NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Nat...

[Phil Henshaw-2]

Maybe I've just been more sensitive to cut and paste journalism from special
interests, like the long analytical piece a while back on the importance of
expanding our national power line grid with no mention anywhere of load
reduction by any method of any kind...  Then there was the similar
analytical piece on income trends that missed the diverging returns of money
and work that's been a major new phenomenon in the economy  for almost 40
years.  It seems they included profits from speculation as 'wages'....  
Both pieces seemed to be so knowledgeable about the subject, and so one
sided, that I couldn't help notice.    I suppose the political  bone
throwing that's goes on with the interviewer being a hand picked straight
man for the 'cause'...is hardly new either I suppose.   Perhaps I'm just
noticing those things more too.

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From: Pamela McCorduck <[hidden email]>
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its
Unruly Nat...
Date: 03/01/07 09:19

>
> 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
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>
>
> On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Phil Henshaw wrote:
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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?????????????????????? ????.?? ? `?.????
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> > 680 Ft. Washington Ave
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> >> Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was.? It's
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> >> a case in point.
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