#2 They don't get it! At least from my perspective they don't. Just becase I don't email someone the story doesn't mean I don't dig it. I am more likely to email someone the story if I think it is not time-consuming, funny, or fits them exactly, which doesn't mean I care about the story personally. I'm less likely to send someone a lesson in politics, especially if it takes a while to absorb. I'm more likely to save it for conversation later after I've had time to think about it. These kinds of things don't provoke the "Oh my! Tee hee! My friend needs to know about this!" kind of mentality. Instead I prefer to let them get their own info and we'll compare notes and we'll see what falls out.
Maybe my approach isn't the norm, but it's what I do.
Besides, who cares about what the NYT says about anything serious anyway? Except for rare occasions (like when the editor is out sick or something) they usually get things so screwed up it's laughable. If their ratios aren't the same as CNN or Fox News or whoever they think is cool, perhaps they ought to forget about writing stories about cats and start looking at the quality and understanding of their subjects and their readers.
Of course, the NYT doesn't get much anyway. And it is kind of fun watching a train wreck in slow motion. |