tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post1815355828962974493..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Wha Happened, and Whas It All Mean?bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-65923044257530949362010-11-30T13:53:48.608-05:002010-11-30T13:53:48.608-05:00Thanks for the mention, BCL, and hopefully it did ...Thanks for the mention, BCL, and hopefully it did show that I didn't start writing the post until the results were completely in.<br /><br />On the other hand, while I will be the first to criticize journos who buy into the Ottawa consensus without picking up the phone to speak with anyone outside of it or reading the regional and local papers, the process of assembling my website and writing my own blog has made me a tiny bit more forgiving of them.<br /><br />The papers give columnists ridiculously early deadlines to meet, which practically require them to write ahead of time. And unlike me, John Ibbitson couldn't stay up until 5 AM to write a blogpost and update the database, and then sleep in until 10:30 AM. For one thing, I don't have an editor who's waiting on me to file so they can get to bed as well.<br /><br />So, I'm a tad more forgiving now than I was before, is all I'm saying. But, your criticisms of his muddled analysis are still very much on-point.The Pundits' Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14538508466559680720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-60403777513147996372010-11-30T08:51:40.651-05:002010-11-30T08:51:40.651-05:00"Most confounded among the pundits was clearl..."Most confounded among the pundits was clearly John Ibbitson, whose piece on the topic sounds like it was written days ago and then hastily revised as last night's results came in"<br /><br />That's exactly how that column reads. What a crap piece, that completely misses the mark.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.com