NYT publishes piece on the sociology of the new establishment, and says nada about Jews

by Philip Weiss on July 12, 2009 · 3 comments

Long piece by Clark Hoyt, the NYT public editor, on the sociology of the marriage announcements in the New York Times talks about class issues and bloodlines, and same-sex marriages, and the meritocracy–

When bloodlines are mentioned, they tend to be from accomplishment, not old social order — a father who was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, another who was a top executive of ABC. Almost a quarter of the parents were educators.

But though many of the names in the piece are Jewish, this piece, like almost every other piece purporting to cover our new sociology, says nothing about the Jewish rise into the establishment. As Gene Roberts, the legendary editor for the Times and the Inquirer, whom I had the distinct privilege of being spanked hard by as a youngish man, used to say, "Great stories don't break, they ooze." Well this story is oozing over everyone, and we all know it, but no one covers it.

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{ 3 comments }

1 Citizen July 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm

What would the NYT archives reveal in terms of explicitly or at least by express implication reveal about the prior WASP establishment–were the persons discussed identified as such clearly, or quite easily by those knowing the markers?

2 Laurie July 13, 2009 at 11:17 am

Wedding announcements are passe. Mr. Roberts may want to check his circulation numbers.

3 Chris July 14, 2009 at 12:52 pm

Well, not "no one covers it"… The Occidental Observer has: http://theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/Donovan-...

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