“All the News That’s Fit to Print” doesn’t need a ton of space when it’s limited to one word.
The New York Times, under a “Tech Tip” label in its Business section on Friday, got straight to the point when answering a question that it posed in its own story headline: When I’m Mistakenly Put on an Email Chain, Should I Hit ‘Reply All’ Asking to be Removed?
It’s a legit etiquette question, and one we’ve all probably answered the right way and the wrong way.
“No” was the Times’ answer — as well as the entire story by reporter Daniel Victor. It showed up that way online, where it at least linked off to a PDF in which Victor provided a bit more context.
It’s more bizarre in the print edition, where the Times left roughly 10 or 12 inches of space for the story, which still just said “No” under the headline, in a sea of white space.
Headline: 17 words
Byline: 2 words
Story: 1 wordhttps://t.co/Wk0lwFgH1D pic.twitter.com/XVQ0jyePWE— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) September 2, 2016
Anyway … I’ve already said too much about it all.
