Ha! That got your attention, dint it?
“If a newspaper prints a sex crime, it is smut: but
when the New York Times prints it, it is a sociological study.”
—Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935), former NYTimes owner and publisher,
in J. Peter (ed.) Quotations for Our Time, 1977.
• Editorial Comment: We have our standards.
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