The New Yorker has many luxuries, but not that which lets them be ignorant. There&#x27;s an old saying about the New Yorker&#x27;s fact checking, that if they were to do a story about the Empire State Building, the first thing they would do is dispatch someone to see if it were still standing.<p>All it takes is just enough ignorant simplicity and a dash of sensationalism to go from New Yorker to New York Post.