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| Newt Gingrich: Seven questions for the New York Times |
| 2016-11-17 |
| [FOXNEWS] On Sunday, the publisher and the executive editor of the New York Times published a letter to the paper’s readers, promising to “rededicate” the paper to its “fundamental mission”. That mission, they said, is to “report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.” This is as close as the Times is likely to come to apologizing to its readers for a year and a half of unbalanced--and often unhinged--coverage of the presidential race. I grew up in an era when the New York Times was the greatest newspaper in the world. Throughout my political career, there were plenty of moments when I thought the paper’s coverage had an unfair slant. But I knew it remained America’s most revered newspaper, and that generally its reporters held themselves to the highest standards. Newt -- and lotsa other people -- are misinterpreting what the Times said. They fudged it up during the election, so now they're going to “report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.” That means they're going to investigate the hell out of the Trump administration and all its members and bring TRVTH™ to the benighted so they'll vote correctly next time. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Yup. Maybe browsed two publications in my lifetime. From what I understand, the hook is how quickly one can do the crossword, and that translates into how well one understands the articles, or something. Dunno. Guess Glen Beck would tell me to go to Target and pick up some board game for the holidays. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-11-17 12:32 |
| #5 I pegged them as a snob newspaper at age 12 - fuck them and Duranty's Pulitzer. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-11-17 12:26 |
| #4 #2 - what is the actual paid circulation of your paper not counting bundles dropped off at hotels, dormitories, libraries and 'friends outside the borough'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-11-17 11:19 |
| #3 The dishonesty of the Times goes at least as far back as the famines of Stalin. They have, AFAICT, always been slanted left on stories of politics or culture. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-11-17 09:15 |
| #2 I'd like to ask: 1. When did they decide to cease to be a newspaper? 2. Why do they make up stories and lie so much? 3. Do progressives and progressive organization funnel money into the NYTs, 4. What role does Carlos Slim play in the NYTs aside from being the biggest stockholder, i.e. what are his politics? 5. Why don't you offer a heavier grade of paper that would make it more suitable for lining the kitty litter box or canary cage? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-17 08:37 |
| #1 What would Al Smith say? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-17 04:06 |