Comments on: The First Time News Was Fit to Print

The First Time News Was Fit to Print

sneakin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:20:09 -0800

The first time the Simpsons, the iPod and Microsoft were mentioned in the New York Times. Also, Times Square, Marijuana and Googling plus much more (up to 9 volumes so far-scroll down for a list with links) with links to the actual articles or PDFs. Some others are Hillary Rodham, Nintendo, the Drudge Report and the VCR.

By: Poolio

Poolio — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:28:30 -0800

You mean there was a time when Drudge didn't rule their world?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:56:56 -0800

A perk of being a weekend subscriber to The New York Times is the access to their online archives. Didn't the NYT just open their archives to everyone? Yes, they did. But I love archive diving, so carry on.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:05:58 -0800

may i suppose this is the result of the NYT putting it's recent history online? if this is the future of media i'm ecstatic. it also marks a knew paradigm of sorts. being able to go to your most trusted news and culture sources and quickly and easily Google what they've had to say about a certain subject: sublime.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:06:58 -0800

mediareport: Not all of the archives. 1923-1987 are only available to subscribers, for a fee, or at libraries.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:07:13 -0800

it's = its...drunken English major shame... which is not to mention my not using caps.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:07:51 -0800

Ugh, mentions of mental_floss or their silly title format just make me sad because half their content is only appropriate for 12 year olds and their print design is BAD. just BAD. But apparently subscribing to their mag got me free subscrips to Wired and EW for no reason. So now I'm in shitterlit for ages.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:14:49 -0800

My mom was a computer programmer, and I remember looking through some old books when I was younger. She had a COBOL guide from 1980 or so that talked about this new DOS utility "by a small company called Microsoft."

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:24:14 -0800

c.f. Oxford English Dictionary

By: stammer

stammer — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:33:52 -0800

Ha! Soviet Arrests 71 In War On 'Terror' Spurred by the assassination of Sergei M. Kiroff, the Soviet Government has struck its heaviest blow in years at those whom it regards as plotters of terroristic acts against Soviet officials. With dramatic suddenness it was announced early this morning that seventy-one persons had been arrested and haled to trial before the military collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:46:01 -0800

The Simpsons "a strange cartoon family" ..... such a classic tight-ass New York Times locution.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:37:39 -0800

The first time that Mental Floss was mentioned at MetaFilter

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:52:57 -0800

10/24/01 Apple Computer introduced a portable music player today and declared that the new gadget, called the iPod. But industry analysts... pointed to its relatively limited potential audience, around seven million owners of the latest Macintosh computers. As of April 2007, the iPod had sold over 110 million units worldwide Heh.

By: unclemonty

unclemonty — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:43:25 -0800

I remember when the iPod was launched - the comment I read most on the web was people complaining that it didn't have the same capacity as the Creative Nomad Jukebox. Sometimes it's good to brush off the benefit of retrospect and remember things how they were. Though I'd rather see things through the Onion's eyes than the NYT's.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:46:36 -0800

Wow, wherever did they get the idea that the Smurfs were German?

By: the cydonian

the cydonian — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:05:40 -0800

Not to convert this into an Iraq discussion, but it is fascinating to read Saddam Hussain's first mention:

... it is generally believed that the strongman of the regime is Saddam Hussein Takriti, the young, ambitious vice chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council and assistant secretary general of the Baath party. "Baath fills a vacuum in the Arab world; it offers the Arab left an alternative to Communism," is the opinion of a seasoned Arab diplomat. The Iraqi regime in fact considers itself an island of Islamic progressivism surrounded by the conservative royalist regimes of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the sheikdoms of the Persian Gulf and the military regime in Syria. (emphasis mine)

I leave you folk to your own conclusions.

By: criticalbill

criticalbill — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:03:11 -0800

I love that marijuana's first mention is debunking ludicrous reefer madness crap