Gothamist: Is No News a Good Snooze?

jackdonaghy

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:38:15 -0500

Oh yeah, people waiting on lines for days for IKEA and the iPhone got waaaaaay too much attention as well.

jackdonaghy

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:35:35 -0500

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.

Red Stapler

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:51:05 -0500

What, firing Willie Randolph didn't count?

angry_pickle

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:50:28 -0500

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?

CR

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:10:35 -0500

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.

TJ

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:26:07 -0500

nice. now that they've printed this article, something awful will probably happen. : /

Nick S

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:04:24 -0500

Grasping at straws, indeed.