November 30, 2001

10:10 PM

Was it really something she said about Judge Sirica?Or was it just that Renata Adler managed to piss everyone at the Times and The New Yorker completely? Nothing like a Gotham cat fight that gets old Watergate types involved. Well, at least this is Adler's side of the story.
posted by MAYORBOB (5 comments total)

Does anybody know why this article, which is over a year old, is only now making the rounds? This is the second time I've seen it mentioned today.
posted by jjg at 10:32 PM on November 30, 2001

well, robot wisdom where i saw this link also points to a recent (oct, 2001) interview at mobylives.com

Mefi and all weblogs inherit principles which are shared by the press - the lazy tendency to point to a story that someone else has dug up. Blogdex, in this way, functions as a meme tracker, noting the progress of the successful viruses.

Mayorbob is simply, like all of us, an infected carrier.
posted by vacapinta at 10:47 PM on November 30, 2001

My bad is all I can say. Somebody emailed me the link and I went to it and I could have sworn it said something more recent than August 2000. Double damn.

BTW, the reason for the double post was I got an error message on the first try so I just submitted it again without checking Mefi.

Sorry.
posted by MAYORBOB at 10:52 PM on November 30, 2001

Old as it may be, I hadn't read it before, and I found it fascinating. It must have been very difficult to construct such a well-written, organized, and carefully worded essay under the kind of pressure she was under to do just the opposite. I had never heard of her before, but now I'm going to seek out her books.
posted by bingo at 11:44 PM on November 30, 2001

I wasn't criticizing your post, Mayorbob. I was just wondering if there was something going on that had revived interest in this story.
posted by jjg at 11:53 PM on November 30, 2001