New York Observer The New York Times and Daily News had reporters look into rumors of
David Paterson's affairs as soon as it became clear that
Eliot Spitzer would have to leave office, reports
John Koblin. "Reporters made their phone calls and asked some rather vague questions, and mostly the fishing expeditions netted little or nothing," he writes. ||
Choire Sicha: Why did the Patersons submit to carefully conducted sit-downs with
Juan Gonzalez of the Daily News, in which they each broke the news of an affair? ||
More from NYO: The Times
looks for a pop critic,
Liz Smith launches a website, and magazine editors
talk about their weird cover numerology.
