The New York Times, in its infinite wisdom (it comes with being The New York Times), decided that one of the paper’…
Tag: New York Times
The Western Journalist in Africa
In 1982, as the air force-led coup attempt in Kenya unfolded, we sat glued to our transistor radio listening to the BBC …
So, has the media gotten anything right reporting the Pistorius murder case?
We’ve blogged here about what’s been wrong about the coverage of the murder of the relatively unknown model Reeva Steenk…
Would Susan Rice have been a good choice for US Secretary of State?
Remember Susan Rice, the U.S. Secretary of State who wasn’t? It might seem old news now, as Senator John Kerry sits in f…
2012’s SMH (also known as “Africa is a Country”) Moments
There are times we shake our heads or roll our eyes. When we could not invent some of the things that we spot in the med…
Gaborone is not a bore
Typing in ‘Gaborone’ in the New York Times search engine and taking a look at the first 21 articles makes fo…
The world’s media watched (sort of) as Angola votes
The three most interesting things about the recent Angolan elections were: one, that we knew the result before election …
Lesotho gets the Kristof Treatment
Earlier this month, on his latest escapade to the African continent, the illustrious New York Times columnist Nicholas K…
African Asylum Seekers in Israel
Guest Post by Anonymous* If you follow current headlines, you may have noticed a seemingly new conflict arising in the M…
The New York Times goes to Zimbabwe*
Lydia Polgreen’s recent New York Times article “In Land’s Bounty, a Political Chip,” while a good introducti…