Posted on 08/08/2019 9:34:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
News flash to the NYT...
Not everyone is as ignorant as your staff.
Dear Old Gray Lady,
“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
Pssst, you can’t beat us.
After awhile there’s a saturation point and people will tend to tune out the endless bashing of the president. Its so predictable and constant that the hyper partisan attacks become background noise.
Its kind of like crying wolf every minute.
That's because he was an unknown quantity, politically in 2016. Now he has a record to run on, and it's a pretty good one.
"Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested His supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint. [* * *] All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who, being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to exalt it by its influence on reason alone." -Thomas Jefferson, TITLE: Statute of Religious Freedom. EDITION: Washington ed. viii, 454. EDITION: Ford ed., ii, 237. PLACE: [none given] DATE: 1779
Dear Old Gray Lady,
“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
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Reminds me of the famous taunt of the wrestling great Ric (Nature Boy) Flair:
“Whether you like it, or you don’t like it, learn to love it! It’s the best thing going today! Whooo!”
LOL
I agree...
All the Trump Bashing That’s Fit to Print
News flash to the NYT...
Not everyone is as ignorant as your staff.
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The dirty secret is that the NYT staff are there to feed the niche red meat.
At the top of the NYT pyramid they know exactly what they are doing; Trying to survive as a news publisher by cultivating what they project as the most loyal possible niche, political fanatics.
So the staff are in fact ignorant. They are true believers doing what they are meant to. They’re not going to win over any moderate independents with their hysterics. That’s not what they are really meant to do.
NEver underestimate them.
I think there’s also a tendency for people to start to sympathize with the guy who is being ganged up on. They eventually see it as unfair and nasty.
The Left has no sense of moderation.
I understand your argument, but if you’re killing your circulation and being ignored by most Americans, it seems it can’t be too well thought out.
I understand your argument, but if you’re killing your circulation and being ignored by most Americans, it seems it can’t be too well thought out.
Yes, I believe you are right there.
Trump will get a further boost in popularity in September as IG reports and indictments demonstrate that the Obama administration broke the law to have US intel agencies spy on Trump and his campaign and spur the Russian hoax. Trump and Boris Johnson are also likely to put together a quick post-Brexit trade treaty that will boost them both. And with the economy roaring along and generating new jobs, Trump’s approval rating will have reason to continue to strengthen in the coming year.
I think there’s also a tendency for people to start to sympathize with the guy who is being ganged up on. They eventually see it as unfair and nasty.
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Add to the above that:
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING A GREAT JOB. MAGreatA.
He won me over!
I would argue that they would argue that they are NOT killing their circulation.
My guess is that they have done some very in-depth market analysis which has told them that you’re going to sell more papers to a niche that is perhaps only 15% of the population which is loyal and rabid, rather than trying to appeal to some larger group but who are not highly motivated to read a paper or seek validation in print.
If you get twenty five percent of a niche that is only 15% of the populace, you are doing much better off than if you get three percent of 60% of the populace.
In other words; you can’t please all the people all the time. Just stay loyal to the ones who stay loyal to you.
... and again, the staff don’t need to know why you hired them. You don’t tell them that their job is to appeal to the left side of the left because it sells more, you only need to tell them that you support what they are doing.
If they don’t find a better bunch of prospective candidates Trump may find himself running unopposed. lol
I understand your logic, but I’m not sure it holds up.
Check these stats out, regarding it’s circulation.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273503/average-paid-weekday-circulation-of-the-new-york-times/
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