Steve Schmidt Breaks Down How the New York Times Failed Democracy | The Warning

Dec 16, 2023 | Steve Schmidt breaks down the reporting on how the New York Times lost its way, and how they failed to be an adequate watchdog of American democracy.

Steve, I wish you would run for president. – © Mark Alexander

I Sold the French Laundry. Then It Became "The Best Restaurant in the World." | Op-Docs

When my father died, he held disappointment in his heart. He was 66 and had only just retired from a life of 80-hour workweeks as a successful lawyer, and this next chapter promised everything he had skimped on since deciding to go to law school: family time, creative pursuits, fun.

His liver paid no mind, however, and he died on the morning of May 1, 2020. Four days later, I interviewed Sally Schmitt, bathed in golden Californian light, via Zoom, from the damp and shadowy basement of my parents’ home in Nova Scotia.

As a filmmaker and entrepreneur, I had always admired and studied the chef Thomas Keller, a walking pinnacle of craftsmanship, refinement and success — my father’s kind of guy. I had only recently learned about Ms. Schmitt, a pioneer of the Napa Valley culinary scene and the creator of the French Laundry, the restaurant Mr. Keller made world-famous. Talking to Ms. Schmitt that morning, I learned she held a different kind of wisdom: that success may have other definitions.

Ms. Schmitt died on March 5, 2022. But in "The Best Chef in the World," she shares with delightfully coy candor a message about the rewards of balance and the trap of ambition. I made this film for all of us who struggle “to stir and taste the soup” that already sits in front of us. Perhaps with time and Ms. Schmitt’s example, we will.

by Ben Proudfoot

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Trump verklagt seine Nichte

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Donald Trump will sich für die Enthüllungen über seine Finanzen rächen. Er verklagt die New York Times und seine eigene Nichte – denn die war eine wichtige Quelle.

Der frühere amerikanische Präsident Donald Trump hat wegen der Enthüllungen der Zeitung New York Times über seine Finanzen Klage gegen die Zeitung und seine Nichte Mary Trump eingereicht. Er wirft ihnen vor, ein „heimtückisches Komplott“ geschmiedet zu haben, um seine Steuererklärungen zu erhalten, wie aus der bei einem Gericht im Bundesstaat New York eingereichten Klageschrift hervorgeht.

Die New York Times-Reporter Susanne Craig, David Barstow und Russ Buettner hätten einen „Kreuzzug“ geführt, um an vertrauliche Unterlagen des früheren Präsidenten zu gelangen. Ihr Motiv sei Rache gewesen. » | Quelle: AFP | Mittwoch, 22. September 2021

Trump Sues His Niece and The New York Times Over Leaked Tax Documents: Former President Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Mary Trump and three Times reporters of conspiring to publish information about his tax records. »

Latest: Who Has NY Times in Their Pocket?

RT America’s Dan Cohen joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the commercial entanglements affecting New York Times and outlets like it and how said entanglements inform their habit of blaming the “Russian threat” for any reporting of legitimate concerns about 5G technology, fracking, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and more.

Killing Jamal Khashoggi: How a Brutal Saudi Hit Job Unfolded | NYT - Visual Investigations

An autopsy expert. A lookalike. A black van. Our video investigation follows the movements of the 15-man Saudi hit team that killed and dismembered the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

How Should President Trump Respond to Khashoggi's Murder? | NYT Opinion

For the United States, doing nothing about the premeditated killing of Jamal Khashoggi is not an option.

How North Korea’s Mountains Preserve the Kim Dynasty’s Power

North Korea’s founding myths trace back to the country’s rugged peaks, but those mountains also play a pivotal role in the Kim dynasty’s rule.

James Comey Notes Claims About Donald Trump Confirmed By Priebus Notes: NYT | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Michael Schmidt, reporter for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about his reporting about Donald Trump's pressure on Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia probe, and Reince Priebus notes confirming James Comey's notes about.

NY Times' Tom Friedman Presses Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman On Global Policy Views | CNBC

Tom Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist and best selling author of "Thank you for Being Late," discusses his groundbreaking interview with the Mohammad Bin Salman, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince.

This man is talking BS. Wahhabism didn't start in 1979, and nor did it start with the Iranian Revolution. Further, MbS is not restoring Islam to its moderate version. Islam has never been moderate. That's an outright lie. This man has been taken in by MbS. This discussion is sickening to listen to. But it does play into the Western narrative, I suppose. – @Mark Alexander

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Mehdi Hasan Rips Thomas Friedman’s “Nauseating” Column in NYT Praising Saudi Arabia

We get response from Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s recent controversial column, “Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, at Last.” Hasan argues the piece is absurdly sympathetic to Saudi Arabia, and that Trump’s friendly relations with the country mean he “is not just a liar and a conspiracy theorist, he’s a hypocrite. He goes on about radical islamic terrorism but cozies up to Saudi Arabia, which many would argue has done more to promote ideologically and financially radical Islamic terrorism than any other country on earth.”

Londoners Fear ‘We’re Not Safe’

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President Trump spoke about a renewed effort to stamp out extremism during a centerpiece speech to Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

How Syria and Russia Spun a Chemical Strike

The U.S. blames Syria for a chemical weapons attack on its own people on April 4. Syria and Russia deny it. We looked at videos, satellite photos and open-source material to find the truth.

New York Times Editor Destroys Donald Trump

Every time he tweets it drives subscriptions wildly

President Barack Obama’s Final News Conference (Full Video) | The New York Times

President Obama gave reporters one last chance to ask him about the news of the day before he packs up and leaves the White House on Friday.

FRANK GAFFNEY: New York Times Endorses 'Eye for an Eye' Approach

The New York Times' Ben Hubbard on Tuesday wrote a glowing piece of puffery focused on Saudi Arabia, titled "Saudi Justice, Harsh but Able to Spare the Sword." In it Mr. Hubbard admits that the kingdom's harsh punishments, including beheadings and amputations, are based on the shariah (Islamic law) and are viewed as unchangeable and derived…

'Plea for Caution': Putin Warns against Diminishing International Law Rôle

It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts has become commonplace for the US, President Vladimir Putin said in an editorial for The New York Times. Putin however has welcomed Barack Obama's decision to develop a compromise on Syria

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Leveson Report: New Legislation Would Be 'Dangerous' to Free Speech, New York Times Warns

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: New legislation proposed by Lord Justice Leveson would be “potentially dangerous” to Britain’s 300-year-old tradition of press freedom, the New York Times has warned.

New legislation proposed by Lord Justice Leveson would be “potentially dangerous” to Britain’s 300-year-old tradition of press freedom, the New York Times has warned.

In a leader, America’s newspaper of record said statutory underpinning of a new watchdog body would be “a big step in the wrong direction” for a country whose press already operates in a “harsh” legal environment.

It notes: “Millions of Britons were justifiably outraged over last year’s serial revelations of illegal and unethical behaviour by the powerful and influential tabloid press in Britain. But the regulatory remedies proposed [by Leveson] seem misplaced, excessive and potentially dangerous to Britain’s centuries-old traditions of a press free from government regulation. » | Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter | Friday, November 30, 2012