NYTimes readers let Kristof have it

[cybildisobedience]

remind him that one of the reasons why we no longer trust the media can be summed up by: WMD

link to letters to editor here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/14/opinion/l14kristof.html

[KoKo]

1. Kristof recently proposed newspapers "hire more Red State Evangelicals"

Now comes Kristof reeling from a Pew Research Center study that reports “confidence in the press has fallen sharply since 1990.” He surmises that the cause is a public perception of journalistic “arrogance,” though he protests the perception as “grossly unfair.”

Nevertheless, Kristof proposes the undeniable, which is that “print, radio and television all need to take much bolder steps to reconnect with the public.” And here’s one of the steps he suggests that journalism should take: “hire more red state evangelicals,” which would increase “our understanding of and ability to cover America today.”

Yes, that’s what he said, making the analogy that “when America was struck by race riots in the late 1960's, major news organizations realized too late that their failure to hire black reporters had impaired their ability to cover America.”

I can only conclude that if violent biker gangs began ravaging America’s countryside and this came as unexpected news to major media, Kristof, then, would lament the past underhiring of violent-biker journalists. So it might be wise to cover one’s bases and start hiring red-state, evangelical violent bikers.
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