Wednesday, November 14, 2007

New York Times Provincialism Watch

Welcome to what should be a reccurring feature here at The Elbow. I will use this space to point out a frequent issue I have with my favorite source of news: its belittling or bemused coverage of the lives of people that live outside of the northeast corridor. I was unsure whether to call it New York Times Provincialism Watch or New York Times Parochialism Watch. What do you think?

In today's installment we catch up with Susan Stellin in Maine, where she says, "Hunt-ing?" Apparently, when you get north of the Berkshires, people like to shoot deer. Who would have known?

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