Friday, August 29, 2008
Reader Email
- Dear 201k,
Why do you spend so much time and effort on articles and writers from the New York Times?
Just Wondering.
Fair question. It's not because the Times is the "paper of record," or anything like that.
And it's not because the Times has the best coverage; far from it. In fact, we've noticed -- repeatedly -- that the Boston Globe (owned by the Times) invariably has more timely and more thorough coverage of actual news stories than its parent paper.
No, ultimately, the reason is this: The New York Times has the two best and two worst columnists in American journalism. That makes it irresistible.
Thanks for writing,
201k
