(2004-05-12) Chabon New York

Michael Chabon story about the founding of the Ny Times, and NYC, and Journalism. "I think it might work," Barnum said. "This is the craziest island in the history of the world, Mr. Raymond... "It takes nerve, in this town, to hold the middle ground," said Barnum. "It's an interesting gimmick." ... "Allow me to make one correction," Barnum said. "The first of many, I'm certain. A newspaper is not a reflection of the world; it's indisputably the other way around."... "All right, then," George Jones said. "We'll just stand there and watch the houses burn down."