Comments on: Man Bites Dog: DMN Slams WSJ

By: anon

anon — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +0000

And if you have small children or groceries, just how is it possible to use a Segway?
The same thing goes for all these new cars. I guess the answer is to never have kids, never get disabled and never get old.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:27:10 +0000

In all fairness, AP’s Doug Whiteman did a Segway story, too, datelined in Columbus, Ohio, and with a few quotes from around the country. It’s hardly a WSJ-peculiar story, it seems.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCzkNVPzXSoiTw2oz0O1VJ8JrnwQD91AOGJO1

By: Rawlins DART Bored

Rawlins DART Bored — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:49:06 +0000

Love New York…lived there. But. This is the potential provincialism that can become symtomatic of Manhattan insularity; when the WSJ or another New York City media presents something as ‘local’ when it is a national publication.

Indeed, in New York, where someone might live on E.28th and work in the W. 40s, sure. How much you bet you are seeing Segways on the streets there. Even a few would attract disproportionate attention. But someone in Atlanta, San Diego, Peoria…. is not thinking about buying a Segway even if the gasoline becomes $5 per. Someone in Dallas going to commute from Garland to Uptown to work? Maybe for ‘come to vacation Bible School’ parades. (This is a test who knows what the hell THAT is.)

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:29:11 +0000

I’m tempted to asked “What is a Segway,” but I’m afraid the answer will be “about four pounds.”

By: matt

matt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:44:03 +0000

That story reads like an angry blogger comment. Mr. Smith and the rest of the DMN should focus more on improving their train wreck of a web site, especially the Finance section. “D” is not a good grade. (rank is by circulation, note the grades…)

http://www.247wallst.com/2008/06/the-newspapers.html

By: jrp

jrp — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:41:24 +0000

welcome to the rapidly changing media landscape, sir. this is what blogs have wrought and there’s no turning back

older editors ask younger reporters to blog blog blog, “we have to start a blog, everyone else is blogging…we need to blog…let’s blog”

well, this is what you get. and Andrew’s comment about another newspaper article isn’t nearly as rare as you think. i’ll find another example and try to post it here

as some like to say here on the FB: time to get yourself a hat and hold the ‘eff onto it