Posted on 06/30/2017 11:11:04 AM PDT by Lorianne
Copy editors say they were compared to dogs urinating on fire hydrants in an internal newsroom report __ Editors and reporters in the New York Times Co. newsroom have broken their silence concerning growing frustrations regarding the direction of the paper.
Staffers at the New York Times staged a newsroom walk out on Thursday as a demonstration of solidarity as management threatens job cuts. The protest followed a pair of letters sent earlier in the week to Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joseph Kahn by Times reporters and copy editors
In the copy editors’ letter to Baquet and Kahn, they say they feel betrayed and disrespected in the newsroom, and ask that management reconsider staffing cuts that are expected as the paper plans to restructure.
“Cutting us down to 50 to 55 editors from more than 100, and expecting the same level of quality in the report, is dumbfoundingly unrealistic,” the letter reads. “You often speak about the importance of engaging readers, of valuing, investing and giving a voice to readers. Dean and Joe: We are your readers, and you have turned your backs on us.”
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Excellent!
I read the walkout was for 20 minutes.
Big Whoop!
“NY Times Journalists Stage 20-Minute Walkout/Coffee Break in Protests of Cuts, Refuse to Talk to Breitbart”
https://twitter.com/AdamShawNY/status/880569227760910337
That kind of thing has been going on here where I work for several years.
People retire and are not replaced... We do their work and our own, but don’t get raises.
Welcome to the universe, pal!
It’s fake news anyway. How many people does it take to make up fiction?
Nobady is forcing them to earn those paychecks.
“NY Times Journalists Stage 20-Minute Walkout”
“NY Times PRESS MONKEYS Stage 20-Minute Walkout/Coffee Break in Protests of Cuts, Refuse to Talk to Breitbart”
I prefer to refer to all media as either Media Monkeys or Press Monkeys. They are no better than monkeys. On can expect them to start throwing excrement when they get overly excited.
That, in and of itself, is not necessarily bad. For a period time the company I worked for did the same thing while investing heavily in measures to increase productivity. During this period revenue and production was rising rapidly.
Alternatively, you may be working at a place which is experiencing declining revenue. That could be a sign of a dying business or a dying industry. If you are not near retirement, you might need to consider a career change.
If you are near retirement, then you might need to adopt a very conservative attitude toward any expectations you have about the company's future. If they go down you don't want them taking your retirement with them.
Cutting us down to 50 to 55 editors from more than 100, and expecting the same level of quality in the report, is dumbfoundingly unrealistic,”
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There’s the point of confusion. They can’t loose what they don’t have.
,,,,, I sure hope they don’t fold ,,,, who would replace them ??? Oh! never mind ,,, there are hundreds of liberal fake news enterprises nationally .
,,,,, I sure hope they don’t fold ,,,, who would replace them ??? Oh! never mind ,,, there are hundreds of liberal fake news enterprises nationally .
Liberals will NEVER understand economics.
Guys, you work in a medium that is dying and nothing can change that. You make up stories so that you have no credibility and the readership you do still have is losing faith in you.
Congratulations, you’ve made the New York Times “as important to New York as the gas in that light.”
Copy editors say they were compared to dogs urinating on fire hydrants
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That’s quite a compliment.
A fake news break.
But this spaells doom for New Yorm Times.
Maybe Grimmy could snag one of those laid-off editors. ;>)
Remember, "lefty loosey..."
Heh.
Good catch. Sorry about that.
But, if I tried to cure my lack of editorness with one of the editors being let go, I’d have to lie about everything all the time.
Well, shoot! All they need to accomplish that is a single chimpanzee throwing feces at the wall. That's about what the Slimes is worth.
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