Comments on: Family Feud at the NY Times http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/23/family-feud-at-the-ny-times/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/23/family-feud-at-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-7163 Mark Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:03:10 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/23/family-feud-at-the-ny-times/#comment-7163 Yeah, but at least you'd never run out of things to criticize... Yeah, but at least you’d never run out of things to criticize…

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/23/family-feud-at-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-7155 Dennis Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:51:03 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/23/family-feud-at-the-ny-times/#comment-7155 Is there a worse job in America, aside from cleaning stables for horses with digestive troubles, than being the New York Times public editor? Never mind the politics of it. You deal routinely with colossal egos, all of whom consider themselves journalists of the first order because they are working for the august Gray Lady, and your job is to point out their failings for all to see. If I had a job like that, I'd never let a colleague serve me a drink in an opened bottle. Is there a worse job in America, aside from cleaning stables for horses with digestive troubles, than being the New York Times public editor?

Never mind the politics of it. You deal routinely with colossal egos, all of whom consider themselves journalists of the first order because they are working for the august Gray Lady, and your job is to point out their failings for all to see. If I had a job like that, I’d never let a colleague serve me a drink in an opened bottle.

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