The death of the great grey lady, part 1....

Sorry, OP, I'm pressed for time, can you just give me the 5 Takeaways I Need to Know?

they became "lifestyles of the rich and famous" about fifteen years ago. they have a couple good opinion writers but the rest of the paper is trash

Gurrrrl - we died in 2020.

R4, what is that at the head of the table?

Guardian's the one to go to these days. Rachel Roddy and Grace Dent are wonderful, too.

On the digital "front page" today, 12/10/24:

[bold]Sarah Jessica Parker Lands Her Dream Gig: Booker Prize Judge[/bold]

The actress and publisher will help decide the 2025 winner of the prestigious British book award. It is “the thrill of a life,” she said.

r3 r4 I think I'd make it about halfway into the first course before I tried to throw myself out the window.

Can someone please answer the question @R5 (which made me laugh like a hyena)?

R5/r9 - that is nepo son Jordan Roth.

It's so dull, bland and self regarding. And their Trump hate made them lose sight of trends in voting that they should have been alert to and objective commentators on.

this

oh dear

R12, you know his mother groans and slaps his head every time she sees that noggin.

I loathe Ross Douthat.

I cancelled my NYT subscription right after the election.

Thier AI marketing gizmo is really pestering me and bombarding my email trying to persuade me to re-subscribe at a lower rate than before I cancelled.

So far, I'm holding out. But I'll admit, it's tempting to go back.

I went back, R15. My sub rate is so low it's almost free -- and I don't like or trust the WaPo either so...

R12, I remember that sex kitten!

Jaysus.

“All the News About Trump That’s Fit To Print”

Oh, no, 😱we’ve started the Spanish Civil War and now we must report on every detail

senior lesbian at r16.

I caved. Its will was too strong for me.

Plus, for "All Access" I couldn't pass up the only $14.00 a month for the first 6 months.

It takes Germans to re-teach us how to do supermarkets and Brits, journalism. Make of it what you will, but we're way off track in almost everything. The love of money has captured us body and soul.

[quote] [R4], what is that at the head of the table?

The inspiration for the next treatment I will pitch to Ryan Murphy.

I like the daily NYT Cooking email, although some of the dishes scream "pretentious!"

I get it, Della @ R21. I pay $4/month. Like I said, it's almost free!

The NY Times is a Sewing Circle of Gossip and Clearing House for Juicy Scoops.

Mind you, not that I'm totally against that. After all, I'm posting from the DL.

I do, however, see the point of the many criticize The Old Grey Lady for that because it does seem that has come at the expense of hard news and loftier content.

As a long-time daily reader of both the print and digital NY Times, I know its gossipy more than before.

Me too, r24.

I agree. The recipes call for too exotic, too specialized ingredients. I mostly read "Cooking" for entertainment.

I will report one that I actually made because I can't resist sweets, bakery and frostings.

I made the "Ermine Icing" for Red Velvet Cake, but it's usable for other things, especially eating it with a spoon right from the bowl.

It's a pretty straightforward recipe. It does call for some time and labor but it's well worth it.

That stuff dialed my dopamine neurons to 11.

She's been dying for a decade. You're just noticing now, OP? Going woke was the proverbial nail in her coffin.

Woken to Trump

On the editorial page, The Times blasts income inequality. In the arts and features and style sections, they celebrate income inequality. The amount of articles about British theater when they don't cover many interesting small Manhattan theatres is gross. Why am I reading these articles that I don't have the money to buy a plane ticket to see?