Hey! Edit This!
Do you ever feel that your editor is making a mockery out of your work? Sometimes they just don't understand. The Raleigh News & Observer sends up an imagined editing of a recent NYT story. [Which NYT story? Specify!]
Gusts near 50 MPH sent a loose chain crashing into the side of the Trump SoHo tower on Saturday night, cracking windows and showering the street with glass, officials and neighborhood residents said.
PBS's Reaction To Getting Sucker Punched Is 'Mixed'
Last week, Charles "Ben's dad" McGrath wrote an essay for Arts & Leisure on PBS that was about 1400 words of PBS sucks. Looks like Mr. Premium cable is too good to spend Wednesday night with a glass of red wine and Antique Road Show. Whatever. PBS's reaction to the piece is about as controversial as PBS itself.
'Times' Gets Third Ombudsman
Clark Hoyt, the former Knight Ridder D.C. bureau chief who once publicly sparred with the New York Times second ombudsman, Barney Calame, has been appointed as the Times' third ombudsman. This is going to sound a little mean, because supposedly Barney's the nicest guy in the world—but we really hope Clark won't be the…
What Did You Desperately Try to Undo This Weekend?
New York men continue to see only 1 very awesome side.
Adventures in 'NYT' Photo Editing
We're trying to decide if we think the Times website is showing us Bowie's left nut today. We think it is. Your call?
The war is spoiling my lovely romance
Article number 834 on How The War Is Spoiling Social Relationships In Manhattan: "All over the city, I have encountered couples and close friends who have been in throw-down fights - because one supports the war, and the other is against it. I have been to no less than six dinner parties that turned into shouting…
Dog run as metaphor
GQ editor Caroline Campion has a piece in the NYT about class warfare in the Tompkins Square Park dogrun. She laments the fact that the yuppies have moved in with their "breedist" dogs. (The owners of the more aggressive dogs say the tiny yuppie dogs deserve to be attacked because they're usually wearing sweaters.)…
