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This is kind of a "No Shit" sort of statement, is it not?

That man has always had a firm grasp of the obvious.

And Josh is what counts as "alternative" media in Seattle? Shit, the Stranger is as mainstream as the PI or the Times.

I hope for Seymour's sake that this interview is from 1998.

And what's that thing Hersh is holding in his hand in the picture???

Josh, I appreciate your self-referential posts on blogs/newspapers. As for your stylized opinions and arts/sports aesthetic commentaries, it still gets filed under BS:

"appeared to be nothing more"
"aggro statement"
"add fuel to the fire"

if you want to include sophmoric fiction to your reporting, keep it up

Rave on cats, I'm with ya.

And don't forget, Seymour, Seattle's favorite non-candidate for president Al Gore invented the replacement of newspapers.

Gotta give him props...that darn Ralph Nader just ruins everything...golly!

Who's Tom?

Ignorant hipsters up early. Sy Hersh is out there investigating the plans for Cheney's next war, while you look for new places to post "zzzz" or "yaaawnnn".

Tell me more of this fascinating com-poo-ter.

Patrick @8:

And don't forget, Seymour, Seattle's favorite non-candidate for president Al Gore invented the replacement of newspapers.

Gotta give him props...that darn Ralph Nader just ruins everything...golly!

Sorry, Patrick, to let you in on a little inconvenient truth, but Al Gore never said he invented the Internet. As a member of Congress, however, he did play a critical role in making the Internet the public network it is today. From Vanity Fair:

In the 1970s, the Internet was a limited tool used by the Pentagon and universities for research. As a senator in the 80s, Gore sponsored two bills that turned this government program into an "information superhighway," a term Gore popularized, and made it accessible to all. Vinton Cerf, often called the father of the Internet, has claimed that the Internet would not be where it was without Gore's leadership on the issue. Even former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich has said that "Gore is the person who, in the Congress, most systematically worked to make sure that we got to an Internet."

I'm with 10, also, I wouldn't be surprised if Hersh's comments were directed more towards journalists then the public at large, they're the ones that are grasping on anything to justify their jobs right now

Seymour who?

@12 - this is correct. I was at SFU, and we and UBC used it. Gingrich was just a whiner, Gore actually did stuff.

But does he think the horseless carriage will ever really replace the horse in our hearts (and rectums)?

We're all running our mouths now, making fun of old people that are behind the curve on understanding technology, but in a few decades each of us will be that old, out-of-touch person and the youngsters will be running rings around us.

Not to say we should stop doing it.

Texting is so last century.

wow, that hadn't even occurred to me.

Where do I go to get a copy of this internet thing? It sounds like it's worth checking out!

The Stranger is light years ahead of the other Newspapers with Slog. We can read about what The Stranger staff ate for dinner last night, and get their commentary on Seattle Arts and Politics. The synergy is there, and Dan Savage as Directing Editor will make The Stranger the new media darling of all America. Props to everyone at The Stranger. The Stranger has found the formula for online infotainment.