Alex Wright


News of the World

February 22, 2008

My employer has been taking some heat lately for its editorial judgment. But allow me to put things in perspective: we've come a long way since 1911, when our editorial predecessors saw fit to publish this dispatch:

MARTIANS BUILD TWO IMMENSE CANALS IN TWO YEARS

In other news, moonmen are grappling with a cheese shortage.


File under: New York Times

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