Matt's turned us on to Alan Mutter's "Newsosaur" blog, but this entry from the man who -- with his former rival, the late Gene Siskel -- made a half-hour show of movie reviews possible, is also great reading on the celebrity-obsessed culture we have:
Roger Ebert: Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult! (click for link).
-JDE2
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I couldn't have said it better myself, Roger -- and that's saying a lot.
Good to see Ebert hasn't lost a step.
And this line in particular reminds me of the rag we hold near and dear:
Perhaps fearing the challenge of reading a newspaper will prove daunting, papers are using increasing portions of their shrinking news holes in providing guides to reading themselves. Before the Chicago Tribune's new design started self-correcting (i.e., rolling itself back), I fully expected a box at the top of a page steering me to a story lower on the same page.
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