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October 12, 2007
Nice Try Charlie...
Guest blogger Jesse Kornbluth writes:
"Nice try, Charlie. Noble sentiments. But wrong on the facts.
There's an expression on the right--to "freep" a poll or message board. The word comes from Free Republic, a so-called "conservative" site. It means to gather a bunch of like-minded "conservatives" and descend en masse at a poll or message board, skewing the results. If the poll is badly programmed, Freepers will bang on the vote button many times.
Freepers are organized. Energetic. They seem to have unlimited time on their hands. Responsible citizens expressing their opinions? Hardly. They're operatives, pure and simple.
The New York Times, naive to the end, today declared Open Season on itself. If it continues its policy, its front page will have the yes/no opinions that have been the hallmark of the media itself in the last few years. He says/she says/you decide.
Unfortunately for the Times, there are things called facts. Like global warming. It's not a debate, it's real. And thus, factually speaking, Gore is a hero for sounding the alarm.
It is very depressing, in the name of some imaginary good like "user-created content," to see the Times publish lies on its main screen. Is the paper so desperate for revenue that it will pander to people who have, in a hundred ways, declared war on the paper?
Simple solution: Get reader opinion--all reader opinion--off the main screen."
Posted by Charles Warner at October 12, 2007 01:09 PM
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