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Its brand is about all it has going for it. It's the IBM of journalism. We like to think it's still a leader, but we're kidding ourselves in doing so.
by eplanit 6y ago
Its brand is about all it has going for it. It's the IBM of journalism. We like to think it's still a leader, but we're kidding ourselves in doing so.
- xkeysc0re 6y agoI had this thought the other day - what was the last big story the NYT broke that wasn't Trump related in some way? Like, actual investigative work whether in local governments or in other countries. I can't think of a single significant story that the NYT itself broke and led the charge on
- eppsilon 6y agoFWIW, they won a Pulitzer for this investigative story about NYC taxi drivers: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/nyregion/nyc-taxis-medallions-suicides.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/nyregion/nyc-taxis-medall...
- xhkkffbf 6y agoGood try, but just grep for Trump and you'll find the connection. "Mr. Freidman, who was partners with Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, disclosed the plan in a 2012 speech at Yeshiva University. "
- CRConrad 6y agoTBF, that single mention is just a tangential remark for characterisation; IMO that doesn't count as the article as a whole or in itself being "Trump-related." It's more like, in any story where they want to point out that the subject is a sleazeball, they say he has "mob connections." That doesn't make it a story about the mafia. (Yeah, that this was the example that came to mind does say something. More about Trump than about me, I think.)
- Bud 6y agoIf you think this, you clearly don't read the NYT regularly.
- xkeysc0re 6y agoI read it regularly and work there. I should edit my comment to say "recently"
- genericone 6y agoSuggest you delete this comment to prevent your cancellation. You appear to be a rational but dirty not-good traitor after all. /s
- xkeysc0re 6y agoYou can't be cancelled if you never say you're sorry.
- namibj 6y agoTo be fair, POWER 10 is an absolute beast. They did make the mistake of using a custom DRAM connection method (in itself actually good), for which there exists only one chip to translate it to normal DDR4. This chip uses someone else's IP for the DRAM controller part. This other company is against the system running with open firmware. Apart from that, they're great.