Rightwing bloggers get the measure of NYT

New York Times executive editor Bill Keller was in town last night to deliver the fourth Hugo Young memorial lecture, in honour of the fondly remembered Guardian columnist. Keller spoke about the waves of hostility that the NYT provokes in the rightwing blogosphere when it makes any sort of move. "Occasionally the hostility is clever," the he told the audience. "Earlier this year the New York Times announced that it would be converting to a narrower page format. Somebody immediately posted a message that shot around the rightwing blogosphere: 'One and a half inches down' it said. 'Twelve inches to go.'"