Speaker For The Diodes - July 31st, 2010

05:24 am - QotD

"Oxy, meet moron. I can think of no better demonstration of the current business model of newspapers (i.e. to sell a readership to advertisers, rather than to sell information to readers) than the use of someone's half-arsed opinions to fill the spaces between the advertisements. Yes, they are cheaper than actual fact-centric stories from home-based reporters or bought from one of the press agencies, but they are worth NOTHING. If someone has access to special information on a subject that makes their analysis more cogent than other people's and a better guide to what's going on, then TELL ME THAT INFORMATION. If they don't then STFU. This is not journalism. When I want some dingbat's ill-informed opinions about the ephemeral distractions of the day, I go down to the pub and tape what I say after a few beers." -- Smut Clyde, comment at Sadly, No ( thanks to realinterrobang for quoting it earlier)