The NYT - Anti-American Profiteers
Here is an article describing two different versions of a story from The New York Times about Houston -- the city that is, more than any other, serving as a temporary home to those displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
One version, for domestic consumption, apparently is fairly evenhanded. But the edition of the same story that appears in The International Herald-Tribune (printed in Paris) -- for foreign readers -- essentially accuses the good people of Houston of profiteering during a crisis.
How typical of The New York Times . . . willing to talk down "Red State" Americans, but too cowardly to do so when it thinks it will be detected. Could it be that The Times itself is trying to "profiteer" by exploiting ugly European stereotypes and cherished myths about the "greed" of Americans?
One version, for domestic consumption, apparently is fairly evenhanded. But the edition of the same story that appears in The International Herald-Tribune (printed in Paris) -- for foreign readers -- essentially accuses the good people of Houston of profiteering during a crisis.
How typical of The New York Times . . . willing to talk down "Red State" Americans, but too cowardly to do so when it thinks it will be detected. Could it be that The Times itself is trying to "profiteer" by exploiting ugly European stereotypes and cherished myths about the "greed" of Americans?
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:39 AM
2 Comments:
It wouldn't have occured to me to check a story in the NYT against the same story in the International H-T. (Differen't audience, different needs) Having said that however, Nothing the NYT does surprises me anymore. They seem at their best wallowing in the muck slapping their tail to splatter muck on anyone to the right of Paul Krugman. They make William Randoph Hurst look like a responsible journalist. But then that's why I haven't picked up a copy of the NYT in years.
I'm glad to see that Carol skims both the NYT and the IHT, as I do. People may not realize that the IHT paper has the largest circulation of any international English paper.
I too find it interesting how certain "news" stories are altered slightly in their emphasis and thrust before being published in these two NYT Company newspapers.
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