Brokeback Spoofs

The New York Times, as usual, is far behind a story. They did a big story today on all of the "Brokeback Mountain" spoofs that have been circulating on the Internet for months. You know, the ones re-imagining "Back to the Future" and "Top Gun" etc. (Although they neglected to mention the "Top Gun" short.)

When I worked in PR we used to marvel at the Times's last place status when it came to reporting pop culture and technology. What is it with them? I think the ony media outlet with a worse track record is Big Three Network news which notoriously takes many cues from the Times. They will probably be reporting on the Brokeback Mountain spoofs in about a week to tie in with the Oscars and a technology story.