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What's the obsession with the NYT specifically, in contrast to other news outlets? It made the post rather irritating to read. I'm not American, so I feel like
by noneeeed 7y ago
What's the obsession with the NYT specifically, in contrast to other news outlets? It made the post rather irritating to read.
I'm not American, so I feel like I'm missing the significance that might be obvious to everyone else.
- davidw 7y agoThey're considered one of, if not the, premier newspaper in the US, but have been falling down a lot lately. "One one side, we have geophysicist Dr. Alicia Gomez to talk about the history of learning about the shape of the earth and its place in the cosmos. On the other side, we have Bob from the internet, who claims it's flat". Edit BTW, good follow if you're interested in this sort of asymmetry and how it's playing out in many ways: https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu
- tomcooks 7y agoI was wondering the same, maybe there are some NYT publicists spamming new articles? I've seen a lot of WSJ as well tho. Tangentially, if you want to see how several media outlets deal with a single piece of news i suggest https://spidr.today https://spidr.today (not affiliated, just a satisfied user) If you ignore the comment box it's pretty cozy and useful.
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- noneeeed 7y agoWow, downvoted for asking a question. I wanted to understand more about the situation itself, but the writer's obsession with the NYT (to the exclusion of every other news outlet that is not covering this situation) was weird. I was curious why the NYT, above all others, is so important in this.