Insipid, gratuitous palaver from the NY Times "Public Editor" and ...

[understandinglife]

... my email to him.

Turning the Tables: What the Times News Staff Thinks of You

By Byron Calame on October 9, 2005

IF you are reading these words, it means you are one of the millions of readers of The New York Times whose desires and dislikes are never far from the minds of the paper's editors and reporters. How they envision you and your fellow readers can have a significant effect on how well they manage to inform, serve and entertain you.

So I thought I would give you an opportunity to assess - if only in some rough sense - the news staff's perception of you, its readers, and what you want and need from the newspaper. Through e-mail, I asked about 50 news staffers, ranging from the executive editor to reporters, to describe the audience for whom they are editing and writing. More than half responded.

Who are you? The staff's descriptions ascribed characteristics to you and your fellow readers that were nearly all positive and praiseworthy - even boastful, in some cases.

<I've never been so grateful for the 'copyright rule'; in fact, I'm quoting only 3 grafs - rest here, if you can stand it>

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/opinion/09publiceditor.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

My email to Mr Calame and his colleague Mr Plamebeck:

What the Times editors, reporters and owners need to 'craft' ...

... is a comprehensive investigation of Judith Miller's deep connections to the neoconsters and how she used the New York Times as a primary propaganda dispenser of her efforts to support Bush's un-Constitutional, and otherwise illegal, war of aggression on Iraq.

When you've done that, you will be on the road to recovering your credibility.

Every day you don't do it, is another day of infamy for your paper and another day of vast disservice to the Republic.

By the way, if you read the attachment you will learn something about how much was publicly available regarding the lies Bush and his neoconster minions were telling the Congress, the American people and the UN prior to March 19, 2003.

If it wasn't for Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Bob Herbert and Maureen Dowd, I'd have no reason to ever look at the New York Times.

Peace,

Actually, some of their Art, Entertainment and Travel stuff is good - but so is a google search on "Constantinople" or "La Foce" or "Beresan Wines."


Peace.

[Ksec]

1. Great letter

The NYT should fire Miller, she obviously screwed them. They should also fire the editors who OKed such propaganda without anything to back it up. Thousands and thousands are now dead because of this. They have blood on their hands.

[understandinglife]

2. Thank you and I full agree with your assessment of the NYT.

Peace.