Amanuensis' Revenge

Muchos Gracias to Eric Engberg, for taking a hiatus from your retirement to give us the gift of your wisdom in "Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism". Thank you so much. As someone who reads blogs quite a bit – and even writes for one from time to time – it's refreshing to hear that I'd be better off relying on "mainstream media" to keep me informed; and less of a diarist/dilettante if I'd just shut the fuck up and listen. Indeed, such a salient message from a personage of your pedigree is surely worth emerging from retirement to write – even if you were wearing pajamas when your wrote it. The commentary and context provided by mainstream media is certainly more reliable, dependant upon higher standards, and more trustworthy than any other alternative source. Furthermore, if we'd just check in with CBS News, CNN.com, or Fox News every once in awhile (and happily swallow the smooth pellets of fecal malaise shot down our gullets thereby), we would be packed full of safe ideas and thoroughly vetted content. That would be great. Eric, you're a boneheaded jackass. But me? I'm just a typist.