Sunday, April 23, 2006
It's the sock puppetry, stupid!
Most of the media comment on the Michael Hiltzik melt-down misses the point: sock puppetry, not anonymity, is the offense. Patterico explains it -- once again.
Update: I searched Google News (about 2 p.m. PDT) for the terms "Michael Hiltzik" and "sock puppet". There was only one hit; for Cathy Seipp's NRO column. Either the other MSM reporters don't get the point, or they don't think readers will understand. Neither interpretation is flattering.
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Most of the media comment on the Michael Hiltzik melt-down misses the point: sock puppetry, not anonymity, is the offense. Patterico explains it -- once again.
Update: I searched Google News (about 2 p.m. PDT) for the terms "Michael Hiltzik" and "sock puppet". There was only one hit; for Cathy Seipp's NRO column. Either the other MSM reporters don't get the point, or they don't think readers will understand. Neither interpretation is flattering.
