I think I am missing some subtext here. Did I use up all my brain cells fighting the GaryBot and you-know-who from yesterday? (please don’t say “her” name.)

Thanks! I had no idea how to type the sound of a piece of paper being extracted from a typewriter with righteous fervor…

I can remember when I was a young, apple-cheeked, idealistic journalism student back in the mid-’90s and I could think of no higher calling than to work for the Washington Post. Oh, such sunny times.

Fast-forward to 10 years later, by which time I’d realized 1) journalism is mostly a crock, which isn’t the Washington Post‘s fault, and 2) the Post sucks, which is.

Sigh.

Nice article in Philly. Maybe WaPo can take some lessons.

Yeah and that Finkel cobag has reproted from crazy places and is a legitimate guy, but this piece was so half-ass, nay, quarter ass, nay 10% ass MAX, that it was really more a shmear of crap on some newsprint.

The medium is the message.

Hi, Lucy!

Lucy, the WaPo published an absolutely dreadful, content free “article” on lefty bloggers last week. The entire point of the article seemed to be “Look how angry they are! Gee, aren’t they angry? Boy, they sure are angry!”. There was no context, no depth, no contextualization – nada.

Now, the Philly Inquirer comes along and, in about half the total number of column inches, provides an article on lefty bloggers that touches on some of the same “negative” emotions, but manages to provide some context that shows the blogger as a person who has angry emotions sometimes, instead of a throbbing ball of hatred that wakes up in the morning and gets their hate on.

The content is the audience.

Oh, I see, Jillian. I did read the article on the famous Maryscott O’Connor, which was silly, trivial, and a waste of everyone’s time. But I didn’t get the point of comparison here. Maybe it was because of the talk of ass-handing and lunch-eating. Too many metaphors after a long day of work and not-work. Thanks!

which was silly, trivial, and a waste of everyone’s time

As I said, the content is the audience.

“Now, the Philly Inquirer comes along and . . . shows the blogger as a person who has angry emotions sometimes, instead of a throbbing ball of hatred that wakes up in the morning and gets their hate on.”

Well, I TRY not to. But those filthy right-wing Nazi sons of stinking scumsucking dogs make it awfully hard sometimes.

Hey, Billmon! Nice to see you here. Can you work in the name “Chimpy McHitlerburton” somehow in your next posting?

Also some expletives would be nice. You fucking articulate fuck.