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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 ::

Jeff Jarvis has to play blogger/journalist with NYTs David Carr - a game that's getting very tedious. Just to give you some flavor of the exchange, here is the [rather condescending] question Carr poses to Jarvis: are blogs "an immature medium in immature hands."

Well, it may be an immature medium Mr. Carr, but it's certainly in no worse hands than the "mature" medium is in your hands. New medium detractors are frankly delusional and I'm amazed they still don't seem to grasp the staggering consequence of how the world wide web has altered - permanently - the profession of journalism. It's not merely a sea-change, it's an entirely new form of light-speed, global communication coupled with research tools that were deemed science fiction a mere decade ago.

Given Carr's naive question to Jarvis, one suspects he's still pecking his column out on a Royal typewriter [hey, anybody seen the white-out?]. The only thing missing from the NYT's brand of hackneyed journalism is a pint of Old Crow, a cigar, a fedora and, er, MoDo in red heels on a barstool (?!).

The Wicked Witch of the East is on life-support Mr. Carr; you might want to get your affairs in order.

[speaking of red heels, get me back to Kansas Mr. Wizard].

Pooft!

:: Max 8:57 PM [+] ::
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