Gossip Constipation
Gossip makes it big in the New York Times today, with some classic quotes from the Post’s Ben Bradlee. The article, focusing on NY Post’s Liz Smith, examines the challenges facing the tabloid industry as it seeks to compete with the unsubstantiated rumors of “blogs” on the “InterWeb.”
In it outgoing Reliable Source Richard Leiby expresses some frustration with writing a gossip column at the otherwise hard-nosed for news Post, and Bradlee weighs in with some historical perspective:
“We’ve had more bloody trouble with gossip columns,” Mr.
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