The Gray Lady Needs Convalescent Care

The New York Times may still be the newspaper of record, but between Jayson Blair, David Brooks, and keeping quiet about the Presidential eavesdropping, I am beginning to think that the record is something by REO Speedwagon.

Remember when we had a competent and adversarial press? Me either.

Update: In the interest of full disclosure, I feel that I must confess to actually owning an REO Speedwagon album. It is called, "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tune a Fish." Maybe this is the record of which the NYT is the paper. To my fanbase (hi, Jeff), I apologize for not revealing my personal connection to this story in a timelier fashion. And I apologize unreservedly for owning an REO Speedwagon album.

I'm sure that I have never listened to it. Even if I have inhaled.