NEW York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller equated the Gray Lady to a PBS pledge drive, claiming readers have offered to donate money to keep the Times alive.
Keller was speaking at Stanford University to dedicate a new building for the campus newspaper -- an event he likened to a "ribbon-cutting" for "a new Pontiac dealership."
The bombastic broadsheet editor went on to equate the keep-the-Times-alive movement to the cause of starving African refugees, saying, "Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause."
Keller said he had little use for Web sites like Google and Drudge Report: "If you're inclined to trust Google as your source for news -- Google yourself."
Source: CASH-STARVED TIMES COMPARED TO DARFUR - New York Post
Really Mr. Keller? NYT vs Darfur. No use for Google? As hard as is it to wish a place to go out of business, this one is pretty close to the top. Not one ounce of integrity or objective journalism, and now the guy at the helm in less than three sentences shows himself to have the intelligence of a turnip (sorry turnips).
Two of the comments stand out in that article:
shimari wrote:
Bill Keller has no use for Google (other than the NYT staff probably use it a million times a day to look up stuff). I took a queue from Bill's comment to "google yourself"; apparently Bill Keller has "Googled himself" and doesn't like what he sees: "bill keller treason" (7370 hits), "bill keller treasonous" (9040 hits), "bill keller hypocrite" (2940 hits), "bill keller idiot" (7880 hits), "bill keller irresponsible" (5040 hits), "bill keller unamerican" (963 hits), "bill keller" + "belongs in jail" (863 hits), "bill keller arrogant" (16400 hits)... and on and on and on....
Thanks for your suggestion, Bill!4/3/2009 2:49 PM EDT
Red Phoenix wrote:
People in Darfur are dying from genocide and starvation. The New York Times will soon die from journalistic malpractice and leftist activism. It is really sad to compare the failure of a newspaper to people who suffering under such horrific conditions.
4/3/2009 2:42 PM EDT
The only really sad thing about the NYT going down the tubes is when the store runs out of Scott, we’ll have to find a different substitute.
