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What does the MSM do when faced with a slow news day? They trot out pictures of puppies and ask you to vote on them.
Man, are we glad there's nothing like an impending CTA shutdown, a grossly exaggerated tax hike, complaints of police department misbehavior, or anything like that going on.* Thank God for puppies.
* The above snark is meant in no way to imply that we don't love puppies. In fact we have two of them. And we jump out of our car to wrangle lost pets and bring them in to the Anti-Cruelty Society. And you should too.
Picture of Betty the beagle, not on the NBC5 website, by the author.
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What does Chicagoist do when its primary source of content -- MSM -- is having a slow day? Complain about MSM. (I can't wait until guest comments are disabled so we can't complain about Chicagoist in turn.)
what is MSM?
You can continue to complain about Chicagoist in turn, #2. You're just gonna have to register to do it.
Guest #2, I guess we'll be seeing you then, though I'd hope you would spend the 30 seconds it takes to register. I promise we're not gonna sell you out to advertisers, or the government, or the Stonemasons.
Guest #3, that's shorthand for Mainstream media.
Fuck registration, Tankboy
Chicagoist doesn't get it- registration isn't about "the 30 seconds it takes to register"
Anonymous posting is the point.
That, and not giving up an email address for your purposes.
Guest #6, you've never opened a fake hotmail account? Please.
And I beg to differ, commenting is about community, so anonymous commenting is not the point.
I do think guest 2 has an interesting point, though, and it's incredibly important to the whole blogs vs. MSM debate. Slow news days from the MSM equal slow days for blogs. We all complain about the MSM, but in the end, alternative venues such as blogs are highly reliant on the material the MSM produces. My point isn't that blogs are worthless or that the MSM is awesome, but considering that we still continue to related back to Chicago Tribune, CNN, or New York Times, maybe journalism isn't as dead as some make it out to be.
There was an excellent Frontline episode about this just a few months ago.
No one here is saying journalism is dead! We are contending that it's presentation is changing, and some outlets are slower to realize this, and more defensive about it, than others.
And actually, the funny thing is we're cranking out stories today, when things are relatively quiet.
Most importantly, why has no one commented on how cute my dog is?!
I think Betty is very cute, TB, calm yourself.
It was a general question/point, Tankboy, I wasn't accusing Chicagoist of anything.
I just think it's interesting that (some) people think of blogs as this new autonomous medium, when in actuality blog posts often refer back to an original newspaper piece.
Tankboy,
Guest wants to post comments, anonymously and without any hassles (such as registering).
Guest wants to read other Guest's comments without interference.
Guest visits Chicagoist.com regarding topics of interest, not in search of "community".
Guest wants no part of "community".
Guest doesn't want to hear chatter from Registered Users who have too much time on their hands and not much worthwhile to share regarding Chicagoist.com topics.
...And Guest is apparently a boy king, who only refers to his- or herself in the third person.
...and that coming from a Chicagoista -- the irony!