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Searching for The New York Times

r.jimenezz writes "Adam L. Penenberg, an assistant professor at New York University, has written an interesting piece over at Wired about the contrast between the New York Times' relevance in the real world and the dismal rankings it gets in modern search engines' results. Penenberg discusses some very interesting ideas about opening up the Times digital archive and the impact this would have on its cyber presence."

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  1. New York Times? by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    New York TIMES?

    What, you think you're better than us?!

    Us?!

    U.S.

    U.S.A!

    No way!

    - John "Bagger" McGurk

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  2. Re:Registration required... by ShieldWolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah yes, the latest Conservative echo-chamber diatribe: The New York Times is negatively impartial to Bush and is becoming irrelavant as more and more Americans switch to honest news sources like the New York Post and Washington Times.
    Listen troglodyte we aren't falling for your conservative talking points. The Times is an important news source that has a balanced slant when it comes to reporting the news. It slams Clinton, it Slams Bush, and it Slams Kerry depending on which reporter is writing the column.
    America is not a conservative country, nor is a liberal one, it has MANY viewpoints and falls somewhere in the middle, as does the Times.

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  3. Re:New york times by basking2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ah, so this is a police state? I must say, I like it. Lots to talks about, open dialog about disagreements, utter maniacs like George Soroes getting lots of influence -- not bad.

    So, beyond the misapplication of terms, you do raise a good point, why would the world care about domestic politics in the US? They haven't gone over the UN's impotent head in almost a year now! Nope... no reason to keep an eye on the US... or France... or Britian... and as an American I sure don't care a lick about what goes on in Canada! I mean, who cares what our largest trading parter does!

    Further more, given how unbiased and accurate the NY Times has become, I'm sure it's a great source to consult! Just consider the accurate, fair, balanced, and just visionary reporting they NY Times has brouth us over the years! Mark Levin has an excellent article on this quality publication.

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  4. [OT] by Zelet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota but I need to find job resources - do you know where I should look for a job in the Twin Cities area? Could you email me? Thanks in advance.

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  5. Re:Lately the Times doesn't deserve as much respec by deanj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What, those mustard gas and sarin canisters that the Polish troops recently aren't WMD? read it here.

    Iraq and Al-Qaeda cooperative ties not the case?

    You haven't really read that report have you? Or listened to all the senators that had to get on TV to say that while there was no evidence that there was a direct tie to 9/11, there certainly was that Al-Qaeda and Iraq were in bed together. Check this for one of the stories about that.

    Or try reading this.

    Who's to say that the NYTs last mistake was the yellow cake thing? It's certainly is not. I heard a report within the last couple of days that Libya is going to say in September (don't know why they're waiting) that Iraq was working with them on nuclear stuff. No news reports on that yet (not that I expected it them yet), but it sure would be pretty damning if it ended up being true.

    Don't think that could happen? Well, everyone was SO SURE about the yellow cake, just a few months ago....

  6. Re:relevance? by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    The entire idea of their *being* such a thing seems a little outdated to me.

    Should the above-quoted statement contain the word "their" or "there"?