David Carr

Columnist for The New York Times

David Carr appears in the following:

David Carr, Investigating His Own Life

Friday, February 13, 2015

NYTimes media columnist David Carr died Thursday at the age of 58. He covered the media industry for 25 years, but in this interview, which first aired in 2008, he told us his own story.

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Goodbye Net Neutrality?

Thursday, April 24, 2014

The FCC proposed new rules that would leave the concept of net neutrality all but dead. David Carr, media columnist and culture reporter for the New York Times and Nancy Scola, a reporter who covers the intersections of technology, politics, and policy for publications like Reuters, the Washingtonian, and theAtlantic.com, discuss this and the case Aereo is making before the Supreme Court.

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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear: Great Expectations?

Friday, October 29, 2010

David Carr, media columnist for the business section of the New York Times, talks about tomorrow's rally, what to expect, and looks at the line between politics and comedy.

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Ellsberg's Take

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Daniel Ellsberg, activist and subject of the film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, weighs in on the significance of the Afghanistan WikiLeaks documents. Then, David Carr, media columnist for the business section of the New York Times, offers media analysis of the WikiLeaks leak and talks about what it says about newspapers.

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BP Managing Press in Gulf?

Monday, June 14, 2010

While oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, information on the spill is only trickling out from BP -- and that may be the company's clear intention. David Carr, media columnist for The New York Times, talks about BP's efforts to manage press access and control the news coming out of the Gulf. Matthew Lysiak, reporter for The New York Daily News, discusses his first-hand experience of being denied access to a public beach on Grand Isle, La., one of the areas most heavily affected by the oil spill.

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Smart Movies

Monday, December 14, 2009

It's the season for smart movies. But why do the studios pack serious movies into the last weeks of the year? New York Times business columnist and media reporter David Carr and Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens, weigh in on this year's smart movie season and discuss some ...

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Dominick Dunne Dies at 83

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Dominick Dunne, writer for Vanity Fair magazine and best-selling author of crime stories about the rich and famous, died yesterday at age 83 in his home in Manhattan. He's well-known ...

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On the red carpet with David Carr

Monday, February 23, 2009

The Takeaway is back with David Carr, who writes the Carpetbagger blog for the New York Times. Carr was on the red carpet at last night’s Academy Awards with questions from his reade...

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Clutching on the red carpet with David Carr

Friday, February 20, 2009

Typically people are stumped when they have to answer a question, but what about freezing up when you have to ask one? It’s a peculiar condition that descends on David Carr—who runs ...

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Poll: We're at the Oscars! What questions should we ask the nominees?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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We'll be on the Red Carpet at the Academy Awards with New York Times "The Carpetbagger" blogger David Carr. Now all we need is a question. Or two. What would you ask a movie star? ...
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The evolution of the Oscars

Friday, January 23, 2009

Not long ago, the biggest entertainment on Oscar night was watching big budget studio movies duke it out for awards with indie underdogs. But this year’s Oscar nominations suggest th...

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A Reporter Investigates His Own Life

Friday, January 02, 2009

Hard-living journalist David Carr talks about his life in the newspaper business, and his struggles with drug addiction and failed relationships. He reported on his own life for his best-selling memoir, The Night of the Gun.

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Will You be My Friend?

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on ...

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Across the Pond

Monday, September 08, 2008

England and the U.S. share a language and intertwined histories, but are still two very different cultures. We use the American perspective to help make sense of English culture -- from the traditional “stiff upper lip,” to modern consumerism. Also: the life of Father Mychal Judge, who died in the ...

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Will You be My Friend?

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on ...

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Election Night Media Snafus; NY Times Corrections; AARP; Remembering Frankie Crocker & African American DJs

Friday, November 10, 2000

Oops! We Goofed: The media's election night meltdown and remembering Frankie Crocker and the history of African American disc jockeys.

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Debates; Bush's Potty Mouth; Campaign Ads; Harry Shearer; Sound of Music; Lucille Fletcher Obit

Friday, September 08, 2000

How do you solve a problem named "The Sound of Music"? If you are the actress who played Liesl, you fully embrace it --warts and all.

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