TODAY’S DOONESBURY COMMENTARY IS: …
TODAY’S DOONESBURY COMMENTARY IS: … befuddling. Today’s strip is mildly amusing, but bears little resemblance to actual blogging — at least, the punditblogs I read. However, in scanning the Blogosphere for Trudeau commentaries, I came across this one at Counterspin Central, which does support Trudeau’s image of blogging as hackwork. Hesiod, the man’s name is ...
TODAY'S DOONESBURY COMMENTARY IS: ... befuddling. Today's strip is mildly amusing, but bears little resemblance to actual blogging -- at least, the punditblogs I read. However, in scanning the Blogosphere for Trudeau commentaries, I came across this one at Counterspin Central, which does support Trudeau's image of blogging as hackwork. Hesiod, the man's name is spelled Garry, not Gary. Sigh. Sorry, I'm just feeling "linsufferably (sic) self-important." Perhaps InstaPundit's evaluation of comic strips is correct, although he forgot to include Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes among his pantheon of good cartoonists that knew when to quit. CLARIFICATION: Bloggers that I respect have linked to my Doonesbury posts, implying that I'm being peevish about Trudeau's critique of blogging (click here and here). That was certainly not my intention, although I think it's perfectly fair to highlight his previous observations about how much research one needs to write commentary. It's probably safe to say that each of us has our own perception of the Blogosphere; Trudeau is just caricaturing a part I already tend to ignore, so I find it less interesting. Of course, it's only Tuesday; we'll see how things progress.
TODAY’S DOONESBURY COMMENTARY IS: … befuddling. Today’s strip is mildly amusing, but bears little resemblance to actual blogging — at least, the punditblogs I read. However, in scanning the Blogosphere for Trudeau commentaries, I came across this one at Counterspin Central, which does support Trudeau’s image of blogging as hackwork. Hesiod, the man’s name is spelled Garry, not Gary. Sigh. Sorry, I’m just feeling “linsufferably (sic) self-important.” Perhaps InstaPundit’s evaluation of comic strips is correct, although he forgot to include Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes among his pantheon of good cartoonists that knew when to quit. CLARIFICATION: Bloggers that I respect have linked to my Doonesbury posts, implying that I’m being peevish about Trudeau’s critique of blogging (click here and here). That was certainly not my intention, although I think it’s perfectly fair to highlight his previous observations about how much research one needs to write commentary. It’s probably safe to say that each of us has our own perception of the Blogosphere; Trudeau is just caricaturing a part I already tend to ignore, so I find it less interesting. Of course, it’s only Tuesday; we’ll see how things progress.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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