aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Sunday, July 31, 2005

Wolcott on Arianna and Judith

I had my doubts about the Huffington Post at the start. A friend in NY was more optimistic, noting the promise of its celebrity lineup posting sans editor. Good point.

James Wolcott had doubts too, doubts that today he’s laid to rest. He points to Arianna’s The Judy File post ("Even on Sunday, the goddess does not rest") and comments:

If leaks from a certain newspaper HQ in Times Square are reaching flood stage, it means that years of resentment and frustration over Judith Miller’s untouchable diva status and inside gamesmanship are producing major payback. Arianna suggests that the united front being presented by editor Bill Keller and publisher Arthur Sulzberger may crack under the force of further revelations. Yes, indeed, “a lot hinges on how much of what Judy knows Bill Keller and Arthur Sulzberger also know.”

A lot more hinges on what she knows that they don’t.