WHO To The NYT: Eff You
NYT To The WHO Thru Slate: No, No, Eff You

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Hey, guess what’s starting to seem a lot like high school? The New York Times’s fight with the World Health Organization.

For those who haven’t been following (for shame), the New York Times published a 60-word summary of a WHO report on measles. But in so doing, accidentally broke the WHO’s embargo on the study.

So the WHO bitch-slapped the Times with a two-week suspension from their media list. It was sort of like when the unpopular girl your only friends with because you’ve known her forever tells you she’s not inviting you to her party because you didn’t talk to her in gym, and in your head, you’re like, “sweet, that party was going to sa-uck.”

But you’re still kind of pissed, so you decide to tell the most gossipy person you know that the WHO is such a baby. And Jack Shafer at Slate runs with it, and talks a lot of smack about the WHO. You might feel bad, but still, "It's hard to see how this sanction serves the public good in any way." And even if you have everyone in high school thinking the WHO is a jerk, it’s worth it, because they are a jerk and you never want to talk them again.

But then, you and the WHO get partnered in Chem lab, and the WHO totally understands the fight you’re having with your parents because they’ve known you and them forever, and you can’t help but make up.

Dec 7, 2007 · posted by rebecca · Link · 1 Response
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    No. 1 Janice Fuller says:

    If you majored in English you might want to figure out the difference between your and you're - proofreading is also helpful.

    Posted: Dec 7, 2007 at 11:21 am
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