tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post4866384366909563054..comments2024-03-28T05:19:17.215-04:00Comments on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report: Times takes optimistic look at Prokhorov as face of Nets, suggests trip to China was to recruit companies as sponsors (but what about EB-5 investors?)Norman Oderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-79114979667075084442010-10-27T10:09:26.062-04:002010-10-27T10:09:26.062-04:00We did a Noticing New York piece about how the Tim...We did a Noticing New York piece about how the Times is NOT reporting on the elephants in the room when it comes to Nets and their travels abroad. We wrote about the analytical gyrations the Times went through to explain the `oddness’* of how the Nets were now busy traveling “internationally.” In point of fact, “international travel” was the press release version of the story. Mainly the Nets are going just to China and Russia, that’s that, and we pointed out (as indicated in this story above) that there are very good reasons to explain why the Nets are traveling to those two particular countries; to sell EB-5 green cards to the Chinese and to address Prokhorov’s reputation as a “gangster” (Taibbi ‘s take) in his home country of Russia.<br /><br />(* In common with AYR’s choice of language above, the Times in its non-news-reporting gyrations zeroed in on its subject identifying “oddness” crying out for explanation.) <br /><br />See: <br /><br />Sunday, October 10, 2010<br />Noting One Oddity, The Times, in Another, Neglects Obvious Explanations: Ratner’s EB-5 Green Cards Sale; A Reason For the Nets To Go To China, And. .<br /><br />http://noticingnewyork.blogspot.com/2010/10/noting-one-oddity-times-in-another.htmlNoticing New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15726747803887470424noreply@blogger.com