Monday, April 26, 2010
Media Wall Street Journal Debuts NYC Metro Section with Plague of Rats Story
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Thank you, Google image-search.
So, we have here your basic "RATS!" story with various quotes from Upper East Siders who've seen rats—in the street, in the grocery, in the car—and some theories about why there seem to be more rats now then before (subway construction, abandoned buildings). It's pretty rote, though the reporter must've flipped when he got this quote (the kicker): "We are, until 2018, in a living hell." So, your new Wall Street Journal Metro section, reporting on the hell of the Upper East Side.
Other highlights of the section include what may be the most dismally uninspired slideshow teaser I've ever seen:
- A soggy spring day? Yes please!
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