Breaking News: Conservatives Hate the Times

Narrowing down the 2006 edition of the Top Ten Lowlights of The New York Times to a mere ten entries was a tough task –the paper provided such a wealth of biased behavior throughout the year, from reporters throwing national security secrets onto the front page to publishers going on liberal rants at graduation ceremonies. But we’ve managed to whittle down the worst from another liberally slanted year from the New York Times, and here is the rundown, in ascending order of gruesomeness.
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I'm From Rolling Stone

Journalism -- as a reality show? Who'd of thunk it?!

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rolling_stone/series.jhtml

An Exclusive I Didn't Even Know About

Is this true? What on earth is wrong with the Gawker tipster? If they don't care about the J-school, one would hope they at least care about other students and themselves. Then again, it could be one of the cheaters. Talk about shooting yourself right in your degree... that is, unless they're about to get expelled.

Columbia J-School Ethics Scandal Gets More Scandalous, McCarthy-esque

Columbia Journalism School was thrown into a tizzy recently with the revelations that there had been improprieties surrounding the school's ethics exam. But now a couple weeks have gone by, and the news reports have slowed to a trickle. Of course, that doesn't mean that all is well in Morningside Heights. A tipster reports from the bowels of the J-school:

"The administration is still conducting a witchhunt behind the scenes. Someone gave up names (I know who the rat is, and I'm pissed off enough that I'd love to see her name published and her humiliated), and they're attempting to establish who passed on the exam questions on down the line. Problem is, some of her accusations are completely false (I know that for a fact.)"

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In case you had nothing better do on a Saturday night

New York Society for Ethical Culture
New York, New York (United States)

	Schell, Orville	Dean, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism
	Thomas, Helen	Columnist, Hearst Newspapers
	Jarvis, Jeff	Columnist, BuzzMachine.com
	Moss, Adam	Editor in Chief, [New York Magazine]
	Stengel, Richard	Managing Editor, [Time] Magazine
	Rapoport, Miles	President, Demos

A panel moderated by Mr. Schell discussed the ethics of journalism in a fragmenting media culture, and the media�s responsibility as �watchdogs� of democracy. Topics included: Why is the public losing trust in the media? What are journalists doing to regain the public�s trust? And are those efforts working?

The program "Ethics and Journalism: Should We Trust the Media?" was held in the concert hall of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. It was co-sponsored by New York Magazine and Demos as part of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Felker Magazine Program in honor of Clay Felker.

Horrible NY Observer article

Columbia J-School: At Stake, 'The Value of Our $60,000 Degree'

The paranoia was arresting at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on Friday afternoon, Dec. 1. It wafted out from the Lecture Hall, where about 200 graduate students from a "Critical Issues in Journalism" class faced allegations of cheating on a final essay test.

Two girls scrambled to the door when they spotted reporters lingering in the hallway. One shrieked, "So they can just stand here and listen to everything?" The department intern, guarding the entrance with her trusty V.I.P. student list, shooed reporters away from the door. Word made it to dean of students and moderator Sreenath Sreenivasan within minutes and he (falsely) announced that reporters were "recording" the meeting, according to Barbara Fasciani, director of communications and special events for the J-School.

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