I missed the NYT piece about vlogger Zadi's video for Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (reconceptualized as a commentary on Hurricane Katrina and its fallout), discovering it instead by way of Timothy Quigley. Because the NYT hates the exhange of ideas that the Internet celebrates, I guess I'll never know what Sarah Boxer had to say about it. I do like Quigs's thoughts here, so click on over.
HEY, I'M STUPID: Turns out that Boxer's article is available—you just need a cookie from NYT.com, which I didn't have. Forget what I said earlier. Now tell me: Why is Boxer's beat endlessly goofy?
Posted by Kriston at September 27, 2005 2:52 PMWell, after Boxer royally fucked up her coverage of Iraq, the Times thought they'd make it go away by moving her to the "random shit" beat. A failed tactic, I do say.
Posted by: Sarah at September 27, 2005 9:51 PMSarah...tell us more. (Your "fucked up" link above doesn't work.) I've always associated Boxer with photo and media stories.
Posted by: Timothy at September 28, 2005 6:11 PMSee related blog coverage of Boxer's January foul up:
http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2005_01_19.html
http://www.patterico.com/2005/01/18/inew-york-timesi-reprints-irresponsible-gossip-endangers-lives-leaves-out-the-other-side-and-calls-it-a-day
> I've always associated Boxer with photo and media stories.
I think her beat's always been blogs and the internets.
Posted by: Dan at September 29, 2005 2:04 PM