The L.A. Times may have used the phrase as a disgusting metaphor for their competition, but they’re a much more literal concern for their Manhattan-based namesake.
New York magazine quotes a Times staffer as saying, “With maggot-y ceilings and rats falling out of the air, it’s like the dark ages in this building”. Somehow, I doubt Victor Davis Hanson would argue with that assessment.
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