Comments on: The Tragedy of Gail Collins http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/12/the-tragedy-of-gail-collins/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: sgyetko@optimum.net http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/12/the-tragedy-of-gail-collins/comment-page-1/#comment-2788 sgyetko@optimum.net Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:10:56 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=5624#comment-2788 Yes, you may have a point there, but aren't you being a tad harsh? I mean, I remember when Ms. Collins wrote for the New York Daily News. She did one little column about not being a big fan of pigeons. It was funny, maybe a bit of a 'goof', but she got tons of angry letters over it. She spoke of it years later and confessed to being surprised at the vehemence of the negative response. Perhaps that's when she decided to be less 'funny'. Another point is, she's writing for The New York Times, for Pete's sake. The New York Times is not 'New York's Funny Pages'. Frankly, I like it that way. If I want giggles, I'll read the comics in The Journal News, thank you very much, or I'll watch Comedy Central. Cut Gail Collins some slack. Yes, you may have a point there, but aren't you being a tad harsh? I mean, I remember when Ms. Collins wrote for the New York Daily News. She did one little column about not being a big fan of pigeons. It was funny, maybe a bit of a 'goof', but she got tons of angry letters over it. She spoke of it years later and confessed to being surprised at the vehemence of the negative response. Perhaps that's when she decided to be less 'funny'.

Another point is, she's writing for The New York Times, for Pete's sake. The New York Times is not 'New York's Funny Pages'. Frankly, I like it that way. If I want giggles, I'll read the comics in The Journal News, thank you very much, or I'll watch Comedy Central. Cut Gail Collins some slack.

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