12.21.2008

The scandal factor


The recession has many victims, but one of the least heralded is the collapse of the juicy sex scandal. It seems like ages since anyone cared about John Edwards’s extramarital folderol. Madonna’s divorce settlement is a footnote. Eliot Spitzer is so pre-Fannie Mae....



...when greed trumps lust, and fraud is more fascinating than infidelity, it’s safe to say that the recession has arrived.

[From Critic’s Notebook - Scandals to Warm To - NYTimes.com]


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