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    The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    Katastic fucking sucks.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    03/20/09

    @braak: Agreed.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    NYTimes blogs have some of the most racist, sexist, obnoxious, poorly spelled, craptacular comments I have ever seen.


    Here's one from today:


    Obama needs to remember he is President and act like one, not a superstare celebrity. What mag. cover or TV show is next? How about photos of him working at the job he was elected to do, speaking without Mr. Prompter at his side. Learn to say more than aaaahhhhhhhhh. Oh, yes and keep his word to America!- Ronda


    You stay classy, NYTimes!

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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    03/20/09

    @hortense: I AM PERZNALLY OFFNDED AT YOU MAKIN FUN OF MY POSTIN ON THE JEWEYORK TIMES WEBITENETZ. YOU AND THE REST OF THISES HAFRICANS LUVRS WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT U NEED TO BE NICE TO THE TARDZ TOO SHOULD BE ASHAMED BECAUSE I BELIVE IN THE BABY JESUS AS MY LORD AND CHEVIER. NOBAMA SHOULD POLOGIZE TO THEM POOR DROOLING BAZTARDS LIKE MY SISTER/COUSIN WHO ONLIE TRIES TO DO HER BEST FOR OHTER SISTER/MAMA. UNFRTNATELY, HER BEST IS USUALLY JST RAPIN THE DOG. NO MORE MUSLIN RETARD FUNNY MAKERS!!
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    Image of The Tipping Pint The Tipping Pint
    03/20/09

    @saythatscool: You just got hearted/followed.
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    03/20/09

    @hortense: It's true. The NYT suffers from both an overabundance and dearth of editorial discretion when they publish comments. I rarely see comments that directly contradict the main point of the post, but I often see comments like the one above. Marketplace of ideas my ass.
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    03/20/09

    @The Tipping Pint: I'm glad you've the club. saythatscool is one of the all-time greats.
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    Image of Kitten_Witawip Kitten_Witawip
    03/20/09

    @saythatscool: About 12 - 13 years ago when I first got on the interwebz the NYT had a discussion board and one of the topics was something like opinions on the greatest book ever written. It was bunch of posts about how great the bible is.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    03/20/09

    @Kitten_Witawip: That's nonsense. Everyone knows Dianetics is the only book of truth.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    "What should be avoided in all of them is... any suggestion of nasty, snide, sarcastic, or condescending tone."


    Jesus, the standards for their blogs are apparently higher than the standards for their Op-Ed page.

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    Image of Wonderland Wonderland
    03/20/09

    @eatsshootsleaves:


    Um... Exactly. Blogs are written by the newsroom and shouldn't sound like they are written by op-ed writers.

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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    03/20/09

    @Wonderland: That's not true, actually. Many (if not most) of their blogs are the work of one or two opinion writers. For example:


    [kristof.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [themedium.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [bitten.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [parenting.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [pogue.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [thepour.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [niemann.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [krugman.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]

    [fish.blogs.nytimes.com]


    In other news, there are these things called jokes.

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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    03/20/09

    @eatsshootsleaves: Now we know why Kristoff and Krugman have blogs but Dowd doesn't. That and the not understanding the internet thing.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    I wasn't aware that I had wandered into the "young adult" section of cyberspace. How embarrassing.


    Please excuse me while I try to locate the "uptight old fart" area.

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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    I think this site might give Gawker a run for the money in the "young adult" market:


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    Image of FitnessMadeSimple FitnessMadeSimple
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    They're wasting their time, anyway. The internets will never catch on. Flash in the pan and whatnot.
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    Image of ithacabaron ithacabaron
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    Yo, Gawk --


    If you want blogs to be accepted as legitimate sources of news (including yours) by the general public, then this is how it happens.


    The more the Greg Whitneys of the world have influence over the blogosphere, the better it will be for you and everyone else. I'm not saying Whitney needs to have a say about what Gawker does or doesn't do, but his presence as a gatekeeper for NYT.com will reassure a lot of people still getting comfortable with the print-online transition that online publications have value.


    A rising tide lifts all boats, and Times' boat is a lot bigger than yours. Why bite the hand that feeds you?

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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    03/20/09

    @ithacabaron: In the real world his name is Craig Whitney; here, I just guesstimate it.
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    Image of slainte_pants slainte_pants
    03/20/09

    @ithacabaron: Here is one issue I have with this- Gawker does come up with some hard-hitting exclusive pieces once in a while, but our whole news cycle has become so degraded that basically nothing is "news" anymore. I really can't see a difference between turning to cable news versus a blog; aren't they both just aggregations of useless information?


    Basically, I just don't get why people see a difference between Gawker's most vapid reporting on celebs, and the hardest hitting economic reporting CNN or CNBC can muster

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    Image of blogissuchanuglyword blogissuchanuglyword
    03/20/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: Ironically, his given name is actually Greg Whitney and he changed it to the more glamorous Craig for the newspaper business. Full circle and all that.
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    03/20/09

    @slainte_pants: Try the BBC (TV, radio or online) and NPR (and Salon if you swing that way).
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    03/20/09

    @ithacabaron: I think you have an excessively high estimation of the general public's interest in discernment.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    03/20/09

    In reply to The New York Times Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009
    I detect "snark" in the phrase "satirical website for young adults."
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