Michael Wolff Never Met a Waiter or Editor He Didn't Offend @9:32 AM
Oh this is so wonderful, this profile of Michael Wolff by Irin Carmon. She really is very good. It is obviously a portrait of a person with a near-disability, a man who must argue about things and make up his mind about things near-randomly; his reversals of opinion based on "facts" are sudden and confusing. He is now more than ever one of those dogs that barks for attention—he was that as a New York mag columnist and he is now more than ever that as a blogger—which weirdly, sort of makes me admire him and his chronic, unsurpassed assholism. Eventually he turns on everyone who was ever a friend to him—yes, perversely, admirable! Oh it is enjoyable to have him as a neighbor here in the East Village, with all the other cranks; Gary Indiana up to his neck in white powder around the corner, Michael Musto pumping by on his bicycle… now our neighborhood of crazies is complete. 6
It's A Rewarding Bad Behavior Kind Of Day @1:40 PM
So I guess this site is mentioned in Russ Smith's interview with Michael Wolff, and he's kind of dismissive of it? It would probably look petty if we didn't link to it? But it is extremely long and, if the very beginning is any indication, full of the buffoony self-regard with which Wolff peppers all of his blatant cries for attention? And, really, life is short and it's sunny out? So in the spirit of not being petty, I'll link, but I'll be damned if I'm going to read it. So there. 9
Richard Johnson Sad About Internet @7:54 AM
Long-time Page Six editor Richard Johnson says in a new interview that he is sad that you youngs hate newspapers: "The younger people just never developed the habit. They have other habits: using computers and using cell phones. A lot of people grow up now never touching a newspaper. They're read the content, but they're getting it from these parasitical news aggregation sites." Of course we know that this is just another attack on Michael Wolff's website Newser!* *Idea only valid inside Michael Wolff's crazy brain. 1
The Shadow Editors: Who Is Michael Wolff Smarter Than Today? @2:32 PM
Tom Scocca: Great. Now Michael Wolff is smarter than David Carr.
Choire Sicha: Says who???
Tom Scocca: Says Michael Wolff's daily spam: Who Is Michael Wolff Smarter Than Today? Previous winners have included Rupert Murdoch, Barack Obama, and the Pope. READ MORE 4
Michael Wolff is really something! @3:06 PM
Rowr! "Did you know that Michael Wolff's unknown, third-rate website is 'the fastest growing news site in the country'? Did you know it's putting the New York Times out of business? We sure didn't, and while we have our doubts about the continued survival of the Times, too, we're pretty sure the last thing Arthur Sulzberger Jr. worries about before he goes to sleep at night is the fifth failed media company that Michael Wolff has started over the past two decades." [WARNING: Clicking on link may result in watching video of Michael Wolff.] 2
