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Post number 12780

MAYORBOB — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:10:10 -0800

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.

By: jjg

jjg — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:32:38 -0800

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.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:47:52 -0800

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.

By: MAYORBOB

MAYORBOB — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:52:20 -0800

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.

By: bingo

bingo — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:44:34 -0800

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.

By: jjg

jjg — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:53:03 -0800

I wasn't criticizing your post, Mayorbob. I was just wondering if there was something going on that had revived interest in this story.