“The New York Times” on The Daily Caller

Last Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the fatal gun-running scheme known as “Fast and Furious.” The previous Friday, Holder had conveniently dumped 1,400 pages of Department of Justice (DOJ) internal emails that contradicted the DOJ’s February letter to Congress denying that the DOJ’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had “sanctioned or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons” to suspicious people. Holder was even forced to withdraw the letter from Congress due to its blatant lies. As it turns out, not only did the DOJ put 2,000 high-powered guns directly into the hands of Mexican drug cartel agents, but cartel agents used two of these rifles to gun down Border Patrol Special Agent Brian Terry. (more)

On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, The New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized President Barack Obama’s “Teddy Roosevelt” speech from earlier in the week, which Brooks said focused too much on “inequality” and ignored the need for economic growth. (more)

Liberal economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman attacked unnamed pundits in an article published Thursday, and was almost certainly referencing his Times editorial page colleague Thomas Friedman, Slate’s Dave Weigel notes. (more)

Nixonesque cover-ups are not normally associated with Senator Carl Levin, the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Generals and admirals, secretaries of this and CEOs of that, address him deferentially as “Mr. Chairman,” befitting a man at the top of Washington’s interlocking directorates of money and power. (more)

The New York Times published an op-ed this week entitled, “The Overblown Islamist Threat,” which isn’t surprising since it would never publish an op-ed entitled, “The Islamist Threat is Very Real.” The surprise is the author’s identity: former Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. (more)

I have something to confess: I’m conservative, and I love The New York Times. (more)

Investigative reporter Susan Bradford has filed a small-claims court lawsuit in Virginia against The Huffington Post and The New York Times, alleging that the publishers plagiarized her work on the Jack Abramoff scandal in 2008. (more)

A spokesperson for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign accused the New York Times on Monday of “pretty deceptive reporting” in a story about the Republican candidate’s flat tax stance. (more)

Promoting her new book, “The Puppy Diaries,” on “Morning Joe” Monday, Jill Abramson spoke about what it is like to be the first female executive editor of the 160 year-old New York Times and her “brusque” style, as partially detailed in a recent Ken Artuletta New Yorker profile. (more)

When former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld canceled his subscription to The New York Times, was it just the angry online ruminations of columnist Paul Krugman, or was that just the straw that broke the camel’s back? (more)

A liberal advocacy group filed an ethics complaint against House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Tuesday and is asking the Office of Congressional Ethics to conduct an investigation. (more)

When University of Texas economist Daniel Hamermesh released a book arguing that society may owe “ugly” people a sort of affirmative-action policy because they tend to earn less money than “beautiful” people, The New York Times gave him space to explain himself. (more)

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced he has canceled his office’s subscription to The New York Times following a Sunday blog post from columnist Paul Krugman calling 9/11 “an occasion for shame.” (more)

Twenty-five presidential elections ago, a New York Times reporter wondered aloud whether a major nominating convention was a political event or “an assemblage of religious enthusiasts.” This was a fair assessment, as the delegates sang “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and closed the convention by singing “The Doxology.” (more)

Eleven days after publishing what Rep. Darrell Issa called an “error-ridden” “hit piece” about him, The New York Times has issued two more corrections to its reporting in the story. (more)

House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa is demanding that The New York Times publish a front-page retraction for an “error-ridden front page story” it published about him on Monday. In the article, Times reporter Eric Lichtblau attempted to connect Issa’s private business interests with his public service as a congressman. (more)

In a lengthy article Monday, The New York Times attempted to connect House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s private business interests with his public service as a Congressman. Drawing on talking points from the far left-wing Center for American Progress, the Times story implied that Issa’s mission in Congress isn’t to protect citizens from their government. (more)

Ezra Klein recently posted a New York Times graphic supporting his view that the deficit is primarily the fault of former President Bush and his predecessors, rather than President Obama. Interestingly, he makes no attempt to claim that Obama’s policies have reduced the deficit, just that Obama’s deficit increases were smaller than Bush’s. (more)

The New York Times has already attracted attention for an article published last week by Damien Cave that examined the apparent decrease in annual illegal immigration numbers, attributing the pattern partly to improvements in Mexicans’ quality of life.  (more)

In the final installment of The Daily Caller’s extensive interview with David Brooks, the New York Times columnist provides his thoughts on major figures in American political and entertainment life. (more)