Posted 5:03 PM by Gene

There seem to be two types of wonks among bloggers: the VOLOKHEADS, who must (as I've said too often before) post 5,000 words on every topic, and who think by BLOVIATING they're THINKING; and (for lack of a better term) the MICROWONKS, who carve out little niches by MICROREPORTING and MICROANALYZING EVERYTHING in their niche until it gets a rash from all the scratching. I've already posted an example of the MICROWONK in that verbose Atlanta Braves fan who was rewarded by GoogleBlogger (although arguably he was a VOLOKHEAD as much as anything); now THE PAPER OF RECORD rewards an 18-year-old MICROWONK who specializes in lots of little uninteresting stories on the cable-TV-news biz. I would say whoops your fifteen minutes are up but most likely he's already accomplished enough in the art of flattery to get a network presidency when he's 25, which means another JEFF "ZUCKS" ZUCKER we'll have to put up with. The woods are CRAWLING with AIN'T IT COOL NEWS!

Cleverly THE PAPER OF RECORD does not mention what his parents do for a living, assuming he didn't emerge full-blown from the womb onto the Web like too many bloggers, but I'll bet they're already high mucky-mucks in broadcasting. (Neither would I be surprised if THE PAPER OF RECORD is in their CVs.) Jeff Zucker? LOOK OUT, BOB WRIGHT!