Poor Wittle Jimmy
12 February 2006 1:36 am by Taylor Marsh
Poor Wittle Jimmy
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| Poor wittle Jimmy. |
Out in the Web woodshed, a handful of bloggers
called me gutless or a puppet; some of them compared me to assorted body parts
and characterized me as the worst person to come along since, well, Deborah
Howell. And any nasty posts I didn't see myself, my friends gleefully provided
to me via e-mail. A few friends said they came close to jumping online to defend
me, but chose not to for fear they'd be next in line for a public flogging.
This all raises a question: Why are people so angry? It was a mistake, it was
corrected. … In some places on the Web, everything
happens on a grassy knoll.
BLOG
RAGE, by Jim Brady
He vents. He spews. He eventually sputters out, but oh, what a
mess he makes before he's done.
After reading Mr. Brady's, er… what to call it? A response to
the live event over two weeks ago? Frankly, there's really no name fitting Brady's
fulmination.
But poor Jim, he's been “mugged by the blogosphere.”
Mugged? The word hardly fits, but it's obvious he feels wronged. Everyone say
it with me… aaawwwwwww. Poor wittle Jimmy, those big bad bloggers pushed
him awound.
It also seems apparent that Mr. Brady isn't the man for his job.
Handling the WashingtonPost.com takes more than offering moderated chats. It's
about more than linking names to emails so readers can send their comments to
reporters. If you're going to play in the blogosphere, be prepared to play by
big blog rules.
MyDD,
Kos and
C&L lay
it on and lay Brady out, as do Lambert
and others.
I've added my comments over at the Open
Letter to the Washington Post.
On a personal note, I'm repulsed at his attempt to take an anonymous
swipe at Jane Hamsher by again repeating his Colombo quip. It was weak, mean
spirited and immature, not to mention unbecoming of a Washington Post editor.
But I guess it's his way of trying to mug the blogosphere. Unfortunately, it
just made him look spineless.
But using Mr. Brady's words, with a turn for affect…
You are acting like a twit without a functioning brain.
You sure aren't acting like you have any balls.
You really don't understand the Internet, despite being online for 10 years.
You are dangerous, but not because you're an “ideologue” or “an
enemy of democracy,” but because your arrogance and incompetence are making
the Post online a joke, which is sad, considering what the Washington Post still means to so many of us all over America.
Oh, and one more thing, we don't have to meet you, sir, nor is that the issue
at hand. Just do your job by making sure the facts get reported the first time,
but when they don't, please don't waste our time using a CYA strategy that buries the essential truth in a pile of horse manure.
