BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 23, 2022
Summer is not quite over, but we may already have a winner in the seasonal competition for most out-of-touch Maine travel piece by a member of the national media. New York Post columnist Cindy Adams wins this unofficial crown — thanks to a truly abysmal take on the Pine Tree State and the people here. This column checks all the wrong boxes: Adams judges other people’s bodies and fashion, she makes factual errors, and she even makes up a supposed Maine word (“downcoast”). She really lost us when she wouldn’t stop criticizing the size of people’s butts.