tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post955832443316741405..comments2023-11-02T02:14:31.901-06:00Comments on ReadMoreWriteMoreThinkMoreBeMore: Dear NYT, please stop writing stories about Memphis politics.Doctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-63093499210950753832010-07-26T14:03:43.916-05:002010-07-26T14:03:43.916-05:00just to be clear--I agree with you about being dis...just to be clear--I agree with you about being dismayed with NYT articles in general. Hell, I agree with you on just about everything.Marlineehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652552968279304672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-10009219915300050542010-07-26T14:00:06.872-05:002010-07-26T14:00:06.872-05:00I am actually quite shocked that Herenton has done...I am actually quite shocked that Herenton has done this and thinks it could work. I think many people are. There were people at the polls asking what "JUST ONE" meant and when told, they were genuinely surprised. MEMPHIS folks! Surprised by race politics! <br /><br />This isn't the usual NYT story about how we are a town that's infested with racial tension everywhere and anywhere. It was on point about these particular candidates and how one of them has injected race above all else as the test for who should win this primary.Marlineehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652552968279304672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-48446623736017769662010-07-26T13:51:12.878-05:002010-07-26T13:51:12.878-05:00But c'mon, Marlinee, you know my complaint is ...But c'mon, Marlinee, you know my complaint is not *really* about the merits (or demerits) of Herenton's or Cohen's campaign or their strategies for executing their campaigns. My complaint is about the stupid way in which the NYT thinks that by telling the rest of the country that there's a black and a white candidate at odds with each other in Memphis-- and at odds with each other ONLY because one is black and the other is white-- is somehow telling them something significant about Memphis politics. Puh- lease.<br /><br />Mar, you are one of the most informed and involed people I know in Memphis politics. Seriously, don't you read that story and think to yourself: "have they even BEEN here?!!"Doctor Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-11297223855502624972010-07-26T13:39:51.337-05:002010-07-26T13:39:51.337-05:00Let me just say that I agree with you about most o...Let me just say that I agree with you about most of what the NYT has historically had to say about Memphis. This was a good article. The whole "JUST ONE" campaign is solely about race, and in that way, it is newsworthy. It's just as newsworthy as a Times article I posted during the presidential elections about my hometown in Alabama, where several white voters admitted that they would never vote for a black person. <br /><br />I poll watched for 7 hours last Thursday and was disappointed to see two young black boys dropped off with nothing but the shirts on their backs saying, "HERENTON JUST ONE." They just stood there under a tree, way off from the campaign signs and voters. Didn't say anything, didn't have any water, just stood there. To me, they looked a bit scared and clueless. The more I see and hear about Herenton's campaign approach, the more disappointed I am with him. <br /><br />The NYT article is right on.Marlineehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652552968279304672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-62144174266221357712010-07-26T13:33:23.690-05:002010-07-26T13:33:23.690-05:00They're probably getting it from a script, lik...They're probably getting it from a script, like "<a href="http://haitirewired.wired.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-write-about-haiti" rel="nofollow">How to Write About Haiti</a>" and "<a href="http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1" rel="nofollow">How to Write About Africa</a>."Art Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913600136563861287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-49840782402832396502010-07-26T13:29:23.378-05:002010-07-26T13:29:23.378-05:00I hope you write to the NYT too. They need to hea...I hope you write to the NYT too. They need to hear this.Emma B.noreply@blogger.com