Occasionally, I stumble across articles that are an amazing use of someone’s deep journalistic skills. For example, this NY Times article about a pretty pithy topic — Bo, the White House dog — gets impressively deep. The reporting is solid, yet it’s clear that the reporter knows that he’s writing about the White House dog, especially when he quotes Thomas Aquinas. He incorporates just the right amount of absurdity in the piece on a fairly absurd topic. I love the art of it.
I want to coin a phrase for this type of article (absournalism? Ick. I need some help here).