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Posts Tagged ‘A Functional Sense of Decency’

DAN SCHORR

Oh No She Didn’t

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

852-hearts-B2IL.jpgOur hooker with a heart of gold sister ribs Dan Schorr, gets disapproving letter from reader and surprises us all by addressing reader’s concern. Just like a real newspaper, or NPR!
Life really is like a box of chocolates:

“What little institutional reverence we still possess wouldn’t halt coverage of a minor-key newsworthy quote, especially when the treatment of same is comparatively mild. Trust us, for every mean thing you see posted, a half-dozen much nastier remarks were held back by our shriveled but nevertheless functional sense of decency.”

Gawker Answers: Did You Have To Go There? [Gawker]