It's a front-page story today -- quite detailed. The story supports the headline. I realize some of you say you don't believe anything in the Times, but that's on you: the Times is far from perfect, and I hate their columnists and editorial writers, but the news coverage is no more biased than a lot of the stuff people read these days.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/us/college-athletes-donor-collectives.html?searchResultPosition=2
New York Times headline: "College Football Now Has Wages of Over $100,000"
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Only one??
A Times reporter once asked a source for comment on an accusation against him. "It's ********!," the source said." "But, sir," replied the reporter, "we can't print '********' in the New York Times." "Why not?,' said the source, "you do it every day!"
They eliminated copy editors in 2018, further making the NYT a weaker source for accurate news.
A partial list in a long list of things they got wrong, and barely corrected or refused to correct. IMO, nothing they print can be trusted. It's a problem with a lot of new sources.
Transgender health reporting.
Duke Lacrosse Scandal,
More:
Russian Revolution 1917-20
Holocaust
Los Alamos 1999
Anthrax Attacks 2002
Iran 2015
A partial list in a long list of things they got wrong, and barely corrected or refused to correct. IMO, nothing they print can be trusted. It's a problem with a lot of new sources.
Transgender health reporting.
Duke Lacrosse Scandal,
More:
Russian Revolution 1917-20
Holocaust
Los Alamos 1999
Anthrax Attacks 2002
Iran 2015
Found a link to an unlocked version from a Huskers message board. Not sure how that works and if there is a limited number of clicks:
One of the authors, Billy Witz, has a recent history of problems with truthful and/or accurate reporting:
One of the authors, Billy Witz, has a recent history of problems with truthful and/or accurate reporting:
Copy editors do not check sources. They edit for style and grammar (both of which have gotten worse in the Times, as in all newspapers), and they write headlines. Speaking of copy editing, I'm sure you meant "news sources" rather than "new sources."