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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:10 AM Original message |
Is the NY Times a legitimate news source? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't you get the message? The Reich wing HATES the NYT for it is a Libural truthiness teller |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What the fuck are you squaking about, they've been flogging your bailout |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Which one? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Are they as bad as the Wall Street Journal? Fox News? The NY Post |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, it is legitimate moreso than the zeigeist blog bullshit half of DU swears on every fucking day |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Yes, it was. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's a good newpaper |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If I believed for a second you knew what you're talking about, I might care |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Honest question: How many of these "news conferences you go to work for" require press credentials? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I'm rarely asked for credentials |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. What nonsense. what a a string of silly sloganeering. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Wait, ONE example was used down thread |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I agree, but I bet a hundred crickets just... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Looks like you've answered your own question. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not for many years. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. They have to be fact checked just like everyone else. n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. Does Rupert Murdoch own it? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. no. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. I feel I can usually count on what's in there being true |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sadly typical |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
64. OMG!! The NY Times ran an editorial!! Shock! Horror!! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. My favorite is when they called us conspiracy theorists for questioning Ohio |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. They were the first to report on Don Sieglman............ |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. They reported that the Venezuelan referendum would not be monitored |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. They have used three different reporters on Venzuelan stories, 3 who are ALL slippery. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Some move up to FoxSnooze |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Film and book reviews; and the occasional editorial to keep it balanced. That's about it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. occasional editorial? try nearly every day. And it's one of the few papers |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The way they capitulated to the party line before the Iraqi occupation... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. They engaged in a pack of 'purpose driven lies' on Iraq. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes it is.. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. NYT only represents the economic and political interests of the richest 10%. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not in a long time. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. Even the sports section? Do you have some examples, or... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. The OP is someone who thinks Counterpunch is a shining example of journalism |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The OP seems ot have a lot of friends... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. EXACTLY, that's why I laugh at them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. The "real" news outlets often have actual facts despite themselves |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Other than that, Mrs Lincoln |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. No. n/t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. What source are you using to establish that the NYT is lying? |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. How about their own admission to start with: |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Remember this? |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Actually, yes, I do think that it is a good source of news. eom |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Hasn't been since the early 80's. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nope. That's why I cancelled my subscription. The editorial |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. You mean the NY Times that listed Bush's blunders the day before the 2008 election? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. No, I think he means the Times that published Judith Miller's bullshit promoting the war in '02 |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. They printed what info they knew |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Um ... I mentioned that in my post. Did you even read it? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. no, I had just woken up. Next time I'll wait respond after coffee. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. No prob. In the pre-coffee morning, I'm more half-cocked than anyone. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. NYTimes = Corporatist shill. nt |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. If it pisses off the far left and right, then it probably is a legitimate news source |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Ding, ding, ding! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. What if yesterday's moderates or even conservatives are today's far left? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. More so than an Iranian one which graced the homepage of DU |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Actually, venezuelan papers knock they government all the time, man |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. If you only bothered to learn anything at ALL about the Venezuelan media, you wouldn't have |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. From 2003? A lot happened since then |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Clearly you don't mind embarrassing yourself. DU'ers have discussed Venezuelan media |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. You obviously don't read the Venezuelan press |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. Would you know a legitimate news source if you saw one? |
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aldo (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. Of course not, Judith Miller didn't even report to her editors |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. The New York Times and Gaza: Justifying genocide |
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