tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32402245.post7612362345792983050..comments2023-09-25T07:44:17.471-04:00Comments on The Editorialiste: How The New York Times Screwed Up An Easy Trend StoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684537013120858057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32402245.post-78177508852806411912008-06-04T06:56:00.000-04:002008-06-04T06:56:00.000-04:00I echo anonymous' first sentence, except I've gott...I echo anonymous' first sentence, except I've gotten a new homepage: the Washington Post.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the New York Times even TRIES to hold "fair and balanced" as a core ethic in its reporting. An area where this is glaringly apparent is in its international coverage, which I have huge issues with. (Example:<BR/>http://truegreenwriting.blogspot.com/2008/<BR/>04/case-study-on-international-coverage.html) I am a young journalist who is very interested in doing international reporting and who has thought a lot about the issue of what was once called "objectivity" in journalism and, like you, I believe that it should be striven towards.<BR/><BR/>I think this article is also reflective of the broader elitist attitude of the Times. <BR/><BR/>As someone who spent last fall in the city working a sh*%$ part-time editorial internship and nannying and living in a c%^$&# neighborhood, I can very well relate to the people you talk about who are missing from this picture. I'm curious as to whether there has been any coverage of this "starving striving idealist professionals" class you're talking about.<BR/><BR/>Terrific blog.Annie Jiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951322142390280516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32402245.post-69709566556999628522008-05-28T16:08:00.000-04:002008-05-28T16:08:00.000-04:00I read this article during my lunch break today an...I read this article during my lunch break today and felt that it was quite vapid and hollow, and now I know why. Your criticisms are spot on. I hope that more voices like yours will continue to keep big publications like the NYT accountable to some kind of standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32402245.post-8545792711307009822008-05-28T11:51:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:51:00.000-04:00Thank you for articulating my disgust with this ar...Thank you for articulating my disgust with this article. My first reaction was to think, wow, I make about what these kids make, yet I eat like a king, go on vacation all the time, and save/invest huge chunks of money every month. I don't find anything particularly maverick about strategizing to eat less so that you get drunk faster, or why there should even be an article devoted to it. Then again, if you look at the author's previous profiles, you'll see a trend of the same demographic as the centerpiece. If I lived elsewhere and read the Times, I would probably think that nyc was full of 20-something white frat boys and girls whose lives and dramas center around drinking and blogging. Unfortunately, it seems like that reality is becoming increasingly true.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for the thoughtful entry.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003987751487419290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32402245.post-69587614368479010532008-05-28T11:45:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:45:00.000-04:00The quality of journalism at the New York Times ha...The quality of journalism at the New York Times has me increasingly reaching for the Wall Street Journal at my news stand. Articles such as this (see: "The Hunt" in the Saturday Real Estate section) serve no other purpose that to alienate vast swaths of the city. The author (and editor) need to make a field trip out of the trendy neighborhoods and into deep Brooklyn and Queens to see people doing much better on much less money. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I doubt that sells papers or increases website traffic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com