Not As Elastic As the Bullshit Crammed Into That Lede

New York Times: “Dress codes these days are as elastic as a bungee cord, expanding to accommodate all manner of once unthinkable workplace infractions: midriff-baring T-shirts, visible bra straps, slips that double as skirts and jeans paraded everywhere, save for those last redoubts of propriety, the courtroom and the church supper.”

Lede Rewritten: “Dress codes are becoming more flexible.”

Imagine What She Might Have Said If She Were Heading to Lunch

New York Observer: “What Time once had—and still could have, despite Time Warner’s budget cuts—is a giant apparatus for reporting and writing news. And reported fact is what keeps the blog world spinning. Even bloggers agree. ‘Obviously, they have enormous investigative resources that bloggers don’t have,’ Arianna Huffington said, on her way into dinner.”