Friday, January 13, 2012

Et Tu Mr. Destructo?

This is pretty rad:

http://www.mrdestructo.com/

Yesterday, New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane solicited reader input with an opening sentence so viscerally and efficiently dumb that it's almost sublime: "I'm looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge 'facts' that are asserted by newsmakers they write about." Essentially, the ombudsman of the most important newspaper in America crowdsourced the idea that reporters might do their jobs.

Whoever writes Mr. Destructo is hilarious and very much on point. Also too, sweet Jesus-tit-fucking-Christ, NY Times! How the fuck can you be the paper of record if you don't point out untruths, distortions and outright viscous lies? Perhaps you aspire to be the official stenographer of whoever you deem worthy of writing news stories about? Fuckers.

1 comment:

  1. Perhaps growing some fucking wables would stunt their hemorrhaging readership numbers.

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