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The New York Times has always struck me as rather pretentious and self-important. They seem to report about themselves as much as the news.

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> Arthur S. Brisbane is the readers' representative. He responds to complaints and comments from the public and monitors the paper's journalistic practices.

This isn't a regular news article, it's a special editorial section. This seems like a very appropriate subject.

Yes. But they do a lot of these editorials, which seem to get linked frequently. I guess that's what I end up seeing. I see more links to the NYTimes talking about itself then I see links to news on the NYTimes.

I think that reflects more on people who do the linking rather than on NYT itself.

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