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The New York Times

2007-10-23T21:21:11Z

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The '''New York Times''' (NYT) is a [[liberal]] [[newspaper]] that is published in [[New York City|New York]], [[New York]] and distributed to readers worldwide.<ref>[http://www.timeswatch.org/ TimesWatch: Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the ''New York Times'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/luskin200407290744.asp Just Say It, Dan Okrent], National Review Online</ref> It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' <ref>Infoplease.com: [http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0004420.html Top 100 Newspapers in the United States]</ref>. The newspaper has been awarded the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s of any newspaper, with a total of 95.
[[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr.]]
The New York Times is published by 3rd generation NYT publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. New York Times publisher [[Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.]] has denied the the New York Times has a [[liberal]] viewpoint and has stated the New York Times has a "urban" viewpoint.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the Times' liberal bias, and cited the example of their coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>

[[Cybercast News Service]] states the following regarding regarding the influence of the New York Times and [[Washington Post]]:
{{cquote|While the newspapers reach only a fraction of people compared to the television networks, he said radio and television producers rely heavily on their contents.

"The reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically," he [John Stossel] said. "That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200401/CUL20040128a.html</ref>}}

The NYT publishes 15 other newspapers, including the ''International Herald Tribune'' (based in Paris) and the ''Boston Globe.''
Examples of types of [[liberal bias]] utilized by the New York Times include:
*[[placement bias]]
*[[photo bias]]
*[[genius bias]]

==Controversies==
*''The Times'' correspondent [[Walter Duranty]] intentionally covered up the [[Soviet]] [[Holodomor|genocide]] of the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]].<ref>[http://www.nytco.com/company/awards/statement.html New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty]</ref>

*C. L. Sulzberger in 1944 wrote a glowing review of [[Edgar Snow]]'s ''People on Our Side'' and plugged Snow's earlier 1937 work, ''Red Star Over China'' in which Snow stated, "The political ideology, tactical line and theoretical leadership of the [[Chinese Communists]] have been under the close guidance, if not positive direction, of the [[Communist International]], which during the last decade has become virtually a bureau of the [[Russian Communist Party]]. In the final analysis this means that for better or worse, the policies of the Chinese Communists, like the Communists in every other country, have had to fall in line with, and usually subordinate themselves to, the broad strategic requirements of [[Soviet Russia]], under the dictatorship of [[Stalin]]."<ref>New York Times Weekly Book Review, September 10, 1944; ''Red Star Over China'', Edgar Snow, New York, 1937, pg. 374. Quoted in ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn, New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pgs. 73, 83] pdf.</ref> [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], the leaders given endorsement here as "people on our side," are the two biggest [[democide|mass murderer]]s in history.

*An anonymous editor at the ''New York Times'' attacked Rep. [[Tom DeLay]] with the most vile [[hate speech]] in Delay's [[Wikipedia]] biographical entry just prior to the 2006 election.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay&diff=prev&oldid=85320018 Edit in question]</ref><ref>[http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=New+York+Times&location= WikiScanner] results for the NYT</ref>

*In 2003, ''New York Times'' reporter [[Jayson Blair]] resigned after it was found that he had engaged in repeated [[plagiarism]] and [[deceit]], copying articles from other newspapers and making up other articles out of whole cloth. Blair was promoted and problems with his reporting were ignored due to the newspaper's adherence to [[affirmative action]]<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php Jayson Blair: A Case Study of What Went Wrong at The New York Times]</ref> Online NewsHour

*[[Michelle Malkin]] says the NYT has violated an agreement regarding [[Journalism|journalist]]s covering [[war|war casualties]]. <ref> [http://michellemalkin.com/2007/02/01/the-nytimes-unspeakable-violation/ The NYTimes’ unspeakable violation]</ref>

*The ''New York Times'' subsidized<ref>[http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp? Subsidizing Sedition], Investor's Business Daily Editorial, 9/13/2007.</ref> what Peter D. Feaver of the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' referred to as a "vicious" attack on the person and charter of a respected professional soldier, Gen. [[David Petraeus]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/11/moveons_mccarthy_moment/ MoveOn's McCarthy moment], By Peter D. Feaver, ''Boston Globe'', September 11, 2007.</ref> The [[radical]] [[liberal]] group [[MoveOn.org]], an organization which advocated maintaining the [[corrupt]] [[United Nations]] [[Iraq#Oil_for_food_scandal|Oil For Food]] program's support for the [[fascist]] [[Ba'athist]] regime in [[Iraq]], ran a full page ad in the ''Times'' at roughly half the cost of regular price impugning Gen. Petraeus credibility as a traitor.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad], Charles Hurt, ''New York Post'', September 13, 2007.</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/New York Times|Articles about '''New York Times''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Homosexuality and the Media]]

