So are readers who understand "less/fewer" usage too smart to read?
Chronicle columnist Richard Justice doesn't quite have the new-media spirit on his blog today:
I shouldn't mention the conversation I had with Brad Ausmus Monday morning because it will only prompt more of you knuckleheads to write in. You seem to have forgotten that the idea of this particular blog is less [sic] responses, not more. I actually don't care what most of you think. Here's a litmus test: if you get the majority of your information from Fox News or if you have a picture of a college football player or coach framed and hanging in your house, you're too dumb to get this blog.
In other words, you're not my type....
I told him the same thing I've told many of you. One opinion counts on this blog. That would be mine. No one else matters.
If he really feels that way, why not just have Dwight Silverman turn off comments?
It's easy to do in Movable Type. If it's that big a problem, it's really easy to fix.
However, it strikes me that smart journalists -- sports journalists included -- will continue to move away from the "We said it, that is the end, and you are dumb if you think otherwise" approach to news consumers.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/19/07 06:12 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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