Tom Maguire is all over the NYT's latest "the public be damned" moment, and points the way to this funny satire by the New Editor entitled "NYT Announces Formation of Shadow Government":
"Forgive me, I know this is pretty elementary stuff — but it's the kind of elementary context that sometimes gets lost on morons who don't work for the New York Times, especially the knuckledraggers and mouth breathers who vote for Republicans," said Keller. "And while we hesitate to preempt the role of legislators and courts, and ultimately the electorate, we just feel ... well, that we're smarter.""What he said," said new shadow Secretary of Defense Paul Krugman.