Read Jack Shafer’s post about “Blog Overkill. The danger of hyping a good thing into the ground.”
Shafer comments on the danger of fetishizing new technologies makes a lot of sense to me.
It dosen’t matter that he gets almost toasted, insulted and blamed as one who, of course, “doesn’t get it” by the usual suspects.
I really had a great pleasure reading his commonsense piece (thanks Toni) since the “big news” about the death of Michael Jackson was, you know, that a blogger scooped the traditional media.
Oh, boy!
And so, what?
What we need is analysis, explanation, ideas, journalism, information caviar, and not just tapas and speedy breaking news.
Good to know, and congratulations to the speedy blogger, but now let’s talk about the real subject.
The human tragedy of Michael Jackson, who - I am sorry, but I cannot find better way than to repeat the dramatic words of Andrew Sullivan - “HE DIED A WHILE AGO” and “HE REMAINED FOR SO LONG A WALKING HUMAN SHELL”
This what I am looking for:
Brilliant writers.
Smart journalists.
Journalism caviar.
In print.
Online.
On air.
All the time.
Full-time.
And the rest, darling, is “garbage in, garbage out.”