By Michael Calderone 1/22/07 12:00am

All Iraq, All the Time

“There have been a number of occasions where we said, ‘This story’s bullshit,’” said Eason Jordan.

Mr. Jordan is familiar with the art of second-guessing. Two years ago, he resigned from his job as CNN’s chief news executive after right-wing bloggers pounced on remarks he’d made about the U.S. military allegedly targeting journalists in Iraq. Read More

By Staff 1/19/07 4:44pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

  • Made-up Manhattan Neighborhood of the Week: First came LoHo, now here’s South Village Historic District. But what will the abbreviation be? The New York Observer proudly proposes the SoVil–or maybe SoVilHisDis. Or SoHis? [The Villager, via Real Deal]
  • Ominous Declaration of the Month: “You either work for or against the Real Estate Industrial Read More

    • By Staff 4:13pm

    The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

  • Travel + Leisure picks the best 500 hotels in the world, and New York snags nine honors: the Four Seasons, Hotel Plaza Athenee, Lowell, Mandarin Oriental, Peninsula, Ritz-Carlton (Battery and Central Park), St. Regis, and Trump International. We vote for the Chelsea, too. [T+L]
  • What do architects think about when asked to Read More

    • By Staff 12/19/06 4:14pm

    The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday

  • Union Square’s two-decade-long resurgence continues with a new “kids’ paradise” at the north end. There will be a fountain, spray shower, swings and a sandbox–plus “innovative play equipment,” which sounds lascivious. Meanwhile, the area’s seasonal restaurant will be moved inside Union Square’s ancient pavilion, soon to be restored. [NY1]
  • Best Opening Line (of a Read More

    • By Staff 5:51pm

    The Buzz from Florida

    The day Mike Bloomberg is featured on the cover of New York magazine as a possible presidential candidate, he was in Florida meeting with the president’s brother.

    And what did CNN political analyst Bill Schneider make of all this?

    “Bloomberg¹s too liberal and as for Jeb, this doesn’t seem like a good time to Read More

    By Rebecca Dana 12:00am

    Nancy Grace’s Unmanageable Crisis

    On Sept. 8, a lithe and comely South Korean orphan named Melinda Duckett—21 years old and known to friends as Mindy—went to her grandparents’ retirement home and shot herself in the head.

    That was fewer than 24 hours after she had taped an interview for Nancy Grace’s prime-time Headline News show to talk about the Read More

    By Rebecca Dana 12:00am

    Nancy Grace's Unmanageable Crisis

    On Sept. 8, a lithe and comely South Korean orphan named Melinda Duckett—21 years old and known to friends as Mindy—went to her grandparents’ retirement home and shot herself in the head.

    That was fewer than 24 hours after she had taped an interview for Nancy Grace’s prime-time Headline News show to talk about Read More

    By Staff 11/20/06 4:09pm

    The Afternoon Wrap: Monday

  • CNN continues its glum year, reporting that American home prices have fallen around the country. On the downside, they’re down the most in the Northeast (falling 4.8 percent from a year earlier). On the plus side, the glorious “New York-Wayne-White Plains” triangle enjoyed a pretty little 4.7 percent boost. Hurrah for Wayne, NJ! [CNN/Money]
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