==References==
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[[Category:United States Newspapers|New York Times]]

Science

2007-10-23T21:09:19Z

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'''Science'' is a methodology for discovering and classifying knowledge. The scope of science encompasses all measurable phenomena. Science falls under two scopes: [[natural science]], dealing with the physical, natural world, and [[social science]], dealing with society and human nature.

People who study science are called [[scientist]]s, and many of them are [[atheism|atheists]].<ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref>
However, most of the early scientists who started many of the scientific fields, and some of history's greatest thinkers, such as [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]], believed in [[God]], or some other higher power, if they were not actually creationists. In addition, [[Christianity]] [[Christianity and Science|played a pivotal role in the development of modern science]].

==Notes==

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Language

2007-09-28T04:15:01Z

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A '''language''' is a collection of symbols (called '''[[vocabulary]]''') and rules for connecting these symbols (called '''[[grammar]]''') that facilitates communication.

== Origin ==
The origin of language has been debated for long time among linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, theologians, anthropologists, along with many other disciplines. Currently, the most wide held belief is that language has evolutionary origins (Pinker, 1997). However, this has not been proven definitively.

Although linguists have been able to allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", they have been unable to find a common origin of these language families. A few of the largest and oldest families include: Proto-Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic and Nigar Congo families (Campbell, 98).

==Examples of Languages==
* [[Spanish]]
* [[Mexican Spanish]]
* [[French]]
* [[Hebrew]]
* [[Portuguese]]
* [[German]]
* [[Dutch]]
* [[Chinese]]
* [[Ugaritic]]
* [[Ukrainian]]
* [[Yiddish]]
* [[Russian]]
* [[English]]
* [[Flemmish]]
* [[Greek]]
* [[Bulgarian]]
* [[Albanian]]
* [[American sign language]]

== See also ==
* [[Information]]

[[category:sociology]]
[[category:languages]]

Language

2007-09-28T04:10:32Z

Jcsneed: /* Origin */

A '''language''' is a collection of symbols (called '''[[vocabulary]]''') and rules for connecting these symbols (called '''[[grammar]]''') that facilitates communication.

== Origin ==
The origin of language has been debated for long time among linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, theologians, anthropologists, along with many other disciplines. Currently, the most wide held belief is that language has evolutionary origins (Pinker, 1997). However, this has not been proven definitively.

Although linguists have been able to allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", they have been unable to find a common origin of these language families. A few of the largest and oldest families include: Proto-Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic and Nigar Congo families (Campbell, 98).

==Examples of Languages==
* [[Spanish]]
* [[Mexican Spanish]]
* [[French]]
* [[Hebrew]]
* [[Portuguese]]
* [[German]]
* [[Dutch]]
* [[Chinese]]
* [[Ugaritic]]
* [[Ukrainian]]
* [[Newspeak]]
* [[Yiddish]]

== See also ==
* [[Information]]

[[category:sociology]]
[[category:languages]]

Language

2007-09-28T00:13:06Z

Jcsneed: /* Origin */

A '''language''' is a collection of symbols (called '''[[vocabulary]]''') and rules for connecting these symbols (called '''[[grammar]]''') that facilitates communication.

== Origin ==
The origin of language has been debated for long time among linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, theologians, anthropologists, along with many other disciplines. Currently, the most wide held belief is that language has evolutionary origins (Pinker, 1997). However, this has not been proven definitively.

Although linguists have been able to allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", they have been unable to find a common origin of these language families. A few of the largest and oldest families include: Proto-Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic and Nigar Congo families (Campbell, 98).

==Examples of Languages==
* [[Spanish]]
* [[Mexican Spanish]]
* [[French]]
* [[Hebrew]]
* [[Portuguese]]
* [[German]]
* [[Dutch]]
* [[Chinese]]
* [[Ugaritic]]
* [[Ukrainian]]
* [[Newspeak]]
* [[Yiddish]]

== See also ==
* [[Information]]

[[category:sociology]]
[[category:languages]]