Yahoo! News – N.Y. Times Execs Talk News Coverage
Popular culture, meanwhile, is “the pulse of the country,” and influences everything from the business world to governments overseas, Raines said, praising a recent front page story about pop idol Britney Spears.
“It was about the fame machine, the economic engine that’s behind it,” Raines said. “Our readers are interested in reading a sophisticated exegesis of a sociological phenomenon like that.”
OK…everyone…1,2,3…PULEEEEEZE! “…exegesis of a sociological phenomenon…”?
Come on. Have some honesty here. You put her on the cover because she is a scantily clad, sexy, young girl…uh…sorry…woman who happens to sing. Or rather, tries to sing. And you did it because it would sell papers.
