Look, I realize that newspapers are in bad shape; I post about that sad truth here regularly. But when the New York Times runs a half-assed puff piece on FOX News lightening rod Glenn Beck, print media's budget and staff cuts seem to show up right there on the page.
The storied Grey Lady--long considered the nation's newspaper of record whose 113 year-old masthead logo reads, "All The News That's Fit to Print"--has fallen on economic hard times and recently announced layoffs and salary cuts. I am still a dedicated Times reader who appreciates their depth of coverage, but cuts may be starting to hit muscle.
Brian Stelter and Bill Carter wrote the Beck article, although the Times could have saved themselves manpower hours by letting FOX's PR department do the work. Did Stelter and Carter do any research or has that been cut, too?
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