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October 27, 2003
We Beg To Differ
Adam just brought this editorial by Paul Greenberg from our local paper to my attention.
THE PROBLEM here isn’t just Gregg Easterbrook’s making a jerk of himself in print; it’s the blogosphere itself. The supposed allure of a blog is that the writers go off completely unedited. It’s just raw, highly opinionated, highly emotional, probably highly caffeinated schlock. Oh, sure, some of it’s interesting schlock. (We’re addicted to Andrew Sullivan’s blog.) But too often the result is a twisted rant from even a polished, literate writer like Gregg Easterbrook. It’s not writing, it’s angry typing. Reading some of this stuff, you can practically hear the author pounding his fingers bloody on the keys.
According to Mr. Greenberg, it were them dern newfangled blogs what got Mr. Easterbrook fired. Even if that were true, and I doubt (Disney) that it was (Disney), if Mr. Greenberg had bothered actually reading a few blogs, he might've discovered that the general opinion of the Blogosphere was that Mr. Easterbrook wasn't treated very well by ESPN.
But hey, what do you expect from someone who defines blogs like this:
For the few who don’t know yet, a blog is a web log, a kind of Internet-based diary without the charm. Or the editorial equivalent of posting all those e-mails you send without a half-moment’s thought for the whole world to see. (Our own definition of a blog would be professional suicide.)
"Professional suicide"? As opposed to say, talking smack about blogs when you obviously are unfamiliar with the genre? (See, e.g., Bill O'Reilly)
But Adam was much nicer than I, and wrote a little "post to the editor"....and he thoughtfully e-mailed the link to the editors.
BTW, if you'd like to express your opinions to the editors of our fine little local rag, you can find their e-mail addresses here.
Posted by Rita at October 27, 2003 03:52 PM