Posted on 04/02/2009 4:49:21 PM PDT by Callahan
STANFORD, Calif. -- New York Times executive editor Bill Keller spoke at Stanford Thursday to mark the opening of a new building for The Stanford Daily -- an event he acknowledged might feel a little like a "ribbon-cutting" for "a new Pontiac dealership."
Among Keller's observations about the "unnerving future" of newspapers:
On the NYT: Keller predicted that the Times will be "left standing after the deluge." Noting that readers have offered to donate money to keep the Times alive, Keller suggested that GM probably isn't getting similar offers.
"Saving the New York Times," Keller said, "now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause."
On CNN: Keller said it's hard to remember that the letters stand for Cable News Network when reporting is replaced by "juries of commentators" behind laptops on a set that looks like "a parody of a 'Daily Show' parody" of a news set.
On Newsweek: Citing Newsweek's plan to focus more on features, Keller asked, "I don't know what they're going to do about the magazine's title."
On the Web: Keller said that the Internet still isn't a source for much "indigenous" reporting, but that a few outlets -- Talking Points Memo, POLITICO and the Smoking Gun archives among them -- have won big followings and "respect."
On Google and other news aggregators: "If you're inclined to trust Google as your source for news -- Google yourself."
If I 'Google' for the name "Bill Keller, New York Times" and the first result is "the babbling leftist twit who's running the New York Times into the ground" then I guess we know that we can trust Google more than Bill Keller or the New York Times! :^)
If we Google the phrase "the babbling leftist twit who's running the New York Times into the ground" will we get more hits for Bill Keller or Pinch Sulzberger? It could be close.....
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Wow. What a Jerk.
But if the NYT folds, who will help our enemies by letting them know all of our plans??
Liberals cannot live without the NYT propoganda machine, and any Liberal fishwrapper they can find will be given your income via taxes to keep them afloat.
No, it won't. Not in any recognizable form.
Not much market for whalebone, spats, or obsolete propaganda platforms.
“Noting that readers have offered to donate money to keep the Times alive..”
Pinch and who else ?
Sure they have. Them there dimwits are loaded with money. They have nothing to do but read the NYS.
Come to think of it, that sounds reasonable because these types would cut there noses off to spite their faces, just to get a one up on all the people who put the NYS down.
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