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As noted by both Vox Day and Power Line (you don't get to write that everyday), it appears that the New York Times was smack dab in the middle of a good ol' fashioned cat fight last Friday:

A catfight at The New York Times Friday still has staffers in shock.

Cat fight?

The dustup between two female editors in the Styles department disrupted work on the Thursday and Sunday Styles sections as co-workers froze at the fracas.

Fashion editor Anita LeClerc was the aggressor and her superior, deputy editor Mary Ann Giordano, the victim, sources say.

The two had exchanged words just moments before, allegedly over turf, and LeClerc began stomping around the office, muttering loudly to herself. But when Giordano, a talented import from the Metro section, came over in a conciliatory way and tried to smooth things over, LeClerc made it physical.

Yeye cat fight!

"She shoved Mary Ann and pushed her, and Mary Ann said, 'Don't you touch me! Don't you touch me!'" says a source. "Mary Ann grabbed her wrists to try to stop her, and [LeClerc] just started flailing."

T-t-t-t...

One aspect of the story that wasn't noted by either Vox or Power Line caught my eye:

The scrap at the newspaper could inspire jokes ("Pulitzers for Pugilism at the Black-and-Blue Lady?") but it's not funny, sources say. "Mary Ann is afraid now," says one. "She's a really nice woman, too. She keeps candy on her desk!"

This is all it takes to be considered "nice" in corporate America? Keeping candy on one's desk? God help us.