For the last time: we don't listen to NPR. There's no splashy visuals, you know? Just surely-ugly people yapping at you. So we missed a segment on Page Six's Ian Spiegelman on NPR Friday. According to media freakazoid Jim Romenesko, Spiegelman said at a Learning Annex class that, "The different people who go into writing the page have their different people they deal and have to like protect, and also their different wars that they have to kind of like persecute. It's a lot like being a mafia family."

An anonymous reader writes in about Spiegelman's interview: "First, maybe I'm a naive journalist — like, you know, one who doesn't think newspapers or media should exploit their power for personal purposes, let alone brag about it. Second, given what a bitch he was with that whole New York Press exchange, I'd kind of expect this fag Spiegelman to keep a low profile for a while." Goodness, such language. Dear anonymous writer: There's nothing wrong with you that wouldn't be cured by a three-way with fellow potty-mouths Spiegelman and Camille Paglia.
'Page Six' Is the New York Post's Attack Arm, Say Spiegelman [Romenesko]
NPR For Today, December 5th, 2003 [NPR]