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It's hard to understand the minds of journalists

journalism seems like a good profession. reading, traveling, interviewing, researching, writing, editing, etc.

but the so-called thinking by many journalists can be bizarre.

last decade, many in the media biz disliked pseudonyms used by message board users, bloggers, and commenters.

but this decade, journalists love twitter, which supports pseudonyms. even if the journalists use their real names, they still adore twitter with its many anonymous posters. even though twitter can be a cesspool for discussions, journalists remain one of twitter's core user-base.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2016/04/8597724/esquire-removes-satirical-article-after-criticism

http://mediagazer.com/160427/p2#a160427p2

i read the esquire story before it was removed. i thought that it was written by the real jeff jarvis. even though i follow news about media, i was unaware of the twitter account that parodies the real jeff jarvis.

i'm not monitoring humor about the media. i'm not a media insider.

regarding the esquire story, at first, i wondered if the real jeff jarvis was serious, but then i realized that real jeff jarvis was joking.

but the story was written by fake jeff jarvis. real jeff jarvis convinced esquire to remove the story or at least remove his name. i don't see the problem with that.

media people live in a bubble. they insulate themselves from the real world.

it appears that media people are attacking real jeff jarvis for wanting the fake esquire story removed. i don't understand the media's thinking.

if some of us can be fooled, then how can media dorks defend stories that have phony bylines? is this what passes as journalism today? is esquire an onion-like site?

i wouldn't want a story published that used my name. why not use a fake name, instead of a name of a real person? I see nothing funny about this.

once again, maybe this is another reason why people have such a low favorable rating or trust rating of the media.

and i still believe that the best journalists would be mathematicians. less emotion. more logic.

#media #moronism

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