Posted
9:10 AM
by Gene
And here's another reason we can't stand the hacks: this constant self-granting of favors. We said before we were
skeptical of
Gregg Easterbrook's notion that TV may be linked to autism, largely as we're so skeptical of social-science number crunchers in the first place; but when a typist like Claudia calls the link "
bizarre" the first thing into our peon-like heads is
WHO EMPLOYS HER, and how far she can go touting the corporate line; because, for all the talk of independence, if there's one thing that carries you far in the news biz, it's TOADYING, and we can resent stories like this even if they tell the truth, because we're so used to all the SLOP-BUCKET CARRYING.
A NEUHARTHISM OF THE WEEK AWARD to CLAUDIA!