Page Six Hiding the Evidence?
This morning began like every other morning. I got up, showered, ate and went online. To read the NY Post. My WSJ is in the driveway would just have to wait.
On Page Six, I read a story that was very familiar to me. Titled “New Club Chock-Full of Meaty Barbs“, the piece was about the various celeb roasts that took place at the new Comedy Club in the Meatpacking district.
Online Version of Tuesday’s Page Six (09/19/06)
I was certain I had read the same exact story, not too long ago. In fact, my hunch was that this had appeared in a previous Page Six column. The fact that Page Six may have “accidentally” reprinted an old story was not news to me. I used to notice this all the time. This summer, thanks to my blog, I was able to blog about the Page Six Recycling Department.
So, the only question was, which day did the same story appear? My guess was sometime over the weekend, specifically Sunday. However, when I went to the NY Post archives and looked up Sunday’s Page Six, I could not find the story. I was frustrated. Not visibly. Just sub-consciously. I then checked Friday, Saturday & Monday’s Page Six. Still nothing. Now I was getting worried. Perhaps this was actually the first time this news item ran and I either had ESP or was just simple losing my mind!
Fortunately, I recalled a website that enables you to browse the print edition of the page. I created a trial account and looked up Sunday’s Page Six. And there it was! The same article did indeed run in Sunday’s Page Six. Almost verbatim. I felt relieved. I wasn’t losing my marbles. Page Six was falling back on bad habits.
Print Version of Sunday’s Page Six (09/17/06)
OK. So Page Six regurgitates news items over and over again. Big deal. However, the strangest part of this whole Page Six thing is that some how, the Meatpacking story from Sunday’s Page Six is miraculously absent from the online version of the NY Post. Is that a mere coincidence, or is Page Six doing their utmost to cover their slovenly tracks?
Print Version of Tuesday’s Page Six (09/19/06)
