Did the Times’ headline writers call Egan’s Op-Ed, "A Developing Story" to get Norman Oder’s goat?

A developing story? It’s the biggest development project in the history of Brooklyn and Brooklyn bloggers like Atlantic Yards Report and No Land Grab have been covering it for ages — like 38 months. Egan’s excellent Op-Ed was the first one of its kind published on that coveted page.

In fact, Norman Oder started his blog as a way to monitor the New York Times’ coverage of the AY. And then, his blog became so much more. Here’s the post that introduced his blog: 

From today onward, my reportage, analysis, and commentary on the Atlantic Yards project will appear here at the Atlantic Yards Report.

This blog, originally dubbed TimesRatnerReport, was conceived to accompany the 9/1/05 publication of my report The New York Times & Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards: High Rises & Low Standards. I thought a blog could help track and comment on the response to my report.

The report has not yet spurred the Public Editor of the New York Times to assess the newspaper’s coverage of the Atlantic Yards project. However, I do think my criticisms have contributed to a somewhat better performance by the media, including the Times.

Moreover, the report and the research behind it have served as a base for an evolving blog. While I initially emphasized media analysis and commentary, I now include much more original reporting.

A developing story? HA. Sure, it’s a cute headline. But this is a story that has been comprehensively covered by Norman Oder at Atlantic Yards Report. Was that a jab?