Features have taken on the form of the hide-your-lede-by-throwing-it-into-a-deep-hole-and-bury-it-by-shoveling-useless-inane-exposition-that-makes-the-reader-dig-so-far-down-that-even-if-they-find-the-lede-its-just-a-withered-husk-of-an-idea-suffocated-by-the-crushing-weight-of-the-banality-of-the-writing-that-presses-down-on-it blog post.
Not my cup of tea really. But I guess some people may enjoy reading about the first time you accidentally watched the original "Poseidon Adventure" thinking it was part of the Zack Synder 300 universe but you were really impressed with the Shelly Winters character that you didn't realize Gene Hackman was in it as well until you saw it listed on his IMDB page and you kinda wish you had noticed since he's supposed to have been a great actor but he's dead now, having died while living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a desert community where it is extremely arid and if you travel there with your dog, make sure to keep it hydrated because so many pets like Gene Hackman's wife's dog can easily succumb to dehydration.
In no way has Wonkette ever been inane. Biting, snarky, muckracking, insightful, unorthodox, funny, serious, outraged, honest, truth-telling, trustworthy. Never inane.
Ha! I cut my teeth running a press then to work at newspapers then designing in ad agencies. I lived that life, the deadlines were insane and we had a legal dept that preached KISS. We had a dept for everything and it did not go out of house until it was right. Those times it wasn't right you caught hell. This shit was serious and integrity was paramount to all else. It meant something to be truthful and honest. Ahhh the good old days.
I found Wonkette, in its nascent, somewhat different format, the last time we had a self-dealing anti-intellectual brown skin-hating glossolalial administration attacking a middle eastern country for not even a figment of a reason.
Then as now the site earned my respect for actual editorial standards and honesty in a collapsing journalistic environment; but mainly for judicious application and reception of fucking dick jokes, in what are apparently constant dark times
"Wonkette is Bush-era liberalism frozen in amber, motionless and immortal, forced to passively observe a changing world until the end of time."
Obviously, someone hasn't read the non-comments on the Open Thread following the last article of the day. Some of the best social commentary is to be found there, as well as the best on-line community even to come together for recipes, snark, dick jokes, and political discussions.
It's much more than a mommy blog. It's a place where everyone knows your avatar.
The future of journalism in the US will be the lovechild of Wonkette and The Fucking News.
I agree! MSM is naked. It was never neutral anyway. Niche analysis is where it’s at! And hyperlocal. Like The Baltimore Banner, and trade publications, they’re doing fine.
Wonkette delivers solid news and trenchant commentary every day. Also Movie Nights, drink recipes and those cakes we like. The people who don't understand why all this counts more than a New York Times editorial will never know the joy of a fellowship who share their hopes and fears.
Features have taken on the form of the hide-your-lede-by-throwing-it-into-a-deep-hole-and-bury-it-by-shoveling-useless-inane-exposition-that-makes-the-reader-dig-so-far-down-that-even-if-they-find-the-lede-its-just-a-withered-husk-of-an-idea-suffocated-by-the-crushing-weight-of-the-banality-of-the-writing-that-presses-down-on-it blog post.
Not my cup of tea really. But I guess some people may enjoy reading about the first time you accidentally watched the original "Poseidon Adventure" thinking it was part of the Zack Synder 300 universe but you were really impressed with the Shelly Winters character that you didn't realize Gene Hackman was in it as well until you saw it listed on his IMDB page and you kinda wish you had noticed since he's supposed to have been a great actor but he's dead now, having died while living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a desert community where it is extremely arid and if you travel there with your dog, make sure to keep it hydrated because so many pets like Gene Hackman's wife's dog can easily succumb to dehydration.
Goddamn, this was magnificent. This is why you get my Wonkbux every month.
In no way has Wonkette ever been inane. Biting, snarky, muckracking, insightful, unorthodox, funny, serious, outraged, honest, truth-telling, trustworthy. Never inane.
Ha! I cut my teeth running a press then to work at newspapers then designing in ad agencies. I lived that life, the deadlines were insane and we had a legal dept that preached KISS. We had a dept for everything and it did not go out of house until it was right. Those times it wasn't right you caught hell. This shit was serious and integrity was paramount to all else. It meant something to be truthful and honest. Ahhh the good old days.
Live long & prosper! Because everything dies and nothing matters thank the lucky stars Wonkette is still out there, darkroom or no.
Alex Nichols can go fuck himself.
I found Wonkette, in its nascent, somewhat different format, the last time we had a self-dealing anti-intellectual brown skin-hating glossolalial administration attacking a middle eastern country for not even a figment of a reason.
Then as now the site earned my respect for actual editorial standards and honesty in a collapsing journalistic environment; but mainly for judicious application and reception of fucking dick jokes, in what are apparently constant dark times
May the old and new gods bless all who sail on the good ship Wonkette and who make her possible in this bleak world.
You guys are great. Period.
Wow...what ride. Thank you for that!
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"Wonkette is Bush-era liberalism frozen in amber, motionless and immortal, forced to passively observe a changing world until the end of time."
Obviously, someone hasn't read the non-comments on the Open Thread following the last article of the day. Some of the best social commentary is to be found there, as well as the best on-line community even to come together for recipes, snark, dick jokes, and political discussions.
It's much more than a mommy blog. It's a place where everyone knows your avatar.
The future of journalism in the US will be the lovechild of Wonkette and The Fucking News.
I agree! MSM is naked. It was never neutral anyway. Niche analysis is where it’s at! And hyperlocal. Like The Baltimore Banner, and trade publications, they’re doing fine.
If US lucky, quit self harming for predators perverts profiteers…
Wonkette delivers solid news and trenchant commentary every day. Also Movie Nights, drink recipes and those cakes we like. The people who don't understand why all this counts more than a New York Times editorial will never know the joy of a fellowship who share their hopes and fears.
Santa Cruz.
Be thankful it was half a worm and not half a banana slug.
Welp, that was great.
Well. You’re right. That’s a pretty stupid paragraph, all right, yes sir.
I’ve already got a headache, so I think I’m done with politics for the day.