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As a long-time NYT reader, I can't speak to whether they are better than other new sources, but in areas that I know well, they generally get it wrong, at times
by davidf18 9y ago
As a long-time NYT reader, I can't speak to whether they are better than other new sources, but in areas that I know well, they generally get it wrong, at times leaving vital information out. At other times, they have done well, when they have jouralnsts who are also specialist write articles. For example, some of the articles on nuclear power are co-written by a PhD in physics, but oddly it seems like he is not a contributor on all articles about nuclear power.
Many of the medical articles are not full of complete information or an understanding of healthcare and public health.
Also, many stories on Israel are lacking context and completeness perhaps in some attempts to be "balanced." For example, the NYT does not discuss that the current Fatah Palestinian administration names childrens schools and streets after terrorists. They don't bring up enough that Fatah pays money to the families of terrorists, both dead and those in Israeli jails. That money they use to pay for terrorists comes from American taxpayers.
- tptacek 9y agoCan you provide an example of a story in which those details are relevant?
- davidf18 9y agoWell, for example, many claim that Israel is not ready for peace, but the reality is that since Fatah is still naming children's schoolhouses and streets after terrorists (including the mastermind of the Munich Olympics Massacre (see Spielberg's Munich) and that they are using US funds to pay for families of terrorists in prison they clearly back terror instead of being against it. Until the Palestinians demonstrate their steadfastness against terror, there can be no peace. Also American don't want their tax money funding terrorists.
- tptacek 9y agoThat's a reason why it's important to you that the Palestinians not openly support terrorism. But that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking: can you show us an example of an NYT story about the conflict (or any other aspect of Palestine/Israeli relations) in which those details were needed but absent? It would help to have an idea of what those absent details do to a specific story.