If there were any people who should understand that talking to the press is never a good idea, you'd think it'd be gossip columnists, right? Evidently not. An enticing chunk from the Vanessa Grigoriadis piece on gossip from next Monday's New York mag, in which clearly people say too much:

...These days, though, Grove feels emboldened. "Richard sent me an e-mail saying there would be reprisals after the Paula Froelich items," says Grove. "So maybe there s a poison pill out there, and I m going to end up exploding." Later, he says, "I feel that I m at the good paper, working for people practicing journalism as opposed to pursuing an ideological and business agenda."

"Lloyd," drawls Col Allan, editor-in-chief of the New York Post. "I don t want to be unkind," he says, and then lets out a short laugh. "Do I? I simply don t think the Daily News competes in gossip. The word war implies fair fight, and this is not a fair fight."

Yes, that funky stench would be shit hitting fans all over town.