Tim Blair

I don't check in with you several times a day because you're outlandish, Tim. I do it because you can write circles around every one of your would-be peers.

cheers

I get such a kick out of how the media attempts to discredit bloggers.

All this instant feedback, Fisking and access to media from all over the world its leaving journalist shaking in their boots.

Thought control is over, social engineering is going the way of the dinosaur. Socialism is all but through. Even Islam is finally being exposed despite all efforts to obscure the truth.

This is only the beginning.

Rock on, Tim Blair!

"Outlandish"? What the hell kind of standard are they using, Indymedia's? I'd characterize him as slightly right of center... but then again I'm using the civilian standard whereas they're apparently using the Australian state-sponsored media standard.

Apart from his lefty leanings, Quiggin is
a bit BORING hence a less regular need to
visit.

Tim Blair....provocative shock jock!

And here you always seemed like such a nice guy to me.

Tim Blair, the outlandish shock jock from down under who spews forth provocative ideas like... "Terrorists suck".

Stop judging those terrorists if you want to be an accepted journalist!

I think it started when journalists had to have university degrees to get into the business, and when they stopped calling themselves reporters.

I note the telling reference to Quiggin's tendency "to stick more strictly to his academic and policy orientations." Is that snobbish or what? I've never read his blog, but I'm not inclined to after that recommendation.

I don't often comment on blogs, but this topic is of interest to me.

I think it's fair to say that were it not for Blair, I would never have heard of Quiggin. JQ therefore owes TB, to some extent, for his audience.

Sure - Quiggin probably offers deeper insights, but Blair's blog is always good for a laugh, and to pick up on links to more thoughtful stuff.

That's not meant to be patronising - it's just that there is a place for both styles. The mistake is to assess them against each other as if they were comparable. It's like comparing The Sun to The Times, which would be a bit of a pointless exercise really.

In the final analysis, one suspects that TB's and JQ's respective aims for their blogs are entirely different. It would be interesting if each of them could set out the objectives of their blogs, and thus allow us to examine where the key differences lie.

One major error in that piece. Quiggin is dull. As dish water.

By being a semi-frequent commentor at Tim Blair Inc., do I receive a discount on Time-Warner products? Never hurts to ask.

Pom

Lets not confuse volume with "deeper insights".

Concerning, Spirit of America, is there an Australian Public Benevolent Fund we can donate through so the donations are tax deductible?

Is anyone interested in setting one up?

Tim Blair’s Website has long been good, with many a fine moment, but his relentless pursuit of the wild plastic turkey rumor has made it one of the Great Websites. Tim did just the things that you always wish somebody would do but they never do but Tim did & he brought it off with humor. Thanks to Tim’s inspiration, I myself have mustered more responses to the insipid rumor than I would ever have thought possible & once I even impressed Andrea Harris.