Date:    Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:26:07 -0400
<br>From:    Evan Morris <words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WORD-DETECTIVE.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: bogus anecdotes
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<br>At 10:34 AM 6/2/98 -0400, Gregory {Greg} Downing wrote:
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<br>>Since I don't read all of the Times except on weekends, I wasn't aware of
<br>>that feature's special nonjournalistic status. You mean any of us can send
<br>>them a fantasy, or a recast/improved anecdote, and they might print it if
<br>>they think it's amusing?
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<br>Oh, you betcha.  Especially if it reeks of smarmy elitism, as that one did.
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<br>>Is it the newspaper of record, or the newspaper of
<br>>the dance remix?
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<br>It's the newspaper of the professional overclass in NYC.  It makes a huge
<br>profit by ignoring 99% of the people who live here and pandering to the
<br>limitless self-regard of the Range Rover set.  As far as NYC goes, The Times
<br>has roughly the same journalistic focus (and, consequently, ethics) as
<br>Architectural Digest.
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