So, yet again the the Mainstream Media has bowed to the undeniable influence of the new media impresarios. This week's GoTriad! (which we at the Pipe hold in most vaunted esteem) is replete with Hypery:
"She noticed I needed comic relief and suggested I check out a blog by some fellow Greensborians — The Hype Pipe, which had helped her in similar times of feeling down and helpless. So, I checked it out and watched the video 'Pals' on the blog, a pieced-together short film of silly 20-somethings in Greensboro being ridiculous and having a good time. Just like she promised, I felt a sigh of comic relief come over me, and when she left I felt a newfound sense of determination."
Sue Edelberg, GoTriad!'s senior new media correspondent is obviously a huge fan, but her article begs the question: "Where are Greensboro's other weekly independent publications?"
The Rhino Times is perhaps a lost cause, and we wouldn't want to be lauded by
Nazis anyway. But from
Yes! Weekly, we expected more. Thus, obviously, all of our readers must write a letter to the
editors of Yes! Weekly (and
The Rhino Times, if you feel like it) and tell them how much you craaaaaave in-depth coverage of local area blogs. It would be much appreciated.
And here's an encore presentation of PALS since there will no doubt be a veritable stampede of GoTriad! readers trying to scope it out. I just hope Blogger has enough bandwidth to handle it...
Read More...
Summary only...
