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Originally Posted by ApK
BTW, I didn't read past the first page of this thread, so forgive me if it's been addressed, but in reading the quotes fromt he NYT article...c'mon...surely he's joking.
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That's why my first take was they they were trolling.
But the NYT saw it as a serious-enough topic for discussion they set it up with multiple opinion pieces, "pro-" as well as con.

(shrug)
It might be related to the eternal "high culture" vs genre/entertainment reading debate.