NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 hidden)
You must remember people... (none / 0)
The New York Times, just like any newspaper, is a business, and they answer first to their advertisers...namely Conservative Republicans with lots of Money...

Anybody who thinks that the media can possibly be impartial and do right by the people is foolish and not paying attention to reality...

So whining about fairness and when they publish the story is somewhat irrelevant...They are going to do what makes them more money regardfless of right or wrong...


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by bobo1 on 02/21/2008 10:21:54 AM EST

That's offbase I think (none / 0)
If they were afraid of their corporate bosses that much, then why even report the story at all?

Cynicism is poison to reform and pumps life into the status quo.

by prezalex on 02/21/2008 09:52:20 PM EST

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its the money, lebowski!!! (none / 0)
The corporate bosses want the newspapers to sell more papers to advertise their products more. How much free publicity did the NYT get over this flap? A Lot, and the more papers the sell, ostensibly the more products they advertise in the paper they sell...

Media is controlled by who funds it...BIG BUSINESS!!! Is it that difficult to understand?

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by bobo1 on 02/21/2008 10:42:26 PM EST

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That seems contradictory (none / 0)
Which did they do in order to boost sales/ad revenue: sit on the story or break it?

SAM: What's new, Normie?
NORM: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer.

by Spinny on 02/22/2008 09:26:31 AM EST

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Thats a good question... (none / 0)
now of course there is a certain amount of discretion that is used at any editorial board, but the overlying message/goal is the same...Make Money for our advertisers...

I think they couldn't have timed it any better... McCain is just that close to winning, and Obamas momentum story is quite frankly getting a bit tired... If the NYT and its supporters and friends wanted to stir things up, they couldn't have picked a better time to infuse the story into the election news...Plus the NYT editors are so pro Clinton that this can do nothing but help her distract from the Messiah story...

Now do I think they should have done that? No, but people talk about how political it is, and i keep thinking to myself "Well DUH!". It amazes me how naive some bloggers are to how biased and unscrupulous the media is...I cant believe anyone still thinks that the news is what actually happens in the real world...

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by bobo1 on 02/22/2008 11:04:36 AM EST

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NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 hidden)