August 26, 2003
THIS IS JUST SAD
Exactly a week ago today I wrote about an article in The
Washington Post [see
href="http://www.lexiphane.com/lex/modules.php?name=News&file=article&s
id=214">BAD CARMA, 8/19/03] on the
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11747-
2003Aug18.html">low number of New Yorkers who are licensed to
drive. I criticized the piece at the time as being completely obvious,
but I have to give them credit for tackling the mundane a full week
before The New York Times could get to it. The Times piece
differentiates itself by being a first-person account of a woman trying
to get her license after a lifetime in the city not driving. It also
makes that woman Suzanne Vega of "Tom's Diner" fame. Ms. Vega's
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/nyregion/24feat.html?pagewanted
=1">article is actually entertaining--I don't think I'd want to
learn how to drive in NYC, but to the paper's discredit there is
absolutely no mention of the fact that The Washington Post
covered this topic just seven days ago. There's nothing sadder than
watching New York's paper of record playing catch-up in its own
backyard to its DC rival.
Posted by Lexiphane at August 26, 2003 9:20 AM
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