In the New York Press, political writer Matt Taibbi challenges NYTimes columnist Thomas Friedman as jumping on the bandwagon for the “green” movement. Wait for the graphs, where he applies Friedman’s methodology to Valerie Bertinelli’s physique.
The best: “This is Friedman’s life: He flies around the world, eats pricey lunches with other rich people and draws conclusions about the future of humanity by looking out his hotel window and counting the Applebee’s signs.” (From NY Press).
I’ve been kind of entrenched in the New York Times lately. I browse its website everyday and I currently have a copy of “The Trust” floating around my house from the library. NY Mag is always pretty critical of other journalistic ventures, but in this piece by Emily Nussbaum they give the Times some props for their technological innovations. And they’re right. The techniques featured in the article would increase access and take the way information is consumed to another level. It would no longer be just reading, but reflecting on that subject’s world.
The best:
“…there is something exhilarating about watching web innovation finally explode at the Times, with its KICK ME sign and burden of authority.” From New York Mag.
The end of The American Dream
From Utne–People are better educated, while wages remain stagnant.
The end of the value of a college education
From Atlantic Monthly–More people are trying to get college degrees, and living out American idealism, while watering down the product.
The end of short newspapers, or long newspapers, or the end of nothing at all
From Slate–How the productivity of journalists should be measured by word counts, not content.
