[FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Nat...

[Pamela McCorduck]

No, I can't say I have, but I'll keep an open eye.  What I see is much 
more, uhm, inessential stuff.  But my inessential may be someone else's 
essential.  After all, the Times has always had a sports section, which 
I toss gratefully as a chunk of the paper I don't ever have to read.  
I'm sure others feel the same about other parts.  This is a financial 
fact of life--the Times must cover certain topics to reach certain 
readers, topics that other readers think are a waste of trees.  But as 
for the news columns being "for rent," no, I don't see that at all.

Pamela



On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Phil Henshaw wrote:

> I've been curious about the change in the Times apparent politics.   I 
> think it's actually detaching itself from politics maybe, but in a 
> curious way.   I see more and more pieces that seem carefully crafted 
> for particular audiences, so that instead of having one voice that you 
> can get used to and know what to expect from, you now have more blush 
> pieces for targeted interests.     Their editorial positions are still 
> seem well researched, fair minded and practical, but the news is for 
> rent more and more of the time.     Anyone else notice that?   
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>> Nature,With Its Unruly Nat...
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>> Unfortunately, the NYT is no longer the newspaper it once was.  It's 
>> reporting on the invasion, its justification and subsequent events is 
>> a case in point.
>>  
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