'The Times Doesn't Matter Any More'

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Drew Magary: The [New York] Times cares more about its place in the power structure than in actually affecting that power structure. It gladly cedes prominent column space to bad faith politicians who would like to eradicate whole demographics of the American population. It dabbles in trans panic as a sort of weird hobby. And it scoffs at criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party while going out of its way to heed criticism from a Republican Party that would drop a load of napalm on Times headquarters if ever given the authority.

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Judging by the polls, a good number of Americans have weaned themselves off of that habit. In the process, they've left the New York Times alone on its bespoke soapbox, screaming centrist nonsense into the void. I'm done listening to any of it. I'm not going back, and neither are you. The Times doesn't matter anymore, and they're the last people on Earth to realize it.

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I haven't read a NYT article in years, since they put everything behind a paywall.

#1 | Posted by eightfifteenpm at 2024-09-26 02:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Her team understands that it behooves these outlets to have a close race, which means that they'll seize on any gaffe Harris makes if it gives them a chance to falsely equivocate her remarks to those of Trump screaming, "THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS!" to kick up a racial holy war. Team Harris has no interest in helping the Times sanewash Trump more than it already has, so they've decided that the only way to win the game is not to play."

Pretty much. I've been a reader for many years but they're ridiculous in the 'both-siderism'

"I haven't read a NYT article in years, since they put everything behind a paywall."
Uhh do you like the free news sites with the popup spam all over? Free = strings attached. you can pay $4 a month for a NYT sub. But I'm not sure it's worth it unless you want to read "Bret Stephens write op-eds like, 'If Kamala Wants To Win, She's Gonna Have To Fix My Car First.'"

The NYT has made the choice to suck.

#2 | Posted by schifferbrains at 2024-09-26 09:26 PM | Reply

I blame the corporations that buy these papers.
They tend to usher in people that think more like
the CEOs that control these companies than the
lay individual on the street. I used to think
that the only 2 essential newspapers in the world
were the Times and the Post. But w the advent of
corporate takeovers of big media and the news,
in order to control the message, and with the rise of
paywalls carte blanche across the Internet, it gets
more and more challenging to find good reporting.

#3 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-09-27 06:50 AM | Reply

Which Times? The London Times? Washington Times? Epoch?

"The [New York] Times"

Oh. Well, how were we supposed to know?

#4 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-09-27 07:29 AM | Reply

As a former newspaper worker... I can tell you this... it is all about advertising. Legions of reporters, photographers, and journalists were supposed to research, investigate... etc... to keep or give it credibility... and one step ahead of gossip. Editors put on the spin... in such a way to attract an audience so they'll see the ads.

They've bypassed reporters and journalists shrinking the pool of those actually looking into the matters... and now it's all gossip and spin... and people think it's reporting of facts.

Remember all those years before the ACA was even enacted and put into play... as we were dragging ourselves out of the Recession... people were coming here in this forum insisting "Obamacare" was trashing the economy... all the while it was being dragged through the court system to figure out what the impact might be. Righty tightys were all agog citing dire op-eds as if they were fact...

News outlets playing with the misery index to sell ads... during a recession... it was a blood bath for your attention.

Now the world is awash in gossipy... spineless... empty-headed... op-eders rehashing... reinterpreting... on both sides of the aisle. They get a camera instead of a cell phone and call themselves a news outlet... to sell ads... you know like the DR does."

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-09-27 08:24 AM | Reply

Why read the NYT? Solid journalism written well. Same with WSJ. A sunny fall Sunday spent reading the Sunday Times is a discreet pleasure. The same will never be said about this writer's paper...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2024-09-27 10:10 AM | Reply

"Um, look up and see what we were talking about Sentinel"...

#7 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-09-27 02:42 PM | Reply

By making most of their content pay-per-view, they've certainly demonstrated that they only care about preaching to the choir.

#8 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-09-27 06:03 PM | Reply

Hey, WTF did you guys do to my ceiling? It's gonna take me weeks to clean that ishtar up.

#9 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-09-28 03:53 PM | Reply

Avarice for the lies we believe.

#10 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-09-28 04:06 PM | Reply