FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2006
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"Yes," says
Timothy Noah, "dozens of idiots do it in the Times 'Home' section every year, but, perhaps naively, I've always expected journalists to show less inclination to flaunt privilege, especially when the privilege exists on this scale. ....An inclination to state forthrightly, 'I have a gorgeous multimillion-dollar house in the country and you don't,' calls severely into question the journalist's ability to identify with the ordinary
people about whom one is called upon, at least once in a while, to write."
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New Yorker's Susan Orlean shows off her nice weekend home (NYT)Posted at 4:12:45 PM
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