Comments on: Junk journalism is popular http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/23/ap-celebrity-gossip/ Can you think of a better name? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/23/ap-celebrity-gossip/#comment-24030 Fagstein Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:58:57 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/23/ap-celebrity-gossip/#comment-24030 "It's hardly their fault that consumers prefer junk" is precisely my point. “It’s hardly their fault that consumers prefer junk” is precisely my point.

]]> By: princess iveylocks http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/23/ap-celebrity-gossip/#comment-24015 princess iveylocks Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:19:49 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/03/23/ap-celebrity-gossip/#comment-24015 Your analogy sucks. Why is opening a McDonald's franchise "embarrassing"? They're a hugely successful multinational corporation that treats their employees well, provides a reassuringly sanitary eating experience from location to location, and consistently provides healthy/unhealthy food options at low prices. (It's hardly their fault that consumers prefer junk - it's like blaming a grocery store for stocking Oreos and Pepsi.) Payday loans, on the other hand.... Also, the AP is on crack. Celebrity hounds know who the go-to people are for gossip, and it ain't the salaried fatcats taken off the "lifestyles" beats. Why wait seven hours for stories to be vetted, fact-checked, edited, and published when Perez or TMZ has the raw deets up in minutes? Your analogy sucks. Why is opening a McDonald’s franchise “embarrassing”? They’re a hugely successful multinational corporation that treats their employees well, provides a reassuringly sanitary eating experience from location to location, and consistently provides healthy/unhealthy food options at low prices. (It’s hardly their fault that consumers prefer junk - it’s like blaming a grocery store for stocking Oreos and Pepsi.)

Payday loans, on the other hand….

Also, the AP is on crack. Celebrity hounds know who the go-to people are for gossip, and it ain’t the salaried fatcats taken off the “lifestyles” beats. Why wait seven hours for stories to be vetted, fact-checked, edited, and published when Perez or TMZ has the raw deets up in minutes?

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