One Lone Courageous Doctor Curing Strangled Voices (SD) Spasmodic Dysphonia vs The New York Times and The Entire Medical Establishment Guaranteeing No Cures

by Morton Cooper

**Part 2 in a 2-part series** “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” It’s a wonderful slogan, and has graced page one of The New York Times ever since the late Nineteenth Century. In the days of New York’s newspaper wars and the resulting rise of yellow journalism, the slogan meant that The Times would not play up sordid stories of lust and murder, would not cater to the prurient interests of people. The New York City described in the pages of The Times was often quite different from the New York City chronicled by the tabloids. For good reason the paper became known as the Gray Lady of Times Square. But, as The Times evolved into not just the dominant paper in the New York metropolitan area but also America’s newspaper of record, the slogan came to suggest that one of the paper’s goals is to print comprehensive and balanced reports on all important topics of general interest. I think most journalism experts would agree with me on two points. First, as a practical matter it is impossible for any single newspaper, even one with the lofty ideals and substantial resources of The Times, to achieve this goal. Second, nonetheless The Times has come closer to this goal than any other newspaper in the country, and for this deserves the admiration of its competitors and the gratitude of its readers.

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Published January 1, 2008