Romenesko

Romenesko Letters | NPR.org
That's what Alex Dering says. "Could I please get an explanation of how someone can write something as long, tedious and pointless as this disaster that Emily Gould produced and get it into the New York Times?" he asks. "Who does she know?" Times Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati tells FishbowlNY that "putting Emily's story on the cover was not a tough call." He says Gould's piece addresses "what we call Way We Live Now issues." || Choire Sicha responds to Dering. || Gould discusses her story on "Day to Day."
> NYT shuts down comments section attached to Gould's piece (Gawker)
> "A huge waste of space" and more blogosphere reaction (Technorati)
> Haber rounds up more reaction, including Sklar's "surprising" slam (NYO)