NY Magazine: Sulzberger Stupidity Could Cause NY Times Collapse

NewsBusters ^ | October 8, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Although the New York Times circulation has been plummeting like a lot of other newspapers due to readers switching to the Internet for their news as well as being turned off by the extreme liberal bias at that newspaper, the ultimate failure of that periodical might be due to another reason according to an article in New York Magazine. Sulzberger stupidity. And based on what New York has to say, we aren't talking about the ordinary garden style variety stupidity here. Sulberger stupidity comes on a massive scale of unerringly poor judgement in almost every major business decision. The prime culprit of Sulzberger stupidity is the New York Times heir, Arthur Ochs ("Pinch") Sulzberger Jr. although it seems that lack of judgement is also a trademark with the other branches of the extended family, which includes the Goldens and the Cohens, to the extent that there is a good chance that the 27 members of the fifth generation of the Ochs-Sulzberger family (founded by Adoph Simon Ochs) could well be the last generation of that clan to profit from the New York Times. New York chronicles the almost comical downfall of this family newspaper empire through sheer stupidity (emphasis mine):

[PJ-Comix]

Pinch Sulzberger's main qualification for running the New York Times seems to be living through birth.

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[CholeraJoe]

Sulzberger Stupidity Could Cause NY Times Collapse

I guess we can hope.

[17th Miss Regt]

Sometimes certain people are simply destined to do monumental things. Like Pinch.

[Grampa Dave]

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[scooby321]

He won the sperm lottery at birth.

He will has lost his family fortune soon.

I bet soon that they will ask for a bailout soon.

Claiming that newspapers are vital for a free society even though that is not what they write in the worst paper in the country.

[bcsco]

Pinch Sulzberger's main qualification for running the New York Times seems to be living through birth.

Obama could have helped with that had he been around...

[ikka]

Another thing not mentioned, is that the Times has adopted the "strategy" of hiring writers from alternative weeklies in an attempt to boost its street cred.

These writers are often burned-out rehab types who are smart but have personal issues, and are very leftist and partisan.

Thus the smash-mouth tactics at the Times over the last few years have increased even more than usual.

[SueRae]

Even as bad as I feel today, there is the possibility of a silver lining at seeing that headline.

[bert]

.....Pinch Sulzberger’s main qualification....

I would argue that he is like Bill Clinton, Anita Hill, Al gore, Barack Obama. He was groomed from a very early age to take the job. He was carefully mentored to take on the responsibility. He was schooled at the feet of ideologues.

The problem is that he was just not up to the job.

[kidd]

These writers are often burned-out rehab types who are smart but have personal issues, and are very leftist and partisan

That would explain Krugman.

[WashingtonSource]

Schadenfreude

[gwilhelm56]

**Sulzberger Stupidity Could Cause NY Times Collapse**

And it’s taken the MSM THIS LONG to figger this out??

[gridlock]

And that dark economic cloud looming on the Times horizon has moved ever closer. Once those dividends decrease drastically, as they inevitably will, the party will be over for the Sulzberger family. Conservatives would like to think that liberal Times bias will be the reason for that newspaper's eventual downfall but don't discount the factor of Sulzberger stupidity as an important cause of its failure.

IMHO, Sulzberger stupidity is also the cause of the liberal Times bias, so it is impossible to separate one from the other.

[y6162]

“That would explain Krugman.”

The NYT Op Ed page writers perfectly reflect pinch’s inbred stupidity.

I hope the NYT shrivels slowly. I want to watch them suffer.

[laconic]

And take the Washington Post down with them.

[Rummyfan]

The NYT Op Ed page writers perfectly reflect pinch’s inbred stupidity.

Krugman, Rich, Dowd, Friedman - they're all simply unreadable. Even back in the day when I was a young liberal with a skull-full of mush, there was a little voice in my head saying this Anthony Lewis, I can't understand what point he is trying to make....

Just compare them stylistically to say, Mark Steyn. Steyn's writings I can't get enough of, his puns and turns of phrase are astounding, and he covers everything from entertainment to politics. But The Times staff all spout the party line(s) so there they are.

[Notary Sojac]

How long until the Treasury comes up with a plan to bail it out?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

... a little voice in my head saying this Anthony Lewis, I can't understand what point he is trying to make....

Anthony "Screwloose."

[Humbug]

The name Jim Taggart comes to mind right now, for some reason....