''Lies of Our Times'' (LOOT) was a political magazine published between January 1990 and December 1994. The magazine was published on a monthly basis. Ellen Ray was both its co-founder and publisher. It served not only as a general media critic, but as a watchdog of ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', which the magazine referred to as "the most cited news medium in the United Slates, our paper of record."
["About Loot."]
In 1995, ''Lies of Our Times'' won the
Orwell Award, given out annually by the
National Council of Teachers of English for outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse. Among its contributors was
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...
, who wrote a regular "Letter from Lexington" for the magazine.
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External links
ArchiveAbout Loot ''Lies of Our Times''. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
Defunct political magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1990
Magazines disestablished in 1994
Defunct magazines published in the United States
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