Adoptee from China celebrates her bat mitzvah

[Drolefille]

Human Interest stories are interesting not NEWS. I open up the paper on Monday morning and there's always some story about some 85 year old guy who collects pictures of cats riding tractors. Or some people who've hand painted those geese that sit in people's lawns for the past 50 years. They aren't news they're human interest. People apparently like hearing about other people who do things differently from themselves. The NYT is not just a national newspaper, it's a city paper that has to appeal to its residents.

I don't know why you're suprised that it discusses life in NYC in the NYT.