The Gray Lady Tries Hard To Stay Gray

Not only is the New York Times [aka The Gray Lady] the nation's paper of record, it's also one of our favorite targets topics.

So, we're pretty amused that the Gray Lady has opted not to cover the Mel Gibson incident for the scandal that it is. Instead, they ran with a long, heady think-piece about the anatomy of a scandal. It also just happens to contain lots of juicy rumors about the drunken Nazi movie actor.

The real story here, they insist, is this: Scandals spread really, really fast these days. Especially because of this new gee-whiz thing called the Internet.

C'mon, Gray Lady, just admit: You're addicted to People.com's RSS feed, aren't you?

Comments

[thebizofknowledge]

I stumbled upon this site as I was in the process of doing some online research. It's unfortunate that anyone would try to cover up a scandal. However, at least Mel Gibson has publicly owned up to his bad behavior, and that's more than we can say about most celebrities when caught in an act of wrongdoing.

[Scribblista]

Well, I'm not sure the NYT is trying to cover up for Mel.....

Kind of the opposite, in fact. I think they're embarrassed that they want to cover him at all!

[wmscyclone]

Scribblista wrote:
"I think they're embarrassed that they want to cover him at all!"

Of course. The NYT is known for hard-nosed journalism, like watergate, wiretapping, etc. I'm sure they think that scandalous Hollywood activities belong in some other rag.

[scribblista]

You know that there's a lot of hand-wringing and hollering going on in editorial offices.