NYTimes ‘Girl-Man’?
“Without a doubt, the Wall Street Journal has selected [New York Times publisher] Arthur Sulzberger as a prime example of its idea of a feminine-looking man. . . . [WSJ owner Rupert] Murdoch often uses the editorial power of his papers to pursue his business goals. Foremost on his agenda is to maul The New York Times. Murdoch believes that one advantage he has in going after the Times is that Sulzberger is so easy to play and rile up . . . and that Murdoch has a special understanding for how to get under Sulzberger’s skin. In the past, Murdoch has taken particular delight when the New York Post’s ‘Page Six’ has ridiculed Sulzberger, with Sulzberger calling Murdoch personally to protest. ‘Whining’ is the word Murdoch uses for Sulzberger’s calls. So just imagine what Young Arthur felt this morning when he saw the lower quadrant of his face in the Journal representing the archetypal girly-man. This is a psychological warfare side of what's going to be a very nasty newspaper war.”Editor’s Note: No wonder no one takes newspapers seriously anymore.
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Don't get me wrong. If I only had one NYC newspaper to read, it would be the NYT. But I ended up working for Rupert in the 1970s for 5 years, when he bought the magazine group I slaved in.
ReplyDeleteNYT coverage (under Arthur's father) of News Corp was often slanted. But I can tell you that Murdoch simply did not interfere with our coverage, although our editorial content was far to his left. Thus, the NYT would happily get coverage ideas from us, but never once gave us credit or mentioned us when discussing Murdoch's biases.
Of course, when I occasionally wrote science pieces for The NY Post, they were always edited into unrecognizable -- but entertaining -- absurdities.