Tell The Times what you think
At Facebook, 156 people have signed on to Keep “On Language" in the New York Times, which states its purpose succinctly:
Let's get a letter-writing campaign going! Tell the Times what you think of this decision by sending your complaints to these e-mail addresses:
NYT Magazine letters to the editor magazine@nytimes.com
NYT Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren hugo.lindgren@nytimes.com
NYT public editor Arthur Brisbane public@nytimes.com
I have written a letter, though I must tell you that I have little hope that a letter-writing campaign will have much effect. At an American newspaper, nothing is more stubbornly adhered to than a misguided decision—the dumber the decision, the more determinedly.
Still, they shouldn’t get away with this unscathed.
Comments
John:
As a retired newspaper editor, I'm afraid I have to agree with you(although I sent lindgren an email)
Posted by: Marc B. Leavitt | February 26, 2011 3:54 PM
Thanks for this advice, John. I've fired off a note to all three. You really have to wonder why, of all things, they would cancel "On Language." Is that column space more desperately needed by something else?
Posted by: GSB | February 27, 2011 11:40 AM