At which point exactly do I state that Matt is the author this article. Please be precise. NB if I wanted to state that Matt is the author of the article the article, why don't I just say so? Use those great reading skills and work it out for yourself. BW below seems to have tripped into the same hole.
Because you said, "I get that Matt has to produce something on this issue." And btw, Matt HAS written pieces on this issue. Pretty sure I saw you in the comments sections under them.
Congratulations, you've confirmed your own levels of literacy. 'Produce' and 'write' are very different verbs with entirely different etymologies. Let me help.
When discussing media, media such as Racket News (the hint is in the title) 'producer' and 'writer' have critically important meanings. Examine the credits in a book, magazine, cd, film, tv program, radio program etc, etc, etc - the 'writer(s)' have to be distinguished from the producers. Why? Both for clarity, and because the producer gets all the money.
So, contra your well-intended if snarky remarks about the reading skills of others, appended to my own clear comment, I do not believe I'm in any need of correction, or remedial reading and writing advice, at least in this instance.
Re: your btw, Matt has written and has spoken on this topic, at least once, but not in recent memory, and certainly not in the manner of this article, in which Ben grins and leaps into this raging bonfire of a topic, akin only to jumping into a volcano wearing a ski goggles for protection.
Writing a piece dedicated to exploring the Israel/Palestinian conflict invites thermonuclear levels of abuse, irrespective of the stance. Hence, Ben's approach, which I think to be an imaginative, if ultimately futile, experiment in discourse. Did Matt say to Ben: 'ok, you do it, I'll pay you'? I've no idea.
I hope I've addressed both your points. Remember: write and produce don't mean the same thing when discussing media. Have a good one.
Reading through a number of comments, it's apparent that many people do not read for comprehension and some people don't read at all.
The author of this article is Ben Kawaller, not Matt Taibbi.
And I'm glad the First Amendment was intended to protect all of us.
At which point exactly do I state that Matt is the author this article. Please be precise. NB if I wanted to state that Matt is the author of the article the article, why don't I just say so? Use those great reading skills and work it out for yourself. BW below seems to have tripped into the same hole.
Because you said, "I get that Matt has to produce something on this issue." And btw, Matt HAS written pieces on this issue. Pretty sure I saw you in the comments sections under them.
Congratulations, you've confirmed your own levels of literacy. 'Produce' and 'write' are very different verbs with entirely different etymologies. Let me help.
When discussing media, media such as Racket News (the hint is in the title) 'producer' and 'writer' have critically important meanings. Examine the credits in a book, magazine, cd, film, tv program, radio program etc, etc, etc - the 'writer(s)' have to be distinguished from the producers. Why? Both for clarity, and because the producer gets all the money.
So, contra your well-intended if snarky remarks about the reading skills of others, appended to my own clear comment, I do not believe I'm in any need of correction, or remedial reading and writing advice, at least in this instance.
Re: your btw, Matt has written and has spoken on this topic, at least once, but not in recent memory, and certainly not in the manner of this article, in which Ben grins and leaps into this raging bonfire of a topic, akin only to jumping into a volcano wearing a ski goggles for protection.
Writing a piece dedicated to exploring the Israel/Palestinian conflict invites thermonuclear levels of abuse, irrespective of the stance. Hence, Ben's approach, which I think to be an imaginative, if ultimately futile, experiment in discourse. Did Matt say to Ben: 'ok, you do it, I'll pay you'? I've no idea.
I hope I've addressed both your points. Remember: write and produce don't mean the same thing when discussing media. Have a good one.