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Dan J.S. wrote:
NY Times has one of the largest subscription decreases ever. I wonder
why?



Certain segments of the public have no respect for people with
differing views. It's never political, it's always personal. I wonder
if some of the people in that group are cancelling subscriptions to
"punish" the Times?

You can't hold your self up as providing an objective perspective on the
happenings in the world when you stories take a biased view that is in
sync
with your editorial view.

People see through the thin viel of objectivity that the major newspapers
present!


I don't disagree with your basic premise, but I have serious doubts
whether the majority of the public expects or even wants total
objectivity. News formats with an obvious and open bias seem to be
generally gaining in popularity; with Fox News a specific example. More
people are also gravitating to "opinion" formats, (such as talk radio)
where there is no specific claim to even be factually accurate, let
alone unbiased.

Nice spin Chuck!

People want to know the who, what, where, when and how. They don't want the
reporter to interject their biases regardless of whether that bias is left
or right. The press is failing to perform its duty which is to inform the
public rather than to sway public opinion in any direction.