Is this funny?

[pyesetz]

(About comments at newspaper websites): "It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

- Gene Weingarten (who has won two Pulitzer prizes but I had never heard of him before this mention).  RSS added, but I'm not sure whether I'll keep it.

Comments

[jordan179]

Well yes, but without the maggoty MSM article, there wouldn't be all those delicious wonderful comments.

Oh, did he mean it the other way round ...?

[pyesetz]

Gene has devoted his career to the Washington Post, so his tribal loyalty is to the article-writers rather than the commenters.

[cassander42]

I've been following Weingarten for a long time... about 7 years or so

[pyesetz]

he's an arrogant, stupid jackass
That's why I like him!  He's managed to make a career out of not pretending to be someone else.

He just published an anthology of his articles called The Fiddler In The Subway. I'm reading it now
What a great example of synchronicity!  Thanks for letting me know.

Mostly, I'd recommend the book I linked to above.
Wifey will now add it to my Hanukkah wishlist, I expect.

[stuffedwithfluf]

Done