Pomposity accompanied by ignorance makes for some great mockery. The New York Times pridefully presents Pulitzer bait with a special issue of the New York Times Magazine entirely devoted to one subject: “Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart."  This special issue is a signal the Serious Journalism is on the way.  So is the act that there are no ads, and it was funded by a grant: (via Poynter): It doesn't have any ads. In print and online, the story is devoid of promotional messages, thanks to funding from the Pulitzer Center. "What Scott wrote is basically a book," Silverstein said. "It's 40,000 words, it's one voice. It feels like a book. And we thought it would be really cool for readers to get it in their hands and have it feel like a book, which is to say: No breaks from the continuous narration of Scott Anderson. No advertisements, nothing but Scott's words and Paolo's pictures." The...(Read Full Post)