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13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Bloc blocks Maclean's ... · 3 replies · -14 points
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - A know-nothing strain ... · 2 replies · -28 points
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - A know-nothing strain ... · 7 replies · +44 points
I'm pretty shocked Coyne missed that. He is, after all, the poster boy for mindless reduction of federal power in favour or corporate enterprise..
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Annals of Bozosity: Se... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ http://www.themarknews... - It\'s Open Season For ... · 1 reply · 0 points
Sounds like a pretty clear accusation of a lack of diligence.
You've generated debate. You've elicited a reaction from a working journalist who thinks your theory is ill-composed and poorly articulated. That's "debating the issue." You've received a rebuttal. Your response has basically been along the lines of 'I don't have room to explain why I'm right but I assure you I am.' I am challenging you to clearly establish why you think journalism is in 'silly season' or why you think now is any different than it ever has been. But instead you're hiding behind obscurantism.
This is a perspective, a debate generated on the issues of the day. Mission accomplished, The Mark.
Sorry if that's not the back-patting, self-congratulatory "debate" you wanted. I'll cease and desist if you want. Please feel free to go on with your condescension toward these journalists and newspapers.
13 years ago @ http://www.themarknews... - It\'s Open Season For ... · 0 replies · 0 points
I'm not even saying Hirshberg is a monumental writer and diligent critic. I'm not defending them, I'm challenging you.
"Press, are becoming increasingly like the tabloids in their obsession with celebrity" is not a fact, it is a perspective. It also may bear some relevance, but not as such. You have to create an argument and support it with logic and detail. Your bio says you are a professor.
13 years ago @ http://www.themarknews... - It\'s Open Season For ... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ http://www.themarknews... - It\'s Open Season For ... · 0 replies · 0 points
Your article, on the other hand, as far as I can see, has zero research, zero primary sources, zero cited facts and a whole bunch of conjecture. I'll tell you what's "silly journalism": experts writing lazy think pieces with a whole lot of syntax and not too much semantics.
13 years ago @ http://www.themarknews... - The State of Canadian ... · 0 replies · +1 points