Comments on: A New Strain of Journowhining

By: william of san antonio

william of san antonio — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:54:15 +0000

edwardallen’s squalid attempt to knead two stratums of objective print content published by the nytimes into one forum lends louder a voice of sorrow for the demise of independent newspapers.

he argues subject behind a shield of subjectiveness, a favorite of blog-world where there are no editors to ride herd on authors. makes a helluva difference as to the quality of news offered to audiences. and, sadly, an even greater loss of a teaching tool for the young audiences.

offhand, i’d say there are even more subjects important to alaska and its peoples than cold weather, petroleum, wildlife, and good/bad politicians.

oh, and even bloggers.

By: gael

gael — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:16:55 +0000

Right on! The NYT is just whining about the TYPE of response they received. Bloggers are sick of the slant pieces that paper-buyers support.
Nice insight, edwardallen, although I don’t think you will convice the NYT to change her ways.

By: edwardallen

edwardallen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:18:38 +0000

Maybe Sarah Palin’s way of governing Alaska is a surprise to the NYT, given that newspaper’s routine coverage of Alaska, but it is hardly of much surprise to anyone else who has read the press clippings from Alaska papers on Palin’s regime. If the NYT has spent less time fretting about the environmental consequences of drilling in Alaska’s wildlife refuge, or the future of the Polar Bear, or the plight of the salmon, perhaps their readers would have been more completely informed. The NYT treats Alaska as some huge nature reserve, which a lot of it certainly is. But there are people living there, and there is a government there, and an occasional routine story on how they/it are doing might have prepared NYT readers for why the GOP’s grey suits picked someone like Palin.

By: Bored X3

Bored X3 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:42:29 +0000

Newsflash for Bill Keller and NYT!!!
Circulation is down because Print and Televisions News died and has been replaced with off-center, opinionated, snarky talking heads (that was objective). You’re ranting to your devoted followers, while the vast majority of the populations sees you as simply ranting. And did I also say boring? Sober up and lay off the drugs long enough to realize you need to get over your anger and sillyness – or you will have the exciting opportunity of a new profession, like flipping hamburgers.

By: Waynester

Waynester — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:47:20 +0000

Speaking of journowhining i noticed you left out the snarky sarcastic whiny piece by Roger Simon (Politico) the other day. Seems he had a hard time with the criticism of the media for all the negative Palin coverage. It was frankly, pretty off-putting, to say the least.

By: quotidian

quotidian — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:03:42 +0000

What Keller meant was that the story didn’t do as much damage to Palin as he had hoped for.