Critical Shopping, Defended

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OK, we know everyone is sick to death of the JC Penney story, especially Cintra Wilson, but we'd be remiss if we didn't point to this scathing attack on the Times for repudiating the original bitchy review. "Hoyt, Keller, the rest of you fatuous, Sanforized twits, let me explain something to you that for some reason they don’t teach in journalism school. I’ll make it simple: Funny not bad. Funny good! People like funny. Funny make people larf. People larf, people feel good!" Oh, there's more. [True/Slant]