New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof does a bit of hilarious satire in his latest column, writing it as if he were paid the same way health-care practitioners were — that is, with insurance companies picking up the tab:
But wait! Before you read this column, please fill out this 18-page questionnaire. And good news — if you already filled it out previously, then you only have to fill out seven additional pages. I pride myself on my efficiency.
No, no, you’re mixing up the forms. Those are the ones for Maureen Dowd’s column; you’ll find David Brooks’s forms on the right and Paul Krugman’s on the left. You must file separate paperwork to read each columnist.
Read the whole thing here: I Cost More, but I’m a Specialist.
(And then start thinking about how actually to pay for journalism — perhaps government funded death panels for newspapers?)
Grant Hamilton
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