http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/11/sino-korean-relations-or-why-american-newspapers-stink/ The China History Group Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/11/sino-korean-relations-or-why-american-newspapers-stink/comment-page-1/#comment-165946 Phil Hand Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:51:54 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1596#comment-165946 I always wondered why I couldn't get on with the NYT or any other US paper. I assumed it was something cultural, that Britishness naturally inclines me towards the style of British papers. But maybe there is something in it. The FT and The Economist do make efforts to present very coherent narratives. I always wondered why I couldn’t get on with the NYT or any other US paper. I assumed it was something cultural, that Britishness naturally inclines me towards the style of British papers. But maybe there is something in it. The FT and The Economist do make efforts to present very coherent narratives.

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/11/sino-korean-relations-or-why-american-newspapers-stink/comment-page-1/#comment-165888 Ed Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1596#comment-165888 Wow. I can't disagree. I read the NY Times from time to time, and I've noticed how a story about some regional crisis is pretty identical to a story about that regional crisis they printed five years ago, or even a story on another page about another crisis in another part of the world. And the Times still has much better foreign coverage than most US papers. Wow. I can’t disagree. I read the NY Times from time to time, and I’ve noticed how a story about some regional crisis is pretty identical to a story about that regional crisis they printed five years ago, or even a story on another page about another crisis in another part of the world. And the Times still has much better foreign coverage than most US papers.

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