> Is there any evidence that you get better quality content from a NY Times subscription than you get for free on the web?
An interesting question:
1) It's not something that can be measured. It's similar to asking, 'is there any evidence that FDR was a better President than Calvin Coolidge?'
2) Is there evidence of that others are better?
3) Based on my experience, I believe the NY Times output has been more accurate than almost any other source (maybe the Financial Times or something I'm not thinking of). That's not true for every story, but over the population of stories. Because I can't evaluate the accuracy of each story, I need to find a source I trust.
4) The NY Times breaks many important stories that are not in other publications, at least not until the Times breaks them.
6) The NYT's reputation is excellent, relative to other news sources; many people trust it. Also, both the left and right say the Times is biased against them, which I think is a good sign.
All that said, certainly the Times isn't perfect and has much room to improve.
An interesting question:
1) It's not something that can be measured. It's similar to asking, 'is there any evidence that FDR was a better President than Calvin Coolidge?'
2) Is there evidence of that others are better?
3) Based on my experience, I believe the NY Times output has been more accurate than almost any other source (maybe the Financial Times or something I'm not thinking of). That's not true for every story, but over the population of stories. Because I can't evaluate the accuracy of each story, I need to find a source I trust.
4) The NY Times breaks many important stories that are not in other publications, at least not until the Times breaks them.
5) FWIW, Paul Graham, at least at one time, thought highly of the NYT's integrity (search the page for "times"). http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
6) The NYT's reputation is excellent, relative to other news sources; many people trust it. Also, both the left and right say the Times is biased against them, which I think is a good sign.
All that said, certainly the Times isn't perfect and has much room to improve.