There's an old adage that says, "Never pick a fight with a guy who buys ink by the barrel." But when both of the guys fighting buy their ink by the barrel, interesting things could happen. There are lots of business advantages conferred upon the newspaper of record so I could see some Times competitor trying to undermine their credibility in a move to assume that position themselves. This Central Park Jogger thing could be just the thing that could be used to begin to destroy the credibility of The Times, or at least that would be my hope. It is sufficiently non-political and sufficiently absurd that there's a shot.
ML/NJ
Does it have any at all?