They’re in it for the money!
Both of them are onto a good thing and they don’t want to change. What earthly incentive would Raul have in the short run to alter a system that made his brother a billionaire? (No figures yet on what it’s done for Raul.)
As for Sulzberger…. Craig Karpel’s interesting new look at the recent New York Times hit job on McCain only reinforces what it’s all about.
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1. Lem:It seems the Times engaged in its own version of shock and awe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe
The good news is they didn’t get McCain; Mac is still alive, better still, the attack has rallied former detractors to his side, making Mac stronger than before the attack.
Thank you NYT.
Feb 26, 2008 - 9:25 am 2. freetotem:I don’t buy the thesis. The idea that the brothers Castro are “in it for the money” is pretty absurd, I think. Maybe Castro has a billion stashed somewhere, but what good has it done him? It is obvious his intent was not to abscond to the French Riviera and be the toast of the Beautiful People, though, Lord knows, he certainly could be. His money is an escape hatch that he will probably never need.
Money is a certain kind of power, but the power the Castros and Sulzbergers have is of a greater order of magnitude.
If Sulzberger were really in it for the money, he would not have run the credibility of his paper into the ground in the last 15 years or so. Sure, “dead tree” journalism is waning as an industry, but the Wall Street Journal, whose credibility is still quite high, has not experienced the degree of decline the NYT has. The Times is not run to line the Sulzbergers’ pockets, but to further their crusade to dictate to the rest of the world how things should be. It’s power, pure, narcissistic power. And that’s what the Castros are after, too.
Feb 26, 2008 - 10:53 am 3. Gary Rosen:What do they have in common? Nepotism, of course. They’d both be shoeshine boys without their family connections.
Feb 26, 2008 - 10:21 pm 4. Gary Rosen:On second thought, I take that back. While I despise the Castros, Raul does seem to have some modicum of an IQ. Pinch, on the other hand, has neither the intellectual capacity nor the organizational skills to make it buffing the ol’ Florsheims.
Feb 26, 2008 - 10:25 pm