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I got halfway through this opinion piece before it occurred to me that it might not be an opinion piece (it isn’t). Even with very low expectations, the language used by the paper of record continues to astonish me.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/nyregion/real-estate-industry-nyc.html …
The NYT paints people who build buildings as comic book villains, and then puzzles over why citizens in cities like San Francisco oppose new buildings. They read your paper and have been trained to think that all new development comes as a result of bad, greedy people.
Stupidity = opportunity.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1201164712106434560 …
As a starting point, I’ve thought about a site that just overlays a few NYT articles each day with Genius-like highlights of subtly biased language. No commentary, just drawing attention to unnecessarily slanted language.
Agree. It amazes me how much the Grey Lady keeps making unforced errors.
It isn’t error.
You can usually look at the modifiers in the first paragraph of an artcle to know the point of view of the author.
One very good example: "nameless, faceless, toiling, bowels" -https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/style/rev-transcription-workers-gig-economy.amp.html …
I laugh when writers claim that tech companies should donate money for real estate development, as if we didn’t already have 100s of billions standing by ready to be put into development (from, er, real estate developers)
Zero question that there are developers, all over, who have warped the political side via donations, influence, etc. Thats a fair argument. But the broad brush-stroke mentality damages what many sincere (still expecting a profit) people do every day in every city.
Articles like this feed those who somehow think price controls work, versus expanding supply. And it’s amazing how the one complaint is “ever-taller” buildings. How else does the whole thing work? More units+ less cost per unit to = vertical.
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