By Hamilton Nolan, 12:22 PM on Sun Aug 24 2008, 11,307 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Ha ha, the New York Times ran a story about how all Brits are drunken louts and when they go on vacations to Greece they fight and vomit and drink and cuss and cross-dress so much that Crete is like, wanting to ban British citizens altogether. Ha, unruly people. But for Times reporter Sarah Lyall, all this drunken madness coverage is familiar territory. We must ask, in all seriousness: has Sarah Lyall spent her entire career on the "Drunk-ass English people" beat? Look at this:

NYT stories by Sarah Lyall, a selection:

6/2/06
"It's Springtime for Soccer, And For Rowdy England Fans"

1/11/06
"Ever Since Falstaff, Getting Sloshed Is Cricket"

7/22/04
"British Worry That Drinking Has Gotten Out of Hand"

9/2/02
"What is it About British Men? Cheap, Drunk, and Stiff-Lipped."

5/1/00
"Later Pub Hours? Europe Tells Britain It's Time."

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