Ted Frank at Overlawyered reports that The Grey Lady (a nickname that used to refer to a preference for text over pictures, and now refers to the ashen color of necrotic flesh) is bullying a political website adverse to the Governor of New Jersey.

The Corzine Times' use of some of the look-and-feel of the NYT, including (allegedly) the font — which is, itself, hardly unique or innovative — is patently satirical. There is no chance that anyone — not even habitual readers of the Times, not even persons who voluntarily live in New Jersey — will conclude that the web site is associated in any way with the Times.

Freaking out over satire is classic death-spiral behavior for a business.

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