Comments on: The New York Times (1851-2007): R.I.P.

By: Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy

Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:05:08 +0000

So disappointing

The story I linked to about Japanese clothing doubling as a disguise to escape criminals (including disguising oneself as a Coke machine!) turns out to have been a case of bad journalism on the part of the New York Times.

By: Daily Pundit » Even Japan Has Noticed

Daily Pundit » Even Japan Has Noticed — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:50:15 +0000

[...] The New York Times (1851-2007): R.I.P. « AMPONTAN RELIABLE SOURCES have informed this website that the American newspaper, The New York Times, passed away on October 20 at the age of 156. The same sources indicate that despite initial reports attributing the cause of death to chronic jaundice, the coroner’s report is expected to state the once-proud media outlet, formerly referred to as “the newspaper of record” by people who should have known better, died of self-inflicted wounds. [...]

By: TeaPotInATempest

TeaPotInATempest — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:10:50 +0000

Good stuff here – just found the site and very impressed, esp. considering it’s fairly new. Keep up the good work!

By: Aceface

Aceface — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:31:00 +0000

“Which blog did you like, the second one?”

Actually I like both.Because their contents are all original and they understand the language.Not that I agree with every opinion they have,but one must admits that you get to learn one or two things about this country through their foreign eyes.

By: ampontan

ampontan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:55:11 +0000

Aceface: If that’s what the NY Times author is saying, he sure fooled a lot of people. (Including the guy at the Saga Shimbun, a foreigner who is clever enough to have published English fiction.)

Which blog did you like, the second one?

“Every blog about Japan – and there are too many to count – reveals a dossier of prejudices that the author either held already or nurtured during that vital first year in the country.”

Well, not every one (g).

I also don’t fit into his 10 categories of Japan blog.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:43:01 +0000

“While Tsukioka’s explanation for why she came up with the vending machine dress is no doubt tongue-in-cheek, there’s also a tongue-in-cheek quality to the NYT article: the author isn’t saying that vending machine dress is the ONLY example of how Japanese people are protecting themselves against crime, but he is instead saying that it is an extreme, humorous example of a general tendency.”

The Keyword here is “Tongue in Cheek” and “humorous example of a general tendency”.

So they are in this bright man’s blog.
http://westfearneon.com/2007/10/13/hows-your-japan-blog/

I thought the blog is good,actually.

http://westfearneon.com/2007/10/13/hows-your-japan-blog/

By: ampontan

ampontan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:08:10 +0000

Dang, Aceface, you get around. What surprises me is that some people there thought that wasn’t a serious article.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:14:36 +0000

There ya go,Overthinker.

http://neojaponisme.com/2007/10/22/vending-machine-couture-as-nation/

I’ve got nothing against NYT myself either.One of the reporters even covered me back in the 80’s when I was in Japanese weekend school in New York.But then again that was then and this is now…..

By: Overthinker

Overthinker — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:10:06 +0000

Thanks. In that case, I guess this isn’t a “Japanese” blog as is it not run by a Japanese person, so the discussion on the NYT cannot be said to be by “the Japanese”. Well, apart from Aceface’s contributions perhaps….

By: ampontan

ampontan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:59:23 +0000

Overthinker: Ask and ye shall receive…

http://timblair.net/