Comments on: A Brief Primer on the New York Times’ Economic Terminology: Today’s Lesson — What Is a ‘Manufacturing Recession’? http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:33:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-109284 TBlumer Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:10:54 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/#comment-109284 #3, it is true that we must work harder than we should to stay informed. Thanks for the nice words. I think perhaps we should be encouraged by the fact that so little ruckus has been raised about the Times' just making it up about the "manufacturing recession." It may be an indicator that very few are paying attention to it any more. #3, it is true that we must work harder than we should to stay informed. Thanks for the nice words.

I think perhaps we should be encouraged by the fact that so little ruckus has been raised about the Times’ just making it up about the “manufacturing recession.” It may be an indicator that very few are paying attention to it any more.

]]> By: Excelsior http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-109270 Excelsior Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:53:34 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/#comment-109270 Why do we persist in putting up with the spin and cant of the NYT, the Boston Globe, the LA Times, the network and CNN-type cable news outlets, etc.? Who are these people who seem intent on not reporting all the news that's fit to print and twisting all the news they do print? What has happened to accountability, to honesty, to forthrightness, to the passion for accuracy? Why do we need you, Tom, to "interpret" the meaning behind the language and the agenda behind the "reporting"? We should be able to read newspapers and news mags without super-keen antennae turned all the way to maximum suspicion. But we can't, we mustn't. All us folks out here in the hinterland where the tall corn grows have to rely on blogs, on Fox and on the conservative press to offset the liberal bias of the so-called "main stream media." It shouldn't be that way, but that's the way it is, and like my old man always told me, "Son, you gotta play the cards you're dealt." Thanks for your consistent good work, Tom. You are needed and appreciated by discriminating minds. Why do we persist in putting up with the spin and cant of the NYT, the Boston Globe, the LA Times, the network and CNN-type cable news outlets, etc.? Who are these people who seem intent on not reporting all the news that’s fit to print and twisting all the news they do print? What has happened to accountability, to honesty, to forthrightness, to the passion for accuracy?
Why do we need you, Tom, to “interpret” the meaning behind the language and the agenda behind the “reporting”? We should be able to read newspapers and news mags without super-keen antennae turned all the way to maximum suspicion. But we can’t, we mustn’t. All us folks out here in the hinterland where the tall corn grows have to rely on blogs, on Fox and on the conservative press to offset the liberal bias of the so-called “main stream media.” It shouldn’t be that way, but that’s the way it is, and like my old man always told me, “Son, you gotta play the cards you’re dealt.” Thanks for your consistent good work, Tom. You are needed and appreciated by discriminating minds.

]]> By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-109009 TBlumer Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:54:38 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/#comment-109009 #1, Indeed. The Times hasn't just predicted five out of the last zero recessions; they're now calling them when they don't exist. Of course, before Bush, the term "recession" was almost always reserved for the ENTIRE economy, not just a sector, where a contraction would usually be called a "slump." #1, Indeed. The Times hasn’t just predicted five out of the last zero recessions; they’re now calling them when they don’t exist.

Of course, before Bush, the term “recession” was almost always reserved for the ENTIRE economy, not just a sector, where a contraction would usually be called a “slump.”

]]> By: Brian http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-109008 Brian Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/01/a-brief-primer-on-the-new-york-times-economic-terminology/#comment-109008 I can see the NYT writer must be another graduate of the Paul Klugman School of Economics. I can see the NYT writer must be another graduate of the Paul Klugman School of Economics.

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