There was a story in today's local paper that to me defines what's wrong with journalism. It's about admissions to Ivy League schools. And the article was just chock full of inconsistencies and just plain wrong, bad information. So here's what I wrote to the editor.

I’ve never read an article as incoherent as the one you printed concerning admissions at Ivy League Schools. One paragraph tells us that “fewer kids are applying and few kids are getting in,” and a couple of paragraphs later we’re told that “They’re not increasing the size of their freshman class, but their applicant pool is increasing.” So which is it, fewer kids applying or an increasing applicant pool? I believe the numbers concerning the dropping admissions rates, and using the magic or arithmetic conclude that it’s the latter that’s correct: more applicants, but the same number of admissions means a lower acceptance rate.

When not incoherent, the article is incorrect in its information. Yes those Ivy schools are expensive, and the sticker price is a shock. But how can the cost mean that fewer people are applying when “their applicant pool is increasing”? One reason for the increase is that what you say about financial aid is just wrong. At Harvard, for instance, students whose household income is under 65,000 pay nothing at all.

The statement that all financial aid is merit based is equally wrong. All students who go to Harvard or Yale have merit. If they didn’t they wouldn’t get in. Here’s what Harvard has to say about its financial aid policy: “Financial aid is available to all students based on assessed need.” Not a word about merit.

Not really trying to defend the cost of colleges, which is really an outrage--but at least get the facts right!

If you want to see inconsistency, redundancy, and 7th C- level writing skills, spend a few days reading the Dayton Daly News.

Is that the new Weekly Reader, Steve ?

Newspapers (hardcopy) are dying anyway.. (I thought that was going to be the post message.)
Those that transcend to the net will survive- those that don't will perish. Except for the big columnists, the rest are paid peanuts... so ya gets what yas pay fur !!

Youse guyes done be lucky cause da local rag hear hires reporters right off da streets ...with no experience in righting except maybe a letter home onct in a while
and there stuff due gets published...interesting to note the daily is now down to one sheet...four pages...each day..where be da editors to at least spell check onct in a while

I dropped our home delivery ... erratic... and now get news on line and from TV..

besides the Tyler rag is all "Fox news-like" !! waste of good $$ !!

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No home delivery of our local rag anymore.They snail mail it! I subscribed to e edition. It is a .pdf and I love reading it on my iMac. Make it large type, copy stuff, search the pages, etc.

The guy with the yellow funky wig that said he was going to prove Obama wasn't born in the U.S. is thinking about buying the NY Times. I think I read that on line someplace. Can't think of his name. He has Casinos here and there. Has a TV show where he fires people. Cheese! I can't keep typing until his name comes to me. I hate this aging process.;)

Why anyone would want to buy a newspaper now, I can't imagine. That guy even lost some of his casino/hotels.


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IMO,

I heard from other sources , that colleges were going with the cash paying (foreign exchange) students the Chinese, Korean, Japanese nationals <-- thats where the real money is. They pay cash up front and don't carry guns.

What ya hearing is the minor 10% by state or federal law for local grown pups ?
That increasing applicant pool maybe is just for that requirement ?

DONALD TRUMP

Yah, right. The Sulzbergers — a mega-liberal family — are the dominant shareholders in the NYTimes. There's as much chance of them selling anything to Trump as there is of Trump saying something intelligent.

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Woke in middle of night and saw Donald Trump! A vision.

Did a Google search. I didn't imagine that snip of rumor news. Here is one:

Donald could save paper rag -- ha



He sure can figure ways to get his name in the news!



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Dayton Daly News?

7th (grade) C- level? I didn't want to say anything, he gets testy.

He was in a hurry maybe? Busy polishing his wood?

Heh heh heh. You're the only one to get it. Mazel Tov! But look again. More typos. This is what that rag is riddled with. Too subtle I guess.

I thought interesting that they put the pictures of those being held in the county jails. In our little paper they just put the names with what their charged.

Dave

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Dayton Daly is obviously a paper with a singular purpose:

To report on the daily dilly-dallying of Dayton residents. Typos just make it more interesting.

Simple!

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Hey, y'know... it's Dayuhn. *droooooool*

Here the local newspaper has headlines like this: "LOCAL MAN related to person who has a cousin whose friend is neighbors with someone at Davos."

TRUMP....

The Rapacious Unadulterated Moronic Pimp

I like that kinda like a game we use to play naming cars based on the letters in their name

I like that kinda like a game we use to play naming cars based on the letters in their name

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Re Newspapers and adding other paper media -- books.

Was just reading that Barns & Noble is closing hundreds of stores. They are not going out of business, just shuffling around I guess. But one interesting note:



Well, a little over 4% a year isn't a whole lot, but it is creeping up the percentage drops.

The handwriting on the wall existence of internet, ebooks, etc. is the future and paper is sliding into oblivion with the stone tablet and hide/cave drawings.

Oh, and one more thing, have you read about the new libraries being built that have NO books on the shelves-- no paper. Google it. One University in Texas that I read about.



I guess this is an okay hijack


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I have to travel two hours in any direction to get to a new book store...I could buy on line but I like to look thru the book before I buy. We do have a delightful used book store, guy started out 20 years a go buying and selling out of a hole in the wall size store, now he is in a huge two story building....books are half price, finish it and bring it back and he will buy it back for half your purchase price, or give you credit for the same amount. Sells used cd's dvd's and in the past year or so even some special order new books

Dave Bowman:
"My God.. it's full of stars, books, Macs"!

I guess the biggest book publisher is the phone companies - Hawaiian Tel just delivered 500 white pages and 500 yellow pages. We told them to take 250 white and yellows back. Because last year only 50% of the residents even bother to pick up any books.

Seems like a big waste of paper to me but I guess they still have to offer the printed versions.

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Our phone company does not offer white pages in some areas.



Since people pay for yellow page listings, they throw one on our front porches.

Trouble is three other companies sell advertising cheap and they make phone books too and throw them on our front porches!! I just recycle, as I'm sure a lot of other folk do also.

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I haven't cracked the binding of a phone book in probably close to 10 years. Straight from the bag to the bin.

I pulled my Yellow Pages ad years ago.

Phone book delivered to the front porch??wow we get ours thru the US bulk mail system...and everyone gets a phone book , even if you dont have a phone... got three of them this year alone...one at the PO box, one at home address...and another at the apartment...guess if I can not find a phone number in one book I could try the other ones

WTF is a Phone Book? Is that like a new iPhone case or something?

Coupons..now there is a good reason to get a phone book

With the emphasis on "now"?