It's always fun to watch blog zealot Jeff Jarvis get mad, which he does nearly every day. His Buzz Machine, an excellent forum for his various complaints about old media vs. the brave new world
of citizen-produced media, is among the most cited in a certain realm of the blogosphere, and for good reason. Jarvis, with whom I once worked at a print magazine, is by turns incensed,
infuriated, intense, and nasty--pretty much daily. In sum, he's truly a blogger extraordinaire. Yesterday he took on David Carr, the
New York Times reporter and columnist who, more than
any other, addresses the subject of media-making. True enough, Carr often expresses skepticism about (or is it envy of?) the incoming wave of online "journalists"--the very same people whom
Jarvis so openly adores. So, when Carr earlier this week wrote a column once again ruffling the feathers of blog spotters everywhere (in particular, he went after the popular gawker.com), Jarvis
let the fur fly. His meltdown is, as always, long-winded, but a gas.
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