tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post654788126581225100..comments2024-03-28T05:19:17.215-04:00Comments on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report: Yankee Stadium controversy down the memory hole: prominent coverage of belated ballfields, no dissenters heardNorman Oderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-30596716059863292342012-04-08T08:46:09.193-04:002012-04-08T08:46:09.193-04:00Also see the update from Geoffrey Croft:
http://at...Also see the update from Geoffrey Croft:<br />http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2012/04/behind-timess-yankee-stadium-story.htmlNorman Oderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-79545924282588992802012-04-08T08:39:43.213-04:002012-04-08T08:39:43.213-04:00Yes, from October 2005 through December 2006, Nich...Yes, from October 2005 through December 2006, Nicholas Confessore was assigned to the Brooklyn bureau, and had main--though not exclusive--responsibility for Atlantic Yards. <br /><br />Notably, Confessore was *not* responsible for what I consider the single worst piece of AY coverage, the 9/5/06 front-page lead article about the orchestrated 6-8% cut in project size:<br />http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2006/12/times-defends-front-page-scaleback.html<br /><br />I believe that one influence on the Times's coverage, though I can't say how big, was my own report critiquing the Times, published in September 2005:<br />http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-september-2005-report-in-full-and-in.html<br /><br />Jonathan Lethem's Salon piece was published in June 2006:<br />http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2006/06/brooklyns_trojan_horse.htmlNorman Oderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-82792108732713163112012-04-08T08:27:23.249-04:002012-04-08T08:27:23.249-04:00Significantly, the Times has never had a single re...Significantly, the Times has never had a single reporter assigned to the Yankee Stadium controversy. (I first met Winnie Hu, who wrote Friday's puff piece, when she rushed into a city council hearing on the final stages of the deal and said to me and another reporter there, "I just got told to cover this - what's going on?") Norman, you'd know better than me, but didn't the Times have someone regular on the AY beat at least in the peak years once Lethem & Co. weighed in?Neil deMausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445574662279996160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-76030093754350821062012-04-07T11:02:12.307-04:002012-04-07T11:02:12.307-04:00I don't disagree with you, Bob, but... to the ...I don't disagree with you, Bob, but... to the extent that the Times steers elite opinion, the failure of the Times to take seriously the history of Yankee Stadium is glaring. And similar journalistic failures could steer opinion regarding Atlantic Yards. So the press has an important role in reminding the public of promises delayed, or unfulfilled.Norman Oderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-24152835891758937082012-04-07T10:42:28.821-04:002012-04-07T10:42:28.821-04:00I don't think so. Remember "The Yankees&q...I don't think so. Remember "The Yankees" as a team, for better or worse, define New York; baseball fans were never up in arms about the way the city and the Yankees took the park land. Also, the people living around the stadium are poorer, had no real mouthpiece, no Daniel Goldstein to present to the public. Atlantic Yards, on the other hand, effects wealthier neighborhoods with more clout and access to media, also the Nets don't have any thing close to the history with the city that the Yankees have; they are really just a poor basketball team from New Jersey coming over. Also possible conflicts between patrons and neighborhood people might get more press. So I think that the battle over Atlantic Yards will be a stronger one.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415543378194107418noreply@blogger.com