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2017-06-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

NY Times to make more cuts in newsroom staff

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Posted by badanov 2017-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I can dream . . . .

Posted by gorb 2017-06-01 01:55|| 2017-06-01 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Also on Wednesday, the Huffington Post reported that the paper would be eliminating its public-editor role. That position, currently held by a former Washington Post managing editor, Elizabeth Spayd, was created to hold the paper accountable after the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal in 2003.

"After further review, we decided we are never wrong. So the position is not needed"

Posted by Frank G 2017-06-01 07:18|| 2017-06-01 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 NYT journalists are hired with high level grammar and spelling skills

So, they're being replaced by AIs?

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-01 09:05|| 2017-06-01 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "Our goal is to significantly shift the balance of editors to reporters at the Times, giving us more on-the-ground journalists developing original work than ever before,"

So more people to develop more works of fiction? What ever happened to true reporting?

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-06-01 10:28|| 2017-06-01 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 What do they need editors and reporters for since they just parrot the Democrat talking points?

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-01 15:55|| 2017-06-01 15:55|| Front Page Top

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