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Zoë Heller and James Wolcott

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from: James Wolcott

"And deeper down the tubes cable news goes."

Posted Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at 6:11 PM ET

Dear Zoë,

What I meant was that what I saw in her eyes--and slumping, depleted posture--was psychological desolation rather than evil. A jury will decide her fate, but should she be found guilty, I still think she should be spared the death penalty.

As I type, MSNBC is doing an exclusive interview with a mother who was booted for breastfeeding her baby at Kmart: "The woman told me to put my breast away." And deeper down the tubes cable news goes.

Jim

the breakfast table
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from: James Wolcott

"And deeper down the tubes cable news goes."

Posted Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at 6:11 PM ET
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Zoë Heller is a columnist for the London Daily Telegraph and author of the novel Everything You Know. James Wolcott is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of the novel The Catsitters.
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