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What’s Right and Wrong with Media Now
- newsio 17y agoHer comments about media are shallow, and the main point of this post is to plug her book. I am surprised TechCrunch prints this kind of thing. No value-add, IMHO.
- wmeredith 17y agoAfter reading this story, I'd like to quote Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock when he said, "If I want to be told something I already know, I'll go read The Huffington Post." This article complains about how salacious "reporting" sells then plugs her own researched book. It's full of hyperbole like, "If this is where media is going on a book level, magazine level or blog level—I want out." It's also worth noting that in that statement she's talking about the contents of a book she hasn't read.
- vaksel 17y agoits a deal for them, techcrunch gets to have one "mainstream reporter" that can string a few sentences together and lacy gets to plug her book non-stop to pretty much her targetted audience
- bonsaitree 17y agoA TC post on HN which apparently features "journalism" from Ms. Lacy. I call double-fault & loss of serve. Ms. Lacy can't string English sentences together with even a modicum of workmanship competence. She cites reference she hasn't even read, crassly pimps her own works in 3rd party organs, and continues to offer exclusively hyperbolic punditry over reasoned & thoughtful analysis. What's wrong with media today? I offer up the "career" of Ms. Sarah Lacy.
- brandnewlow 17y ago...says a guy hiding behind an anonymous profile. Where are your examples to back of each of these claims? I'd gladly entertain an argument that she's not as good as she's cracked up to be, but an argument that she lacks "even a modicum of workmanship competence" is ridiculous.