Comments on: Joementum Down To The Wire http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/08/joementum-down-to-the-wire/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: TC@LeatherPenguin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/08/joementum-down-to-the-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-15558 TC@LeatherPenguin Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:36:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/08/joementum-down-to-the-wire/#comment-15558 "Even the New York Times, which has taken the highly unusual step of endorsing a primary challenger in an out-of-state race,...." Gaius, <i>nobody,</i> not even the Old Gray Hag's most ardent supporter, considers them a "New York" newspaper--beyond those two words being part of the masthead--except for attenuated precincts flanking the upper parts of Central Park. Even the Times admits it, renaming the Metro section "Regional," and piling all the "NJ/Conn/Everywhere Not Manhattan" stories in that one newshole. The only outer borough they even acknowledge is part of their little world is Brooklyn, and that is only because so many Manhattan residents fled there in reaction to the insane Manhattan realty market. And anything north of yonkers mat as well be Mars. “Even the New York Times, which has taken the highly unusual step of endorsing a primary challenger in an out-of-state race,….”

Gaius, nobody, not even the Old Gray Hag’s most ardent supporter, considers them a “New York” newspaper–beyond those two words being part of the masthead–except for attenuated precincts flanking the upper parts of Central Park. Even the Times admits it, renaming the Metro section “Regional,” and piling all the “NJ/Conn/Everywhere Not Manhattan” stories in that one newshole. The only outer borough they even acknowledge is part of their little world is Brooklyn, and that is only because so many Manhattan residents fled there in reaction to the insane Manhattan realty market. And anything north of yonkers mat as well be Mars.

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