Newspapers avenge themselves on J.D. Salinger

He turned down their phone interviews; now, he'll pay! Four newspaper companies have filed amicus briefs for John David California, pseudonymous author of the CATCHER IN THE RYE sequel which was banned here in the U.S. last month. They cited the First Amendment, but it's funnier to imagine that they have it in for Salinger after all that silence, isn't it?