Posted 9:00 AM by Gene

WHY WE DO NOT NEED NEWS HACKS, PART DOS: Tony at USAOKAY!!!!! has devised a lengthy and elaborate excuse for his industry (movies, news, what's the diff) that proves no one can be more stubborn and boneheaded in his prejudices than a news hack. To wit: For the Os-CARS® to honor ever more hermetically sealed, ever-less attended masterworks is a GOOD thing, so Tony says, because it means we get to honor all these "small, quirky" immortalities -- in short, we get to do the public-be-damned routine while basking in our own superiority. Unfortunately, as you folks angling for an industry job refuse to realize, once upon a time movies could be good and popular. That they're now only CRTICALLY-ACCLAIMED OR popular attests to the stranglehold idiot typists have on the movie biz in the fall season, and stupid teens and bean counters have the rest of the year, and why, with luck, the upcoming Os-CAR® ceremony will set a new --- high in viewership. Ah, but we don't need viewers, right Tony?

A THOROUGHGOING-EFFETE-SNOB NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO TONY!!!!!

And he seems to have cribbed from THIS moron, who is not Effete Edelstein but obviously pines for his influence:

The very fact that bodes ill ratings for the 2008 ceremony—that this year's nominees are mostly dark and difficult movies that few Americans have seen—is a draw for those of us who really love the medium.

I HATE THESE NOSE-IN-THE-AIRS!