VanityFair.com* NYT's
David Carr: "People have a very intimate relationship with the Times, and they bring a very high level of expectation to it."
* Slate's
Jack Shafer: "People love to hate their newspaper for the same reason they love to hate their relatives. There's aggravation built into any relationship that's really close."
* Gawker's
Alex Pareene: "It occupies a position that no other newspaper does. So you get more offended when they're using that platform to promote
David Brooks or something."
* National Review's
Jonah Goldberg: "The idea that 'we're not part of that club' feeds a sort of resentment on both the left and the right."
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