Analysis of NYT word usage over time. Example:
Some interesting comments there, too.
Posted on 08/02/2020 3:19:11 AM PDT by karpov
As bad as the New York Times can be right now, that will be nothing compared to how truly miserable it can become if it institutes the asinine race quotas and other demands that the paper's worker union is demanding.
In a series of tweets on Friday, the News Guild of New York, representing the New York Times editorial staff, laid out several race-based items for the paper's leadership to start working on.
Among them were for the company's workforce demographics to reflect that of New York City (race quotas); for each stage of the hiring process for a new position to have at least 50% of the candidates be minorities (race quotas); and for the establishment of "mentorship programs" that create a track for minorities to move from junior positions to more senior ones (race quotas).
Oh, and the union demands that all articles be given "sensitivity reads," the purpose of which would be to censor and edit content that offends or has the potential to offend minorities.
There would be nothing wrong with hiring more black journalists, but it’s hard enough to find one good journalist, let alone 18 who meet additional exclusionary criteria. Black people only account for about 12% of graduates with a journalism degree each year. Just as with every other race, only a very few will go on to get a job at a newspaper, and even fewer will get a job at a major metropolitan newspaper.
As for "mentorship programs” that function solely to promote minority journalists, what would you call that other than affirmative action?
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And the racists at the NYT had best not be demanding the use of the white man’s racist English grammar. /sarc
Second rate? That would be a world of improvement over the fish wrap status it really is.
“that the paper’s worker union is demanding.”
...their own replacement.
Analysis of NYT word usage over time. Example:
Some interesting comments there, too.
How could racist quotas improve anything, more or less raise the NY Slimes all the way up from the sewer to second-rank?
“In a series of tweets on Friday, the News Guild of New York, representing the New York Times editorial staff, laid out several race-based items for the paper’s leadership to start working on. Among them were for the company’s workforce demographics to reflect that of New York City (race quotas); for each stage of the hiring process for a new...”
Does this mean the overwhelmingly white editorial staff will fall on their race baiting swords and be open to being replaced by BLMers?
Used the credential “1619” in that initial tweet storm complaint—the Pulitzer prize flash mob bunch.
Many members of the Guild are about to learn the full meaning of the phrase “authors of their own demise”. My cup of schadenfreude shall overrun and my silly grin won’t fade for a very long time.
Remember back in 2019, the New York Times executive editor said the paper would be shifting from Russia coverage to focus instead on racial coverage in 2020.
The Slimes leftist propaganda is totally predictable.
They could easily replace all the writers and editors with software programs filled up with anti-white racism, woke cliches, and TDS (until their next target for their venom comes along...then just replace the name...)
The rule of opposites:
“Social justice” means kleptocrats steal your stuff—every time.
Well the Ebonics stylebook should certainly be interesting.
Fine. Let’s apply that same population representative quota to the NBA, NFL, MLB etc. Maybe then the anti American mindset will be squashed
I quit reading the NY Times after The first Term of the Clinton Administration ended because of their biases in reporting.
Giving up that paper was the best thing I could do financially and mentally as it cost three dollars at the time for the Sunday edition. A little less during the remainder of the week but it amounted to a considerable sum of money.
No Loss.
Gee whiz. Looked about like average usage up until about 1992. Wonder what happened that year?
I want my reparations from the NBA—since they refuse to take me because I am a short and untalented white guy.
“Race quotas will make the New York Times a truly second-rate paper”
If the New York Times becomes a second rate paper, it would be an order of magnitude better than they are now.
So they’ll just be exchanging one set of trashy propagandists for another set. Can’t see that it makes any difference from a news perspective.
One bright spot from my point of view: maybe some of the current set of toadies will be canned to make room for the recruits. Welcome to the commie purge circus.
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