Posted 8:33 AM by Gene

Yet another power type who whispers sweet nothings into the hacks' ears when his HuffPo needs money concedes his news biz is in trouble, but taking the usual painless way out he urges no corrective but to "innovate". We'd argue the whole history of the press has been innovation: first becoming weapons of mass dementia and inescapable, then buying up TV stations and cable systems willy nilly to increase its profits, then ordering up all manner of circulation-prodding gimmicks from Lotto to show-biz plug sections to distract an angrier public from what it really wanted to do. Such bromides as Mr. HuffPo's are worse than useless as not only are they aimed to people who are, through all their turmoil, basically as contented as Carnation's cows, but worse, they convince the hacks that, at root, nothing can be done, the situation is hopeless, and therefore they can continue dispensing the same garbage as before -- but with electronic bells and whistles when necessary. In short, this kumquat is as full of it as they all are.

And even the commenters, who may be industry types, aren't impressed.

(Via the usual Romy, who was extremely impressed)