Comments on: Dear New York Times

By: NME666

NME666 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:38:18 +0000

if they bin gitin lots of “stories” about suthern red neck stuff in the past, and they want to screen them out, they are admitting that their readership is STUPID, as their readership is mostly “liberal” and thusly the liberals that submited to dem in the past stereo typed the southerners as ignorant hillbillies. Typical leftist thinking and non-thinking at the same time. How stupid are they at the NYT??

By: lovable liberal

lovable liberal — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:29:21 +0000

I read this the same way nm did, but Patrick Carroll is much funnier. OTOH, maybe NYT is just acknowledging that the Knoxville News-Sentinel has cornered the market on cock-fighting stories. From what I hear, the Times is not in a hurry to pay stringers and freelancers, so this may actually be an improvement. My favorite take on the Times is a subplot in "The Paper". Love that movie.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:55:39 +0000

Of course they only pay 30k SoBe. Have you seen what their stock is worth(less) lately? Or how bad their credit rating is? They can’t afford to pay a real wage.

By: Garth Wood

Garth Wood — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:50:41 +0000

Hell, I’m a Canuck, and *I* hate the New York Times.

By: Scottech

Scottech — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:03:11 +0000

Don’t fret about it you native southerners. The rest of the normal world hates the NYT too. BTW I’m a Californian that resides in Knoxville TN.

By: newscoma

newscoma — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:45:17 +0000

That’s what I thought too, So. Beale.

By: Southern Beale

Southern Beale — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:35:44 +0000

Dang.

They only pay $25-$30,000?

By: jane q. public

jane q. public — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:35:54 +0000

I can’t decide which makes me giggle more – “meth season” or “eating three squares.”

Bravo!

By: newscoma

newscoma — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:43:02 +0000

nm, satire. And the whole thing deserve it/

By: brittney

brittney — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:47:47 +0000

I love you all, but that’s how I read it as well.

By: nm

nm — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:28:01 +0000

As I read it, the NYT is saying that they want real reporting, not “look at those dumb hillbillies” stuff. They are pointing out that they are pretty sick of people pitching them stories about Redneckia and would like to hear about the real South instead. (I promise you that if they are taking the trouble to rule out three specific topics it’s because they get pitches on those three topics all the time, not because they pulled them out of a hat. Possibly that’s because the people who pitch them assume that a northern paper wants stories that stereotype white southerners, possibly it’s because they are hearing from people who want to write colorful stories and not do the rather difficult work of actually, you know, reporting.) And you are all attacking them for it.

By: christinajade

christinajade — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:03:51 +0000

tell skeeter i have his toast ready. it is sitting right here beside my pitbull (who was rescued from a dog fighter), across the backyard from the guy with the confederate flag in his window, and a couple blocks over from the lady with the chickens and the mean rooster that scares the crap out of my pitbull.

i’m thinking the NYT is looking for scarlett o’hara. after the above description, i don’t think i qualify.