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2005-01-18 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-01-18 1:12:49 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Zee poop, she is very deep at the NYT.

"in its entirety"

Um, not exactly, heh. How about links to those fMRI images? True, people have interesting subconscious reactions - often differing from the eventual conscious reaction. But (knew that was coming, huh?) I completely reject this puffery.

It is my real-life experience, not interpretation of fMRI images, that the conscious mind goes through much hand-wringing, weighing of pros and cons, wearing sack-cloth and ashes, and gnashing of teeth as a delaying tactic prior to finally accepting on the conscious level what the subconscious decided the instant a question or dilemma is posed or encountered.

Posted by .com 2005-01-18 1:33:22 PM|| 2005-01-18 1:33:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Red, white, and blue on the brain?

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-18 2:11:13 PM|| 2005-01-18 2:11:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Should have said screw red or blue. How about having red, white, and blue on the brain?

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-18 2:28:12 PM|| 2005-01-18 2:28:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com, sorry about not being able to post the "images" along with the story. I couldn't get it to work. All it was was two pictures of the same brain...one with a pro-Bush caption, one with a pro-Kerry. Not much to see, there.....but what else do you expect from the NY Times??

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-01-18 2:35:41 PM|| 2005-01-18 2:35:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 DB - :-) I looked, but couldn't locate an image I once had which fit the topic - in the humorous vein. Sigh. BTW, you should be able to get the direct path to any image by right-clicking and selecting Properties, heh. Just FYI...

Posted by .com 2005-01-18 2:52:05 PM|| 2005-01-18 2:52:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The NYT under Pinch Sulzberger has ceased to be a serious newspaper. It's really more of a lifestyle guide for childless urban and college-town liberals. Sort of a better-behaved and duller version of the Village Voice.

Posted by lex 2005-01-18 3:42:58 PM|| 2005-01-18 3:42:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 well said, lex.

I read this article, with an interested and open mind, and found zero content.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-18 4:02:13 PM|| 2005-01-18 4:02:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Pinch's NYT is a gay-friendly, college-educated version of USA Today: lots and lots of lite articles about subjects near and dear to the NPR crowd. There are still some excellent reporters (John Burns esp, also Gretchen Morgenson in the business pages) and a few reporters who rise to the occasion now and then (Dexter Filkins occasionally hits it), but by and large the reporting in the Times is shoddier than it was ten years ago and the proportion of content devoted to heavy subjects has fallen considerably.

What content has taken its place? Well, every time I open the Times there's at least one front page article on either gay issues, or porn, or the housing market, or the science of aging or urban frivolities that have nothing to do with the core issues that sway elections and world affairs. This is simply pandering to a core market arbitrarily defined as liberal yuppies who fear Karl Rove more than Osama, who care more about real estate and Thai restaurants than they care about understanding swing voters or China or Ukraine.

Same old shit, just in a pseudo-urbane wrapper.

Posted by lex 2005-01-18 4:11:57 PM|| 2005-01-18 4:11:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 McPaper for the left.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-18 4:15:12 PM|| 2005-01-18 4:15:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "Calling Dr. Krauthammer..."

Posted by Parabellum 2005-01-18 6:00:29 PM|| 2005-01-18 6:00:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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