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POLITICAL ESSAYS
The Times Leaps Into The Ditch
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BULL...
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Preserving Our Readers’ Trust
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A Report to the Executive Editor
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[by] The Credibility Group
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May 2, 2005 [1]
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"Last fall...you [= the ExecEd]
asked us [= the CredGp] to take
a fresh look at some of the steps
we had taken to increase readers’
confidence in The [NY] Times."
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"5. The News/Opinion Divide"
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"Discussion [of Recommendations
under that head]"
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"3. Diversifying Our Vantage
Point"
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"In part because the Times’s edi-
torial page is clearly liberal,
the news pages do need to make
more effort not to seem monolith-
ic [= liberal, too]."
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...CRAP
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May 16, 2005
New York Times
NYTimes.com to Offer Subscrip-
tion Service
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"The New York Times announced
today that it would offer a new
subscription-based service on
its Web site, charging users an
annual fee to read its Op-Ed
and [so-called] news columnists
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"Most of the material [= the
news pages] on the Website...
will remain free to users...."
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That's what "The News/Opinion
Divide" really means --and we
can not only fool dummies but
make money doing so!
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[1]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/busin ... wanted=all
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[2]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/busin ... nted=print
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