Will be canceling NYTimes subscription -- too much pro-Arnold articles and

[AP]

too much promoting the high-income life. And, hey, where the hell's the news?

In today's Sunday Times there are like 5 pro-Arnold stories. In the business section, there's a positive profile on his investment managing skills (not to daring, not to conservative). In another section, there's a story about Hummers, with a nice big picture of Arnold trying to help the US automobile industry.

There's nothing about his problem in the polls. And the only reference to Davis was a nasty cartoon trying to reverse the good spin on Clinton's assistance (which produced a very powerful speech by Davis last week which, I believe, did a lot of damage to the Republicans -- so the right wing needed to address it). The Times is a huge, publicly-traded media company trying to get bigger, and I get the impression that Arnold is promising big things to the big media hegemony in America.

Oh, another thing, there's a terribly conservative article about a 67 year old white Dartmouth grad and former lawyer and Lazard Freres partner who went from the top of the world (not battinga an eye at a million dollar bonus) to a recovering crack head with $150 in a checking account and living off of social security. The motto of the story is 'can you believe that, in this country, you can be rich and fall so far. We gotta fix that.' The TRUTH about America lies not in this guy's story, but in the fact that for many Americans (many of whom aren't white, and never could go to Dartmouth) their lives are relegated to hopeless low-wage jobs, drug addiction, and misery, without ever having any chance of going UP the social ladder.

I'll be canceling my NYT subscription and looking for a newspaper that is more willing to tell those truths.

[ixion]

1. I cancelled mine

for their pro war stuff prior to the invasion. It's really sad because NYT has always been the epitome of journalistic integrity. yet another indicator of the subjugation of our Free Press.
:-(

[Cha]

2. I hope you tell them the reason!

"I'll be canceling my NYT subscription and looking for a newspaper that is more willing to tell those truths."

And Good Luck finding a newspaper!

[Booberdawg]

11. Agreed!

Be sure and tell them WHY you are cancelling your subscription. :thumbsup:

[AP]

17. I did tell them. They were actually very interested in why.

The guy I talked to was actually pretty sympathetic and suggested I write a letter to the editor. He put up a little resistance to my arguments initially, but had to admit I was right. He was black, and he didn't have much to say when I told him that I didn't think the real story about America is that it's shocking that one rich white guy went down the social ladder. I told him that I thought the real story in America, which the NY Times rarely tells is that so many black Americans can't go up the ladder. I told the guy I also wasn't impressed with the Magazine wasting space trying to rehabilitate the image of Lawrence Summers whom I see as the guy who didn't take Cornel West seriously. When I see more Cornel West and less bullshit in the NY Times, maybe I'll start buying it again.

[LittleApple81]

3. Anybody knows about the Guardian's

possible US edition? That would be something I would be interested in. And what happened with the AnnShell (sp?) democratic TV channel?

[JI7]

5. was thinking of the guardian also

was thinking of the possible united states edition of the guardian as i read this. i really do hope it comes out. i would easily subscribe and pay whatever price i have to , to get some real news.

[Room101]

10. The reply I got from the guardian said...

that it was just an idea they are exploring. Nothing in the works:(

[JI7]

16. too bad, any way to encourage them ?

that's too bad. i was wondering if there is any way to encourage them to go ahead with it.

[JI7]

4. you can get entire nyt online for free

so their very few good articles can be read online rather than wasting time and money subscribing to them when it's not worth it. the whole arnold thing is sickening. it really bring's out the whorishness in the whores.

[BansheeBarbie]

6. Agreed! Any mention of Calif. Pollings

always cites figures where Arnold leads Cruz! WTF

We have to have the NYTimes cause our guests expect to have it in the morning. :(

[salin]

7. It has been so hard to watch

those media outlets that were considered respectable, balanced, even slightly left leaning - devolve into biased sources. Not always clear if it is chasing the "popular story" or intentional bias. Either way watching the Times over the past year or so, and listening to NPR has become an exercise in great frustration.

[AP]

8. Kick--and here's a link to the AWFUL story about the formerly rich, white

crackhead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/business/yourmoney/24FALL.html

[Stephanie]

9. Well, I am thinking of doing the same in response to the hiring of,

you guessed it, David Brooks. At least we have Krugman. But I really don't want to think a penny of mine is going into Brooks' pocket. He's nothing but a PNAC salesman.

[KT2000]

12. Question for Sunday reader

Were there any stories about the White House telling the EPA to mislead the people of New York after 9/11 in the paper edition? I could not find anything on their web site. One would think it would be front page - headline news.

[Stephanie]

15. I saw a small article either yesterday or today

that was the response from EPA or WH, can't remember which. I think the original story must have been last week, but I don't really remember seeing it. Search of nytime for EPA doesn't turn it up.

[KT2000]

18. Thank you for checking Stephanie

Kept tabs on the NYT stories after 9/11 and they were parroting the EPA - and worse. In fact I recall one article where the reporter sort of made fun of a woman carrying an air cleaner to her office.

[aquart]

13. I stopped buying when they started lying

About Clinton.

[w4rma]

14. Arnold is exactly the type of politician that the NYTimes likes(LibRepuke)

The NY Times is run by liberal Republicans, IMHO. The paper was solidly Republican before the civil rights switcheroo in the political parties.

The NY Times's ideology is closest to the DLC leadership, but seeing as how the current DLC leadership seems to be waning in their influence inside of the Democratic Party…

[otohara]

19. I Canceled / Judith Miller

pack of lies