tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post8911634889796107065..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: The Guardian's poor popy/caste showGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-31845380923589565922011-12-02T13:13:04.721+02:002011-12-02T13:13:04.721+02:00Definitely ;-)Definitely ;-)SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-39141933472281139372011-12-02T13:05:15.741+02:002011-12-02T13:05:15.741+02:00Too bad, then.Too bad, then.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-45071757843364948892011-12-02T05:59:47.926+02:002011-12-02T05:59:47.926+02:00The stick is flimsy, for sure.The stick is flimsy, for sure.Dick Stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-44719945394570509652011-12-02T05:58:48.466+02:002011-12-02T05:58:48.466+02:00Reads to me like Greenslade was in a hurry, so he ...Reads to me like Greenslade was in a hurry, so he did the minimum.<br /><br />Lots of bloggers, including yourself, do a better job than lots of pros. As a recovering journalist of 35 years, I also agree with Francis: Editor/publishers get what they pay for (or don't pay for). And many journalists research and write more than one piece a day, so some work gets the professionalism, some gets the laziness. Laziness also being a journalistic trait.Dick Stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-49003839164381714592011-12-01T21:06:42.888+02:002011-12-01T21:06:42.888+02:00Nah, even for a blogger, which, of course, will be...Nah, even for a blogger, which, of course, will be considered a bottom feeder by a pro, this is a poor show.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-85102873370001553962011-12-01T21:00:07.777+02:002011-12-01T21:00:07.777+02:00"But a professor of journalism doing such a p...<i>"But a professor of journalism doing such a poor job?..."</i><br /><br />Maybe it's because, as a "blogger", he wasn't paid for the piece. Journalists, myself included, will quite happily churn out crap if the publisher demands the copy gratis.Francis Sedgemorenoreply@blogger.com