Credibility of the Times

[Tory Sterling]

But the facts can have a slant-The Times was not as critical as it could've 
been with the recent "near" capture of Bin Laden. Could it be that they 
didn't want to sound too critical of the war? And I can personally attest to 
their sloppy journalism: a friend of mine was interviewed about his 
opionions on the WTC because our dorms are right next to Belluvue Hospital, 
he is in the ROTC, and has been since August, and is also a slight 
conservative because of his military-brat upbringing, but he's still a New 
Yorker and votes democrat. The Times misquoted him, and portrayed him as 
wanting to join-up right after the attacks, and as being rather vengeful. I 
don't know exactly what was said but he was very disappointed with the 
coverage, and had thought the Times was a better newspaper.

-Tory

>From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11
>Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:30:43 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Phil Wise" <philwise at paradise.net.nz>
>.
> >
> > From outside the US, it is very easy to see that the editorial tone of 
>the
> > NYT has shifted considerably from then to now.  If he regards it as
> > propaganda, why get up for it?  There's a lot of mainstream US media
>that's
> > open to that criticism right now, and whatever your view of whether 
>that's
>a
> > good or bad thing, or of whether you agree with the messages contained 
>in
> > the propaganda (nothing wrong with agreeing with propaganda, so long as
> > you've done yr independent thinking), you might as well recognise that
> > there's a lot of propaganda there.
> >
>
>
>Editorial tone? People don't read the Times for editorial tone. They read 
>it
>to find out what is happening.  One reads the alternative media to find out
>what someone wishes was happening. The Guardian may still be a good
>newspaper too.
>
>This having been said it may nevertheless be that the editorial tone of the
>Times has shifted. I will start paying more attention. If it's become
>superpatriotic that would be deplorable. Perhaps they are still in shock in
>Times Square.  From my reading their reporters around the Globe are still 
>in
>their usual fine conditiion however.. Same for the Washington Post.
>
>As for Pynchon, not too much should be made out of what at best is a
>translation of a translation.
>
>. P.
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