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In reply to the discussion: We have a problem: the goings-on at the NY Times [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,533 posts)38. NY Times has changed the headline!
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/aug/06/new-york-times-front-page-headline-changed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0AlohuZvkBwv8JD_-e8TaK7r9Mrq64pAAk2mDXuwxsuwbVtoieEF-Bg7w
It now says "Assailing hate but not guns." The Washington Post reports the NY Times changed the headline in response to public complaints.
They did the right thing after an editor erred (and the writer was unhappy with the headline, too).
Please don't cancel subscriptions - the Times is still one of the best and only investigative newspapers left in the U.S. doing the deep digging into Trump administration scandals and so much more.
Perhaps some notes thanking them for listening and making this change would be in order.
It now says "Assailing hate but not guns." The Washington Post reports the NY Times changed the headline in response to public complaints.
They did the right thing after an editor erred (and the writer was unhappy with the headline, too).
Please don't cancel subscriptions - the Times is still one of the best and only investigative newspapers left in the U.S. doing the deep digging into Trump administration scandals and so much more.
Perhaps some notes thanking them for listening and making this change would be in order.
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Trolls WANT you to cancel the NYT. Don't do it. Here are the other articles today:
Liberty Belle
Aug 2019
#28
You do know they can tweak their online content to most appeal to individual readers, right?
intheflow
Aug 2019
#39
Wow indeed. How did they ever get "a call to unity" from his history of racism.
58Sunliner
Aug 2019
#7
That's still the first thing that springs to mind when the NYT is mentioned
FiveGoodMen
Aug 2019
#37
I canceled my online subscription months ago because of shit like this, and
50 Shades Of Blue
Aug 2019
#14
Too late for me with the NYT but that might come in handy for other stuff. Thanks!
50 Shades Of Blue
Aug 2019
#35