The NYT has some very real problems — they are very much in the pocket of the oil industry — but they also have a huge audience and some trustworthy reporters working for them. Publishing an op-ed in the NYT is a good way to reach a much broader chunk of the population the Bill McKibben would reach through his own newsletter or the New Yorker.
I am sorry, I no longer feel that good people putting their names under the banner of NYT is helpful, the NYT has become a weapon of the rich preying on the truth and good people like Bill Mckibben putting their words there just provides a smoke screen of legitimacy for that to happen.
The NYT has been that way more than 5 generations. Despite the easily deserved scorn and contempt, it has not significantly changed since world war 1, and was iffy at best in the late 1800s.
Every few years there is a rotten new scandal that has people swear it off.
It is is a mixed experience. But with the bad come good. It is and probably will continue to be a good source of news of the environment.
The NYT has some very real problems — they are very much in the pocket of the oil industry — but they also have a huge audience and some trustworthy reporters working for them. Publishing an op-ed in the NYT is a good way to reach a much broader chunk of the population the Bill McKibben would reach through his own newsletter or the New Yorker.
I am sorry, I no longer feel that good people putting their names under the banner of NYT is helpful, the NYT has become a weapon of the rich preying on the truth and good people like Bill Mckibben putting their words there just provides a smoke screen of legitimacy for that to happen.
The NYT has been that way more than 5 generations. Despite the easily deserved scorn and contempt, it has not significantly changed since world war 1, and was iffy at best in the late 1800s.
Every few years there is a rotten new scandal that has people swear it off.
It is is a mixed experience. But with the bad come good. It is and probably will continue to be a good source of news of the environment.