the following: not many people are using it… on the two occasions they sent someone to observe it. The paper did acknowledge the freezing December weather, but attempted to balance that off by saying they dispatched someone in November as well. Perhaps they should revisit in the spring and summer?
NYT presents: 14 celebrity actors !ACTING! as “classic screen types,” i.e. more overpriced ham than a Dean & DeLuca butcher display. Below, see a few of the 60-sec clips in the slickest of black and white from a fancy Hollywood team with a Prague orchestra and everything. Read more »
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