NME vs. Moz - Rounds 1 & 2

Morrissey's manager, Merck Mercuriadis, calls the article a hatchet job. NME editor Conor McNicholas calls it a fair and balanced piece. But it doesn't help the mag's credibility that writer Tim Jonze asked to have his name removed from the article because the piece he submitted had been so thoroughly reworked. The credit now reads Interview - Tim Jonze, Words - NME.

NME doesn't post their content online, so you'll have to get a print copy of the mag. But you can read Merck & Morrissey's side of the story here.

^{1 Gentle readers, the author wishes to alert you (without sounding too self-congratulatory) to the fact  that she has achieved a Herculean feat in that she has managed to complete a post about Morrissey without once referencing a song title or lyric written by him, a feat almost unheard of in the annals of music writing.}

--Elina Shatkin