FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH: The New York Post reports the astonishing news this morning that they have secured the services of Funny Cide, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, to write a daily column for the next three weeks, as he prepares to go for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes.
As they continue to hammer the Times for the Jayson Blair affair, the Post can't help but come across as hypocritical in this case. Like Blair, Funny Cide comes to paper at an unusually young age (3), without having graduated college, and without any previous professional journalistic experience of any kind. Also, like Blair, he's been warned in the past about ethical lapses. Blair claims to have been molested as a child; Funny Cide is a gelding.
Now I'm not sure if this is a matter of Funny Cide or his handlers kissing the ass of publisher Rupert Murdoch or editor Col Allan, or if it's some new affirmative action program for horses. But it's no good. The Post already has one drooling, sub-literate hack (Steve Dunleavy); it has no need for another.
We have to stop Funny Cide from writing for the Post. Right now.
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