Tapsearch Com EditorPaging Mr. Lott
December 19th 2006 14:31
Congrats to my friend Jeremy Lott -- by complete accident, he accomplished his goal of getting into the Wall Street Journal. The paper picked up a piece he wrote for the American Spectator's Web site.
It's about Time's picking "You" as Person of the Year, writing a trend story about technology and highlighting rather lame examples of Internet users:
"As far as trend stories go, this should have been an easy one. That advances in technology are allowing more people to customize and produce their own media is inarguable, and some of the results are truly impressive. Rather than seeking out great examples, the magazine chose to highlight mostly the weird and embarrassing. Why?
"Part of the problem is institutional. The issue was written entirely by regular Time staffers and contributors who seem to have great difficulty understanding this strange new media man--especially the part about his hatred of condescension."
It's about Time's picking "You" as Person of the Year, writing a trend story about technology and highlighting rather lame examples of Internet users:
"As far as trend stories go, this should have been an easy one. That advances in technology are allowing more people to customize and produce their own media is inarguable, and some of the results are truly impressive. Rather than seeking out great examples, the magazine chose to highlight mostly the weird and embarrassing. Why?
"Part of the problem is institutional. The issue was written entirely by regular Time staffers and contributors who seem to have great difficulty understanding this strange new media man--especially the part about his hatred of condescension."
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