November 1, 2007

New York Times Hates Us For Trying To Be Green

by Piers Fawkes

This is the opening paragraph by Virginia Sole-Smith in the NY Times today:

For many customers in the Whole Foods Market on the Lower East Side last Friday night, just spotting the word “organic” on recycled packaging would have been reason enough to grab a bottle of moisturizer.

Is that how they really see us? is that how to dismiss the world’s most important cultural movement. We beg you to go and check out the article just for the contextual hyperlink under the word ’spotted’. Says it all really.

Fresh-Faced Eco-Consumers - New York Times

Article categories: Environmental, Ethical Consumerism, Media & Publishing

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One Response to “New York Times Hates Us For Trying To Be Green”

  1. Floyd Hayes
    Posted from: 68.161.244.192

    November 1st, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    I wouldn’t give the article the pleasure of my time :)

    Idiots.

    I used to love the Times, particularly the Sunday Times.

    They’ve put the price up and the Sunday version is full - literally - with shite, generic ads.

    Hey look! There’s a one collumn article on Darfur, the rest of the page taken up by some dopey bint in a fur coat.

    Page after page it’s the same.

    I’m not paying to look at that rubbish.

    Harumph.

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