In the Paper of Record’s report about the arrest of Russell Crowe, who threw a phone at a hotel desk clerk because, well, he’s a jerk, the following sentence appears: “The injured employee was identified as Nestor Estrada, 28, who lives in a building with a broken buzzer and peeling paint on Metropolitan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.”

We know the Times is all wrought up over class differences in America these days because of its 98 part series on the subject (yesterday: When there’s a tax cut, rich people get a tax cut). Granted, Crowe’s conduct was especially abominable because he’s a rich and famous person and the fellow he assaulted is a working man. But really now. Get a grip over there, Pinchy. (Hat tip to Will and Elllie’s dad.)