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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Does Everyone Know About the MTA Fare Hike?
A word from Leon Freilich, OTBKB's Verse Responder:
Is this news to you? Subway and bus fares rose today, Sunday, for rides both single and multiple.
If you've read today's Times--and only the Sunday Times--it's news to you because NYT is carrying not a word about the increase. In fact, there's not a single news story about anything in New York City.
Features, yes, in the new Metropolitan section. These are stories that could have been written a year ago and could run a year from now. But today, last Sunday and the two or three Sundays before that, not a NYT word anywhere about what actually happened in the city the day before. Isn't that classically what a paper--especially a Paper of Record--does?
Come Sundays, should the newspaper be calling itself a NEWSpaper? Should it be calling itself the NEW YORK Times and not the National Times?
When a print newspaper reader has to go to the Post or the Daily News to find out what went on Saturday, isn't that a story that should run in the Times? Never, however, on Sunday.
If you've read today's Times--and only the Sunday Times--it's news to you because NYT is carrying not a word about the increase. In fact, there's not a single news story about anything in New York City.
Features, yes, in the new Metropolitan section. These are stories that could have been written a year ago and could run a year from now. But today, last Sunday and the two or three Sundays before that, not a NYT word anywhere about what actually happened in the city the day before. Isn't that classically what a paper--especially a Paper of Record--does?
Come Sundays, should the newspaper be calling itself a NEWSpaper? Should it be calling itself the NEW YORK Times and not the National Times?
When a print newspaper reader has to go to the Post or the Daily News to find out what went on Saturday, isn't that a story that should run in the Times? Never, however, on Sunday.
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Hello Brooklyn Blog,
Just wanted to let you know that we at BoroThreads are offering a No Fare Hikes shirt that let's you show your frustration at the MTA. You can check it out at:
http://www.borothreads.com/no-fare-hikes-mens.html
Thanks,
Marcos
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Posted by: Marcos | Jun 28, 2009 9:04:06 PM
