Regarding the whole Milliways info-release fiasco, I would like to thank Simon Wistow for writing the post I was going to, and thereby saving me an hour or two of what looks like it’s going to be a very busy weekend.
I particularly want to thank him for the line: “Sadly, at this point, the screaming fucktards from the Queen’s own 1st Royal Batallion of Internet Dicks arrive on the scene like a thousand drooling, poop flinging monkeys.†Hyphen needed between ’poop’ and ’flinging’ but otherwise splendid.
To summarise: there’s more to being a journalist than including the word ‘journalist’ on the info-box of your weblog; and Andy Baio is no Michael Bywater.
I’ve been puzzled by the plaudits and worship of Biao amongst the geek blogging community for a while. It’s rather depressing that so many people equate “posting stuff that isn’t a link and a comment” with journalism. There’s a whole lot more to it than that.