Monica Murero just pointed out to us the evidence-free NYT article on doctors supposedly "distracted" by e-devices. That's the second evidence free article from the NYT I've seen in 2 days. They did a piece on Thursday about people allegedly leaving Facebook. Once again, just with a few random anecdotes that were not quite on point. I'm not talking about spinning evidence, but total lack of. So I wonder if the NYT, which for all its faults used to fact check (I remember the Qs well when they interviewed me) has gone over to the dark side. Cdns may be amused/outraged that CTV Toronto news read the Times article and only then contacted me about the subject. The reporter was sure it was right because her editor (not she) had read it in the NYT. Is this lack of evidence related to recent editorial changes at the NYT? Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________