Michael Hirschorn, the exceedingly smart man who uses his talents to bring shows like Flavor of Love to your TV screen, has his eye on a new prize: New York magazine's approval matrix. Highbrow Despicable or Lowbrow Brilliant?

Blogger Gabe at Roth Brothers brought up a searingly important point, something that's been troubling us for a while: why does the placement of items on New York Magazine's Approval Matrix sometimes seem arbitrary, high/lowbrowness axiswise? Could it be that graphic design is trumping fairness when, say,