Inverted Barometers

"Where do you live in Brooklyn?"
"Park Slope."
"Oh, cool. I was just out there on Saturday, visiting friends in Williamsburg and then going to the Brooklyn Museum. We went for a walk in Prospect Park, and I saw Jonathan Safran Foer."
"Who's that?"
"A new young It Writer. The New York Press is demonizing him on the cover this week, which - if you follow the Press - means that he's fantastic."