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2016-11-13 Home Front: Politix

New York Times publisher vows to 'rededicate' paper to reporting honestly

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Posted by gorb 2016-11-13 01:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

I reckon anything is possible. We'll be watching.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-13 02:15|| 2016-11-13 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey. This is not April Fool's Day

Posted by JFM 2016-11-13 04:25|| 2016-11-13 04:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Where are they going to find somebody who knows how?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2016-11-13 06:15|| 2016-11-13 06:15|| Front Page Top

#4 ...The Times, quite honestly, is in deep sh!t. They are rapidly approaching the point where the 'brand' is worth far more than the paper itself. So with a little luck, in the next year or so the Times will go online only or close altogether, it's name sold off to various products.

And there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and there will be many mournful post-mortems, not one of which will address the real reason it died - that it completely lost touch with the people it claimed to want to inform.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-11-13 07:09|| 2016-11-13 07:09|| Front Page Top

#5 They could start by publishing the Constitution and restating their editorial opinion based on what America is founded upon.

Posted by Airandee 2016-11-13 07:38|| 2016-11-13 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll believe it when I see it and expect the further decline of the paper into irrelevance and bankruptcy.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-11-13 08:31|| 2016-11-13 08:31|| Front Page Top

#7 It's just another NYC mid-town rag appealing to the stereotypical mid-town snob. Their audience has just become more selective over the generations. They don't know what the word 'honest' means anymore than real 'diversity'. It's diverse for mid-town NYC, but not for America as the just executed election demonstrated.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-11-13 08:32|| 2016-11-13 08:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Taquia.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-11-13 08:59|| 2016-11-13 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I agree with DV #6 - this rag is on its way to being just fish-wrapper, or window-cleaning rag. Good riddance.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2016-11-13 09:19|| 2016-11-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

#10 A yuuuge upsurge in articles about how bad the economy is. Lots on how many homeless there are. Lots on how "scared" gays and illegal immigrants are.

Business as usual...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-11-13 09:33|| 2016-11-13 09:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Dan Rather is attempting a come-back as well. Good luck with that, trust is not easy to restore.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-11-13 09:34|| 2016-11-13 09:34|| Front Page Top

#12 The entire MSM is going to suddenly rediscover its role as the "loyal" opposition. Every single minor scandal, every homeless person, every illegal immigrant deported, will suddenly become front page news. They will once again rediscover their need to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-11-13 11:25|| 2016-11-13 11:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Personally, I've made my mind about NYT in 1984. In the 32 years since, they haven't given me reason to change my opinion.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-11-13 11:52|| 2016-11-13 11:52|| Front Page Top

#14 The publisher of The New York Times penned a letter to readers Friday promising that the paper would "reflect" on its coverage of this year's election while rededicating itself to reporting on "America and the world" honestly.

Every time I read something from the NYT, Boston Globe, etc., the first thing that pops into my mind is - "how are they fucking lying to me now?" This post is no different. I look forward to their Chapter 7 / Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

Posted by Raj 2016-11-13 12:19|| 2016-11-13 12:19|| Front Page Top

#15 All liberal policies are un-necessary distractions from the true purpose of the Government, which is the opposite of liberal policies.

A bunch of nut cases, every one.

Posted by newc 2016-11-13 13:01|| 2016-11-13 13:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Going to change the format so they can sell it in rolls.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-11-13 14:07|| 2016-11-13 14:07|| Front Page Top

#17 This was my main reason for voting Trump - the knowledge that the Times etc. would rediscover their mission of investigating political 'dirt,' and thus restrain possible Trump misbehavior, a situation that would not have happened if Clinton had won.

Posted by Glenmore 2016-11-13 14:07|| 2016-11-13 14:07|| Front Page Top

#18 Wrong Glenmore: these boy been crying "wolf" too many times.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-11-13 14:23|| 2016-11-13 14:23|| Front Page Top

#19 "Rededicate"?

Don't you at some point have to have been "dedicated" to something before you can "rededicate" yourself to it?

Posted by Barbara 2016-11-13 15:10|| 2016-11-13 15:10|| Front Page Top

#20 like renege or disgruntled? Don't you have to nege or gruntle first?

Posted by Frank G 2016-11-13 15:50|| 2016-11-13 15:50|| Front Page Top

#21 When Hillary and Bill try to go to Heaven:

Posted by Albert Hupavith2014 2016-11-13 16:08|| 2016-11-13 16:08|| Front Page Top

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