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April 3, 2007
"I had not seen the reports"
The NY Times Metropolitan Editor Joe Sexton, a native Brooklynite, gets an earful from someone not named Norman Oder, who wants to know more about the Gray Lady's silence on recent breaking news about Atlantic Yards.
Sexton responds by claiming to take the little papers seriously, "irrespective of their size or circulation" and then admits to having no clue.
Neighborhood Papers
Q. It is always puzzling to see breakthrough stories in neighborhood papers that never make it to the big leagues. But the one I refer to now is a daily -- The Sun -- along with the Brooklyn Paper, a weekly. They reported last week that the financials relied upon by the E.S.D.C. and Public Authorities Control Board in approving Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards project was incomplete and even deceptive. Especially given The Times's connection to F.C.R, it would seem incumbent on you to check it out and follow it up. Only a story in the mainstream press can engender the kind of review (of a deal that has generated so much opposition) that a Governor Spitzer might otherwise fail to make. Thanks in advance for taking a look.
— Joseph Mohbat (an A.Y. opponent)
A. Dear Mr. Mohbat: We on the paper's Metro desk take all of our competitors seriously, irrespective of their size or circulation. I had not seen the reports you refer to, and the Atlantic Yards issue is one in which every last detail and development has been fought over bitterly. Rest assured we'll take a look now.
NoLandGrab: The NY Sun's circulation might be small, but does that make them a "neighborhood paper" as the subhead would suggest?
Posted by lumi at April 3, 2007 7:27 AM