Alterman Gets Frisky ... Again

He fights … therefore he exists. Pugnacious Nation scribbler — and we are not unconscious of the irony of that — Eric ”Fisticuffs” Alterman follows up his latest bust-up with Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici, by unceremoniously bum-rushing the Gray Lady, and tossing about overheated charges of the ”appearance of conflict of interest.” Does this guy ever simply … desist? Alterman, who seems to be in a perpetual state of blood-feud, draws an odd connection between a Yankee’s-New York Times promotion at — of all places — a street fair, and the Gray Lady’s coverage of the city’s favorite sports franchise on top of Page One.