Weapons of Mass Persuasion Pointed at The New York Times

Weapons of Mass Persuasion Pointed at The New York Times

Mass media, if not doomed by their own weapons of mass persuasion, they seem to be experiencing a death from one thousand gaffs.


April 25, 2008

In a classic case of what goes around comes around, the New York Times' employees are bracing for what the New York Post characterizes as bloodbath. According to the Post “the word from inside is that approximately 50 unionized journalists have accepted the buyout proposal, and only another 20 non-union editorial employees have gotten on board”. The implications are that “.. the ax could fall on as many as 30 editorial people in the company's first-ever mass firing of journalists in its 156-year history”

The latest use of the Times’ Weapons of Mass Persuasion comes on the heels of the recent smear campaign against Senator McCain. Former White House press secretary Tony Snow characterized the New York Times reporting as sloppy and tells Bill O’reilly, host of Fox’s The O’reilly, Factor “….Bill Keller, the executive editor, thought this was a sloppy piece of work and kept resisting it. There was a lot of pressure out of the Washington bureau. "Hey, we've got something saucy, boss." And whether Bill Keller, for whatever reason, knuckled under and figured that this is the way to sort of get along, I don't know.
Seems like the “what goes around” story is repeating itself throughout the mainstream media. If not doomed by their own weapons of mass persuasion, they seem to be experiencing a death from one thousand gaffs.



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