<p>I got an email today that informed me the New York Times “Select” stuff (op/ed etc) is now free and open to anyone. Just thought I’d pass that on.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip…I’ll look for it!</p>
<p>The NYT did not charge for this content originally, but some time, months or years after launching their online paper , decided to collect their more reknowned writers and some of their archived material into “select” category, and of course to charge.
I am glad to have the columnists back as sometimes their articles are ones I’d like to peruse.</p>
<p>All the Liberal News that’s fit to print.</p>
<p>NYT’s stock price was about $50 five years ago and now it is about $22. They gotta do something. It’s too bad providing balanced views is not one of them.</p>
<p>^ Yeah razor. They should be more balanced like Fox News. They should employ more reporters like Judith Miller. She could, um, liaison between them and the Bushies. Oh that’s right…hmmm…somethin’ fishy here.</p>
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Actually, I was hoping the NYT would someday make the transition to a credible newspaper like the Washington Post. The WP was once very liberal in both its opinions and in the content of its supposedly fact based stories. Now the WP leans a little left but recognizes opposing views and its stories are usually pretty straightforward. The NYT has a far left opinion page without even recognizing that anyone would dare disagree with the NYT. It primarily selects stories that would appeal to left wingers and the facts stated in the stores are often twisted to the left. I am not suggesting every story is that way; I am saying there are enough examples of this that it makes it difficult to determine whether the NYT is presenting the truth or just its liberal version of the truth.</p>