Yesterday came the final confirmation that America has turned on us: Diane Sawyer called Mayor Bloomberg a “munchkin” on live TV. Granted, she did it in the middle of an idiotic question about his childhood: “As a little munchkin, did you come into New York ever with your family?” [Ed. note: All the way from Boston?] Still, the five-foot-seven mayor seemed to have taken slight offense, joking later in the day about not being able to reach a sign in Times Square. It seems as if they — “they” being the part of America handily embodied by Diane Sawyer — are attacking our very stature! Fine: Once our brief run as the popular kid is over, New York will only be relieved to return to its normal goth-kid activities: sulking, wearing black, and dreaming of secession. —Michael Idov
Hill, Rudy Poll Fault [NYP]
Diane Sawyer Be-littles Mayor Bloomberg as ‘Munchkin’ [NYDN]
