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This week marked the fifth anniversary of the 2003 Blackout. Ten years ago the Yankees were dominating their way through summer en route to one of their best seasons in the franchise's history. But this summer, newsmakers seem to be scratching their heads when trying to figure out just what could be the New York story of the summer of 2008.
The NY Times goes through some of the definitive stories of summers past from the Summer of Sam to the Abner Louima plunger attack as well as obscure ones that took a life of their own like the rash of pit bull attacks that broke out in 1987.
Meanwhile, this week during a press conference, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was asked about car break-ins in Brooklyn, the sort of petty crime that he has rarely had to address during his 15 years as head of the NYPD. The Times sums up just why the summer news has been a relatively barren landscape: "Crime rates remain near historic lows. The quadrennial spectacle of the mayoral race is still a year off. Wall Street and the financial markets have teetered without entirely collapsing."
Even NY1 has felt the burn of a slow news summer. Anchor Pat Kiernan admits that their regular segment "In the Papers" has had to be cut from eight minutes to six more than once. He told the Times that all the local papers have been "grasping at straws."
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Grasping at straws, indeed.
nice.
now that they've printed this article, something awful will probably happen.
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Really Gothamist - is the top story a fat cat, a partially decomposed animal that 99.9% of the country could probably see in their backyards on a nightly basis, or is it mean-spirited cop violently assaulting an innocent, unarmed person? I really, truly wonder which one it is.
In related news I belive the top story of 2001 was President Bill Clinton awarding former US President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during the Spanish-American War. Everything else that took place during 2001 can go eat a bag of dicks.
The poll authors themselves seem to be grasping for straws.
Russia threating Poland and invading Georgia, billions of people watching the Olympics in Beijing. And all we get here are articles about stupid animals and Jennifer Aniston's breakup. What next? A poll of NYC's favorite brand of maxipads?
What, firing Willie Randolph didn't count?
Certainly, the Olympics and the feud between Russia and Georgia take the national headlines, but as far as the New York story of the summer it would have to be the budget deficit and the impending MTA fare hikes. Joe Bruno resigning, the Christy Brinkley divorce and the closing of Florent got plenty of attention from the local papers too.
Oh yeah, people waiting on lines for days for IKEA and the iPhone got waaaaaay too much attention as well.