When Verbosity is an Atrocity
Problems, Problems, Problems...
(A New York Times reader peruses The Ethicist. AI generated photo)
Like most American journalists, I spent my entire career being certain of one thing: the people who read The New York Times are smart. Maybe even brilliant.
I mean, it’s the greatest newspaper in the world, so it’s bound to attract the best and the brightest readers.
Times readers care about the issues that matter. Social justice, climate change, education, Nazi helmet disposal…
Wait. What?
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