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The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
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Hunter Thompson and a Hell's Angel on CBC in 1967:
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Not that Gawker didn't have its problems, but all in all its ignominious end is pretty much Not A Good Thing.
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It was a net positive site for commentary and snark. Certainly some unseemly choices in the past, but getting sunk like that ain't good.Flex wrote:Not that Gawker didn't have its problems, but all in all its ignominious end is pretty much Not A Good Thing.
I'm not sure how all the sites bound up legally, so does this mean that Deadspin and Jezebel are also kaput?
edit: I see that only Gawker is being shuttered. Could be worse … depending on what changes are instituted at the others.
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I doubt they'll really, truly be gone because the traffic it generated was just too good. Univision already said there'd be no layoffs and that staff would be transferred within the company. That means there'll be a site exactly like Gawker promptly launched. It just won't be called Gawker, because that name is tainted beyond usefulness.
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jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.Dr. Medulla wrote:Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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Wolter wrote:The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.Dr. Medulla wrote:Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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What a yolker.101Walterton wrote:Wolter wrote:The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.Dr. Medulla wrote:Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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Edward R. Murrow ain't walking thru the door …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnn ... 3?section=&
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnn ... 3?section=&
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There's something hilarious, pathetic, and sad (hipathsad?) that this had to be done: http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/ ... lls-228836
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He mentioned your name to him, and Matt said "I want to slit his fuckin' throat."Dr. Medulla wrote:Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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*swoon*Spiff wrote:He mentioned your name to him, and Matt said "I want to slit his fuckin' throat."Dr. Medulla wrote:Put in a good word for me!eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
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True story.
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