Author: George Salamon

By GEORGE SALAMON// There it was, a story about what President Obama had called “the defining challenge of our time,” income inequality, or how the rich have been getting and keep getting richer and the poor have been getting and keep getting poorer.
The story in the September 5 New York Times, “Least Affluent Families’ Incomes Are Declining, Fed Survey Shows,” did not make it to Page 1 of the NYT news section. Instead, it landed on page 2 of the paper’s Business Today. What’s going on here?

By GEORGE SALAMON// On Labor Day (September 1) the NYT ran a story about the imminent demise of the Bagel Café, a 24-hour business forced out of the location it had occupied for 25 years in the Bronx’s Bay Plaza shopping center.

The story focused on the deterioration of the relationship between the café’s owner, 60-year-old Charles Maselli, and his landlord, Prestige Properties, a relationship ending in an induced “failure of communications” and the ensuing refusal by the landlord to extend the lease. The lease expired in March and Maselli stayed on a month-by-month basis for about $2,500 more, raising the rent to $17,500 per month. But that was not good enough for Prestige Properties and Maselli was served with an eviction notice. He will fight it in court on September 11.

By GEORGE SALAMON / Salamon compiles the Israel-Gaza headlines in American publications to identify political biases that are present in the Israel-Gaza conflict coverage. This critique outlines the root of the suggestive language choices.