This Is Why People Find Alt Weeklies Annoying
Here's another babies die alone in hot cars story, from the New Times chain, regarding which, we are very sorry to bring this topic up. But this supposedly heart-wrenching story, unlike the infamous Story That We Try Not To Mention, in which we learn about how people actually do forget about their babies in cars, is instead about a guy who knew very well that his baby was in a car and, like, went out to check on her and crack the window and then spent a couple hours hanging out with his buddies in the air conditioning at work. So basically you can cool it on the six pages of frothy emotional appeal and talk of "inconsistent laws"-the dude left his kid in a car for a couple of hours and the kid died and he went to jail. That seems unsurprising.
Your tag work is outstanding today.
I could, and possibly might, write a book about my hatred for alt weeklies. They are filled with florid undergraduate writing, knee-jerk reactions, and the most irritating form of anti-establishment politics. All the while padding their editorial with tons of corporate advertising. SO ALTERNATIVE.
I guess since it's the longest sentence in the country and some doctor that did the same thing a few weeks before and didn't get any jail time it's a little interesting. And I guess having it out there will probably warn parents against future incidents. Still, you'd think they would at least mention the Weingarten story somewhere in there.
Let's see, Choire, someone who apparently has been turned down for a job at an alt-weekly, finds fault with a story that's longer than the 75 words he usually labors over.
And then there's TallOne, who can't read. Weingarten's story was mentioned in the piece.