Comments on: NYT Got 9 Details Wrong About Cronkite

By: mathews

mathews — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:21:34 +0000

the NY Times neglected to mention Cronkite’s Vietnam Tet Offensive claims how shockingly bad the American Soldiers were doing…

By: Kytross

Kytross — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:50:45 +0000

Allow me some application.

Right now the blind are leading the sighted as well. We’re warning them about the ditch, but they aren’t listening.

By: proreason

proreason — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:53:38 +0000

The interesting thing about language is that words change meanings over time.

“Fact” is changing meaning from “an incontrovertable truth” to “something that enhances the point of a story”.

I’m not kidding.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:04:39 +0000

“Stanley said she was writing another article on deadline at the same time and hurriedly produced the appraisal, sending it to her editor with the intention of fact-checking it later. She never did.”

Uh huh. Sure. Yeah. Riiiiiiiight!

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:10:57 +0000

The dead fish didn’t seem to mind being wrapped in it although it did add to the odor!!

By: wardmama4

wardmama4 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:05:55 +0000

-’June 19 was a Friday’- Well there’s the answer – it was a Friday dump – the NYTs probably thought no one was ever going to see it/complain/care at all.

After all if Ms NYTs can’t/doesn’t know history (April 4, 1968, July 20,1969 – see I did it without looking) do they really expect a single person of the ’stupid masses to know or care about history?

It is all just another way to 1) continue expounding on their own biases, 2) to continue to dumb down Americans and 3) to make history (most especially American history) not important at all.

It is the only way they can get their agenda through – if more people know and understand history – they couldn’t get a single paper sold to anyone not on staff nor get elected dog catcher and most certainly not get so many worthless, fraud ridden, corrupt social programs shoved into ‘law’ .

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:12:55 +0000

NY Times Profits Plunge 48% VS Same period One Yr. Ago. Nothing to see. Move along, citizens.

By: GetBackJack

GetBackJack — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:16:21 +0000

Matthew 15:14 – Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

By: GL0120

GL0120 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:46:35 +0000

Should it be “Crises are all around, no need to waste them.”

By: GL0120

GL0120 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:44:42 +0000

Get serious folks, since when did accuracy have anything to do with news?

By: Melly

Melly — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:38:58 +0000

(“Love is All Around” by Paul Williams – sort of) – Mary Tyler Moore Show Lyrics

Who can turn the world on with their bias?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem about Obama?
Well it’s you New York Slimes, and you should know it.
With each inaccuracy and every little slant you show it.

Love is all around, no need to waste it.
You can have a Liberal Regime, why don’t you take it.
You’re gonna make it after all.
You’re gonna make it after all.

How will you make it on your own?
This world is awfully big, paper this time you’re all alone.
But it’s time you started correctly reporting.
It’s time you let someone else do some truth telling.

Love is all around, no need to waste it.
You can have the country, why don’t you take it.
You’re gonna make it after all.
You’re gonna make it after all.

By: pianogirl88

pianogirl88 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:39:32 +0000

Ah, the NYTimes…not a credible news source!

By: caligirl9

caligirl9 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:19:42 +0000

Geez, you learn how to avoid errors such as these in your first semester of any journalism/mass comm degree program. There were too many cooks working on this stew. The more people who look at stuff like this, the better to introduce errors as those extra sets of eyes work to put their slant on things.

Methinks if you have a writer who needs a copy editor all to herself, there may be a problem with the quality of that writer’s work. Copy editing and fact checking isn’t so hard (it’s what I do for meager pay) but it is tedious.

This obit should have been perfect. Isn’t there some new grad working in the bowels of the Slime’s offices churning out obits for celebrities and political figures to have immediately available, should the need arise? That’s how it use to be: new grad journalists got the obits and high school sports, and worked their way out of the dungeon.