The essential problem with Burgess/Nippert and similar is not, I think, that they're bad journos (certainly Nippert's done some good work in his day), it's just that they are too close to the story now and are too emotionally invested in Terry going down, so they have ended up "prematurely ejaculating", in the journalistic sense. (Eg. "OMG DUNAJTSCHIK OWNS 55% OF THE NIX! Woops, take that one back.")
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Posted September 19, 2011 04:30 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:33
The essential problem with Burgess/Nippert and similar is not, I think, that they're bad journos (certainly Nippert's done some good work in his day), it's just that they are too close to the story now and are too emotionally invested in Terry going down, so they have ended up "prematurely ejaculating", in the journalistic sense. (Eg. "OMG DUNAJTSCHIK OWNS 55% OF THE NIX! Woops, take that one back.")