2. I realize this is pretty insular stuff, so would encourage all sensibible people (i.e. non-Canadian non-journalists) to avoid.
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3. The back story of this
@JesseBrown is conducting an interesting experiment in crowd-sourced media criticism at@CNDLND1 reply 4 retweets 4 likes -
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4. Recently, working with the excellent
@_kevindonovan,@JesseBrown broke a tremendous story: Jian Ghomeshi's abuse of women1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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@simonhoupt's critique has 2 aspects: 1) a niggling aspect and 2) a substantive aspect.1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes -
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6. Niggling aspects: does
@JesseBrown make mistakes & sometimes get things wrong? Sure. But who doesn't? That's not serious objection.3 replies 3 retweets 11 likes -
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7. Substantive critique:
@JesseBrown is trying to combine 3 contrary models: Gawker, NY Times, and Daily Show.5 replies 2 retweets 10 likes -
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8. One problem here is that
@simonhoupt automatically assumes that Gawker is dismissable as "gossip and innuendo"2 replies 3 retweets 13 likes -
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9. Who broke the Rob Ford crack video story? It wasn't the Globe and Mail. It was Gawker.
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10. This Gawker essay is better cultural criticism than anything Globe & Mail has published in 140 years: http://gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977 …
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11. Lots of things in Gawker I don't like, just like I don't like Wente's plagiarism, rape culture apologism, and climate denial.
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12. Daily Show is not hard news, but they are like an op-ed page (with editorial cartoons). Better op-ed page than the Globe, I'd say.
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13. Standing behind
@simonhoupt column is distinction between respectable, objective media (Times, Globe) and entertainment ne'er-do-wells.5 replies 2 retweets 8 likes -
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15. A little bit of journalism history might be helpful. Idea of respectable, objective media is a fairly recent invention.
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