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A challenge for Andrew Sullivan
On the radio last night, Sullivan said Atrios was violating a “central tenet of the blogosphere”* by writing under an alias.
Can we get Sullivan to admit he just made that up to score cheap points at Atrios’ expense and avoid any discussion of substantive issues?
*Update: Upon further review, Sullivan’s exact words were “a very basic tenet of the blogosphere.” We apologize for the error.
s.z. said,
January 26, 2004 at 13:03
The Central Tenents of the Blogosphere:
1. Don’t write under an alias, because it would hinder your efforts to gain credability by bragging about your days as a real journalist.
2. Don’t read what you link to — even if it could prevent you from making misstatements about said linked item — because it only wastes your valuable time.
3. Keep your readers in suspense by changing your opinion every sentence or two about whether Bush has endorsed the ammendment to ban gay marriage.
4. Have frequent funding drives in which you mention how expensive it is be read by a trillion* readers a year. (* Don’t worry about providing the actual readership stats — everybody in the blogosphere lies about that kind of thing.)
5. Pout if anybody criticizes you.
6. Practice questionable sexual ethics.
7. Make fun of John Derbyshire whenever possible.
How many of these tenets do YOU follow?
Sadly, No! said,
January 26, 2004 at 13:36
How many of these tenets do YOU follow?
Once again, we find ourselves shamed into silence. :(
axiom said,
January 26, 2004 at 13:51
I actually prefer that atrios remain anonymous for I’d rather not put a face to a mental image of his “hairy, white ass” that he generally directs people to kiss.
Besides, there’s a lot of writers out there that could use a good pen name.
ross said,
January 26, 2004 at 14:59
The other cheap shot by Sully, or rather, outright lie, is that Atrios nevers criticizes the left. And he tosses that out because he knows most listeners are unlikely to be in a position to call him on it. Sully has no integrity whatsoever.
Frederick said,
January 26, 2004 at 20:00
Can we get Sullivan to admit he just made that up to score cheap points at Atrios’ expense and avoid any discussion of substantive issues?
Sadly, No!