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Ghost Post

Posted Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, at 7:30 PM ET

Dear Zoe,

The NY Post is a ghost ship of what it once was, with its new columnist Victoria Gotti serving as the prow. A tabloid that once seemed to have a telepathic relationship with its readers--a wormhole into their itchy minds--is undergoing an identity crisis that threatens the very foundation of Steve Dunleavy's pompadour. More tomorrow, as another day dawns in Death Valley.

--Jim

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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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