Tom, thank you for the URL for the David Simon testimony. The
testimony was well written, with the ring of truth. I was just talking
with a neighbor of mine, who was a manager at Sears, and he had a
similar story to tell about Sears.
Jeff, I don't really want to argue with you, because I like to discuss
issues and not dispense or receive vitriol, and also because I don't
think that I have the ability to do a good job of it; but you
shouldn't argue with Tom for the same reason as my latter reason. It's
obvious that Tom's working with people, becoming friends with them,
and having them tell him the inside story, is in a way describing what
Mr. Simon the journalist did. Your analogy about driving over asphalt
has no intellectual content or relevance to Tom's statements.
On May 31, 2009, at 3:00 PM, t.piwowar wrote:
On May 31, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
I originally posted this to perhaps generate a discussion of the
impact of
technology (and how it's changing culture as well) on the news
industry,
newsmags specifically, but it's hard to do that when you have
someone who is
intent on pushing their ideological narrative as the answer to all
things.
Only in your twisted world is a first-person account by a
participant going to be branded an "ideological narrative." Others
who watched it happen will say the same thing as I did. The
following is of interest because Mr. Simon moved on to greener
pastures in 1995. So to disagree with him you will again have to
invoke time travel and the modus operandi.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files/DavidSimonTestimonyFutureofJournalism.pdf
On May 31, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
You don't "work" in publishing. You work *for* people who work in
publishing.
It's like my driving to work makes me an expert on asphalt.
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