Comments on: The self-fulfilling story

By: Francis Burdett

Francis Burdett — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:06:39 +0000

” It assumes that every dollar in the stimulus should work immediately. I think, on the other hand, that there is no magic bullet and that building real value and real jobs in new industries long-term is the only real answer. Enough with short-term thinking already.”

But if a budgetary item _is _ in the “get it out the door before 500 more million Americans lose their jobs” stimulus bill-

it should damned well _be_ short term stimulus.

By: Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:48:06 +0000

Surely the real problem is that the NYT pretends to be objective when that clearly untrue. If US papers just admitted their bias (as they do in the UK and are respected for it) then there wouldn’t be an issue.

By: Linda Hall

Linda Hall — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:25:29 +0000

Clearly, Herszenhorn just got in from the 70’s. (I’ve noticed that time-warped thing about him before) The broadband column this morning read like a joke. Shame on the Times for putting that thing above the fold. It needs folding, OK, into a tiny accordian that Mr H can play on the radio for all the outlyers who don’t need the Internet anyway…

By: Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:15:59 +0000

The story had five named and quoted sources. That should be enough to satisfy anybody.

Jeff, I suggest you get your eyeglass prescription checked.

By: Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:21:31 +0000

While they are at it can they get rid of the story jumps? The typical front page of the NYT has four stories on it each of which is continued ’somewhere on page 5′, ’somewhere on page 9′, ’somewhere in some other section’ etc. It is not as if print is a new medium. Does any reader actually like jumps?

By: Broadband Politics | Doubts about Broadband Stimulus

Broadband Politics | Doubts about Broadband Stimulus — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:19:48 +0000

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