Tom McGeveran

Bio: Tom McGeveran is a co-founder and editor of Capital. He's previously served as Editor of The New York Observer and has also worked at The New York Blade.

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When straight-keeper in chief Jill Abramson gets the tabloid treatment

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Has Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, "lost the newsroom"? More

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By Tom McGeveran

on April 24th, 2013 2:10pm

 
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Tom McGeveran commented on On the strange tenacity of the 'New York Post'

No, I think these things you mention, that everyone got wrong (multiple bombs for instance) are covered at the beginning of this article. And, the Post knows the difference between someone being in police custody and someone being questioned; this man was not in custody any more than anyone being treated at the hospital who police wanted to talk to as witnesses and asked to stay there was. Which I also think I covered. Perhaps the politics you impute to me are better imputed to the Post: Why did they privelege the story of a 20-year-old Saudi national being questioned by police over the dozens of others the Boston police chief told us were also being questioned, when he warned viewers not to make anything much of any individuals being questioned by police?

Posted on April 17th, 2013 11:48am

 
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On the strange tenacity of the 'New York Post'

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The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More

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By Tom McGeveran and Joe Pompeo

on April 16th, 2013 11:20am

 
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Sam Tanenhaus to leave 'New York Times' Book Review, become 'writer at large' for the paper

Replacing him will be Pamela Paul, previously features editor at the Review.  More

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By Tom McGeveran

on April 9th, 2013 4:04pm

 
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Jimmy Fallon gets Jay Leno's blessing, which is to say Lorne Michaels has NBC where he wants them

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NBC is for some reason promoting the idea that Jimmy's the one behind moving it back here from Burbank, even while promoting the idea Fallon was trying to keep his head down and his mouth shut while the whole thing played out. More

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By Tom McGeveran

on April 3rd, 2013 12:02pm

 
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Tom McGeveran commented on Extra! Print newspaper reports politicians' arrest before it happens

Also, old-fashioned questions about media ethics (leaks! prosecutions! photo calls!) are more fun than the new ones (native advertising! Twitter misbehavior!)

Posted on April 2nd, 2013 2:21pm

 
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Tom McGeveran commented on Extra! Print newspaper reports politicians' arrest before it happens

Never far from my mind, is that.

Posted on April 2nd, 2013 2:20pm

 

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