Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was. It's
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I've been curious about the change in the Times apparent politics. I
think it's actually detaching itself from politics maybe, but in a curious way. I see more and more pieces that seem carefully crafted for particular audiences, so that instead of having one voice that you can get used to and know what to expect from, you now have more blush pieces for targeted interests. Their editorial positions are still seem well researched, fair minded and practical, but the news is for rent more and more of the time. Anyone else notice that? Phil Henshaw ????.?? ? `?.???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: pfh at synapse9.com explorations: www.synapse9.com <http://www.synapse9.com/> -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of PPARYSKI at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:10 PM To: friam at redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was. It's reporting on the invasion, its justification and subsequent events is a case in point. Paul Paryski _____ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redi r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom> AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070301/faaa6fe5/attachment.html |
No, I can't say I have, but I'll keep an open eye. What I see is much
more, uhm, inessential stuff. But my inessential may be someone else's essential. After all, the Times has always had a sports section, which I toss gratefully as a chunk of the paper I don't ever have to read. I'm sure others feel the same about other parts. This is a financial fact of life--the Times must cover certain topics to reach certain readers, topics that other readers think are a waste of trees. But as for the news columns being "for rent," no, I don't see that at all. Pamela On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Phil Henshaw wrote: > I've been curious about the change in the Times apparent politics.?? I > think it's actually detaching itself from politics maybe, but in a > curious way.?? I see more and more pieces that seem carefully crafted > for particular audiences, so that instead of having one voice that you > can get used to and know what to expect from, you now have more?blush > pieces for?targeted interests.???? Their editorial positions are still > seem well researched, fair minded?and practical, but the news is for > rent?more and more?of the time.???? Anyone else notice that???? > ? > ? > > Phil Henshaw?????????????????????? ????.?? ? `?.???? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > NY NY 10040?????????????????????? > tel: 212-795-4844???????????????? > e-mail: pfh at synapse9.com????????? > explorations: www.synapse9.com??? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On >> Behalf Of PPARYSKI at aol.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:10 PM >> To: friam at redfish.com >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling >> Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... >> >> >> Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was.? It's >> reporting on the invasion, its justification?and subsequent events is >> a case in point. >> ? >> Paul Paryski >> >> >> >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's >> free from AOL at >> AOL.com.============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org "All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out what's true, what's authentic, what's meaningful, what's dross, what's a hallucination, what's a figment, what's madness. We all need to figure out what is valuable, constantly. As a writer, all I am doing is posing the question in a way that people can see very clearly." Maxine Hong Kingston -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4810 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070301/3f51aec4/attachment.bin |
But I must add that the Week in Review has been reduced to a smaller, thinner, and more popular-oriented section (compared to what I distinctly remember as a rigorous analytical review of the week's salient events). Cartoons, "color" stories, and summaries of late-night comedians' topical humor?
I'm about to subscribe to the Economist as a compensatory measure. db ----- Original Message ----- From: Pamela McCorduck To: sy at synapse9.com ; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... No, I can't say I have, but I'll keep an open eye. What I see is much more, uhm, inessential stuff. But my inessential may be someone else's essential. After all, the Times has always had a sports section, which I toss gratefully as a chunk of the paper I don't ever have to read. I'm sure others feel the same about other parts. This is a financial fact of life--the Times must cover certain topics to reach certain readers, topics that other readers think are a waste of trees. But as for the news columns being "for rent," no, I don't see that at all. Pamela On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Phil Henshaw wrote: I've been curious about the change in the Times apparent politics. I think it's actually detaching itself from politics maybe, but in a curious way. I see more and more pieces that seem carefully crafted for particular audiences, so that instead of having one voice that you can get used to and know what to expect from, you now have more blush pieces for targeted interests. Their editorial positions are still seem well researched, fair minded and practical, but the news is for rent more and more of the time. Anyone else notice that? Phil Henshaw ????.?? ? `?.???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: pfh at synapse9.com explorations: www.synapse9.com -----Original Message----- From: friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of PPARYSKI at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:10 PM To: friam at redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was. It's reporting on the invasion, its justification and subsequent events is a case in point. Paul Paryski AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org "All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out what's true, what's authentic, what's meaningful, what's dross, what's a hallucination, what's a figment, what's madness. We all need to figure out what is valuable, constantly. As a writer, all I am doing is posing the question in a way that people can see very clearly." Maxine Hong Kingston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070301/257f751a/attachment.html |
As a longtime subscriber to both the Times and the Economist, I can
tell you that the Economist certainly has a point of view; you detect it, you smile and move on. Their writing is sprightlier than that of the Times (though the Times is trying harder these days), but hardly "all the facts." "All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out what's true, what's authentic, what's meaningful, what's dross, what's a hallucination, what's a figment, what's madness. We all need to figure out what is valuable, constantly. As a writer, all I am doing is posing the question in a way that people can see very clearly." Maxine Hong Kingston |
> All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out what's
> true The better way to figure it out is to read The Times, The Economist, Le Monde diplomatique (in English http://mondediplo.com), and a couple of Russian newspapers :-) --Mikhail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela McCorduck" <[hidden email]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam at redfish.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... > As a longtime subscriber to both the Times and the Economist, I can > tell you that the Economist certainly has a point of view; you detect > it, you smile and move on. Their writing is sprightlier than that of > the Times (though the Times is trying harder these days), but hardly > "all the facts." > > > "All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out > what's true, what's authentic, what's meaningful, what's dross, what's > a hallucination, what's a figment, what's madness. We all need to > figure out what is valuable, constantly. As a writer, all I am doing > is posing the question in a way that people can see very clearly." > > Maxine Hong Kingston > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > |
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