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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:40 PM
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New York Times website still has NOTHING on the challenge....nt
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:40 PM
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1. ABC does n/t
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pbartch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:42 PM
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2. the new york times sucks
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:43 PM
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4. what are they afraid of? nt
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:42 PM
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3. Washington Post website has nothing nt
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:46 PM
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5. of course, CNN.com has nothing nt
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:50 PM
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6. Let Mr. Okrent know that you know that he knows that we know that
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 08:50 PM by sfexpat2000
they'll owe us yet ANOTHER apology for their misbeggoten notion of "journalism".

He's the Public Editor, his job to field your complaints:

public@nytimes.com

FLOOD the SOB.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:56 PM
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9. I just emailed Okrent, hope it was worth my energy nt
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:56 PM
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10. He and his staff are morons...
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 08:57 PM by BrklynLiberal
Here is the response I got from the most recent letter I wrote:
(I did forward a copy of this note to the editor-in-chief commenting on the professional attitude of the staff. The email address is on the DU MSM email list.)

Dear Ms. XXXXXX,

We didn't assign or write the article so give the tone a rest. We've noted several blog-generated reader concerns about this to the editors.

Sincerely,
Arthur Bovino
Office of the Public Editor
The New York Times

At 03:35 PM 1/4/2005, you wrote:

Another example of your "fair and accurate reporting"?

"Democratic Underground, a blog for open discussion and an online gathering place for people who hate the Bush administration"
vs
"Wizbang, a politically conservative blog"

Now you want to know why so many people who were once you base of subscribers are cancelling their subscriptions?

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 09:04 PM
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12. They KNOW. The same week they dismissed us, the CEO of
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 09:05 PM by sfexpat2000
the AP was in Hollywood, giving a keynote to Journ students, "We have to keep up with the net."

Keep at them. Just keep doing it no matter how stupid/mendacious/clueless they are.

(Walking me outside to vent some timely curses. Mother-)
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pauldp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:51 PM
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7. F*ck the NYT n/t
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:52 PM
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8. Had to think for a minute: Which challenge? Election or Skinner's LTTE
NYT: what a shadow of its former self it is these days.
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Shalom Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 08:58 PM
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11. When the News Does Break, NYT will look like SHIT !!!
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 09:20 PM
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13. website URL is below...
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 09:25 PM
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14. Guardian doesnt either and they are pretty good, they have a
WHOLE BUNCH of Washington stories almost as if the White House is trying to saturate the news with announcements.

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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 09:29 PM
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15. Screw the times.
Only 1.5 years after the Iraq war they admitted to having their heads up their asses.
We are just nut balls who can not except the will of the people.

They are going to look like shit as Conyers' report comes out.

:kick:
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AmerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 09:32 PM
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16. They'll have no other choice but to report on it tomorrow
That's the only this story will get out, forcing it down their throats until the average viewer catches on.
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