[lbo-talk] the blogging revolution reaches its full potential

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 11 15:30:18 PST 2008


On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:08 PM, J T. Ramsay wrote:


> Moe's her real name.

Yeah, I was making a little joke. Short for Maureen. Tkacic, which makes her probably one of the most Google-unique names in the English- speaking world.


> I sit next to the guy called 'Jezegay.' He's the
> dude who wrote about Coulter as fag hag. It's too much inside
> baseball personally, and Gawker Media is the sort of place that eats
> its own young. FWIW, Gawker's flagship has gone downhill dramatically
> in page views since Nick Denton took the reins after 4 editors quit.

Ah really? I haven't followed. Denton sounds like a real prick who's driven away the talent. But that aside, the pressure of having to come up with 20 or 30 posts a day, filled with wiseass and sparkle - how can anyone stand it? After a year, you must be ready for a loony bin.

And that guy from Wonkette, Pareene, really blows. Makes fun of the WGA strike, which is really low. Curious that exploited writers should be so hostile to a writers union.

Doug



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