The Times ... they are a-changin

By EmmaZahn on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 9:46am |

We met with leadership this month to present a series of recommendations that will create a more diverse and equitable @nytimes. We need a top-to-bottom resetting of priorities to improve the working conditions of our colleagues of color. Here are some highlights: (1/8)
— NYTimesGuild (@NYTimesGuild) July 31, 2020

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https://twitter.com/NYTimesGuild/status/1289251126886297601

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I love love love the reply by Eccentrica Jones:

The New York Times needs to immediately reassign all unionized staff to Ladybug or Humpty Dumpty Magazine. Purely out of deepest concern for their mental and psychological health. Then hire actual adult journalists to write for the New York Times.
— Eccentrica Jones (@EccentricaJones) July 31, 2020

Gonna do a trial of adding her to my follow list.

Of course millennial wokees would probably say she is type that is the reason the phrase "ok boomer" was invented.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 1:59pm

more of similar but worse (I copy first and last tweets of thread, scroll through whole thread to get the gist)

Someone sent me the state of Washington's Equity Task Force proposal for health equity for the state. I have a feeling this is worth reading closely by many eyes and raising a ruckus about. Especially by Washingtonians.https://t.co/AIFzOXI9Pe
— James Lindsay, if that's my real name (@ConceptualJames) August 1, 2020

There's over 100 pages of this nonsense. You might want to take a look and then start letting people in power in your state know that you don't want this. Washingtonians first, of course, but it's a model that will try to spread. Warn your state governments.
— James Lindsay, if that's my real name (@ConceptualJames) August 1, 2020

There's a big difference, though, in that taxpayers are paying for this work.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 2:14pm

Meanwhile, there are still a few adult reporters left at the NYTimes. One of them that I follow just retweeted this, this is how one handles cancel culture as a confident and grownup reporter:

NEVER READ ANYTHING FROM KEN VOGEL! THATS MY POLICY BECAUSE HE IS WORTHLESS!
— Louies mama hates trump (@MamaLouies) August 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 2:24pm

STRYK has a reputation for representing clients other lobbyists shy away from:

• a jailed Saudi prince
• the MADURO administration in Venezuela
• Isabel dos Santos
• ex-DRC president KABILA

But he expressed discomfort about representing PRINCE ANDREW https://t.co/XIqAHILQFz
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 28, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 2:53pm

Is Andrew not rich enough for him?

by EmmaZahn on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 3:59pm

this is how one handles cancel culture as a confident and grownup reporter:

Assuming this is snark but I hate assuming. Requesting confirmation. :)

by EmmaZahn on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 3:56pm

The point was that Ken Vogel retweeted that comment. Doesn't bother him a wit, he's amused by it, totally confident in his craft and job. These days, maybe foolishly, but I think that it doesn't hurt for any writer to be confident about criticism on social media. It's the "all publicity is good publicity" thing where you figure smart readers, if that's what you want, will judge for themselves. Spinning is where they get into trouble. If you spin, the opposing mob can getcha. And I do agree with you that the NYTimes editorial policy is turning to spin. But people like Ken are surviving nonetheless.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 4:22pm

Thanks for confirming. It wasn't clear to me that Ken Vogel was the unnamed reporter you follow was who retweeted it even after clicking through to see the original tweet.

by EmmaZahn on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 4:27pm

I think she's trying out the good trouble thing here:

Maybe the editors of NYT Opinion would do us the favor of addressing this openly. Is their new ideological window so narrow it excludes socialists?

@cgreensit @katiekings https://t.co/zt0tVMRMZy
— Alice (@AliceFromQueens) August 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 6:45pm

"The Revolution didnt play out as well as hoped. We're now advertising for an epidemioligist and someone who understands the etiology & cultural significance of masks. Plus a play-by-play background color announcer for ongoing riots/protests/unrest/disobedience/whatever we decide to call them - think 'this generation's Howard Cosell' if that doesnt make your head explode."

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 8:48pm

Ya think?

Assuming this is offered in good faith, it seems like an incorrect conception of what the New York Times' audience and aspirations are. https://t.co/N86pYiDhpA
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 9:54pm

Yeah, a small local news paper like the NYT should reflect the demographics of the city they serve.

by ocean-kat on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 10:10pm

It's super confusing because they've cut local news coverage like 75% in the recent past and I find myself having to go to Gothamist or The City or some such for some stories.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 11:09pm

It's a tribalism festival, everyone is reaching for a piece of NYTimes' pie, so many ways to slice and dice:

44% of writers at the NYT come from a sliver of elite schools, have yet to see the demand that they hire more people from state schools, community college, or the majority of Americans who don't have a 4-year college degree. https://t.co/cwV6ZGdkLI https://t.co/Kk3woLdqkf
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 2, 2020

The people who want every institution arbitrarily stocked by employees decided by population quotas never want to do so past their favorite categories of race or gender. For instance, around 10% of Americans are disabled. Who demands that quota?
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/02/2020 - 9:16pm

"What if the New York Times aggressively advocated for the truth, rather than just putting it out there for the record?" —@froomkin in his latest post. Recommended. https://t.co/oAZ5ILEzYA
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 1, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/02/2020 - 11:28pm

The Times ... they are a-changin

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