Grrrr.

I love the New York Times, but sometimes their tendency to report "trends" months after the blogosphere just reinforces why most mainstream media is having trouble. Slate even has an ongoing series chronicling NYTimes' slow (and anecdotal) identification of "trends." In addition, the trends they take note of are really just trends amongst an elite set of urban, educated, young(ish) consumers.



For example, uhhh yeah, thanks Style section. The people who are into design stuff/house stuff were talking about terrariums about three months ago.

PS. No disrespect to the old gray lady. I love her, and newspapers in general. No one else does investigative or long form reporting better, but these fleeting, lifestyle type stories are just better suited to blogs and online only publications (such as Slate). To each his (or her) own, you know?


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