http://disqus.com/people/7d755173fd0e838bebd44c8d6633d8dd/enMon, 07 Apr 2008 03:08:39 -0000http://mathewingram.disqus.com/new_york_times_blog_trolling_101_42/#comment-305978wow, that's rich: a newspaper guy like you taking pot shots at the ny times from your comfortable perch at a toronto rag. the fact that the times presented another slant on today's events touched off the predictable bitchmeme and you just couldn't resist piling on with yet more mediocre mumblings..<br><br> whatever. but here's a thought: instead of doing your derivative daily, why not surprise the world with an original story. i know - that involves actual WORK. so...probably not. <br><br>LOLcarlton benjaminSun, 06 Apr 2008 16:55:10 -0000http://winextra.disqus.com/open_letter_to_doc_searls_amp_hugh_macleod/#comment-307251i read your post carefully. but i must disagree - and i hope we can disagree civilly. the nyt piece has been sorely misrepresented to the point of caricature. you really distort the article in a way that reduces the piece to national inquirer status. sorry but that's not at all the case. if the "blogosphere" reacts with sore and raging petulance to any examination by the MSM, then you know what? it really ain't worth saving and its critics are right about it being populated by a small collection of self-absorbed twits mewling for each other in an echo chamber. personally, i don't subscribe to that POV. but to see the piling on in techmeme - and i read nearly all the posts - well, it was simply ridiculous.carlton benjaminMon, 07 Apr 2008 03:08:39 -0000