columnist dishes out a bum rap to local bloggers
In today’s P-I, columnist Robert L. Jamieson Jr. reveals his apparent misunderstanding of the internet while trying to cover a practically nonexistent scandal. Believing that the web is aflame with wild rumors about Pagliacci’s limited West Seattle delivery area, he blames local bloggers for their unjust attacks, incorrectly attributing statements to West Seattle Blog and the whole of LiveJournal.com along the way.
In fact, the complaints came from a comment left on on a West Seattle Blog post [#] and an entry on the Seattle Livejournal Community [#]. In these, one or two people thought that it was odd that the delivery area appeared to be based on neighborhood affluence rather than geographic symmetry. Most, however, just complained that they wanted someone to bring them a pizza.
The best part is that after taking the reactionary “local bloggers” to task for ill-informed and damaging complaints, he uncovers the truth. Pagliacci’s delivery area for any given store is small (which they claim is due to quality concerns).
Jamieson would make a good blogger!
exactly. let’s keep our poorly-researched ramblings confined to the internet, where they belong.
Has anyone mailed Mr. Jamieson to explain the difference between a commenter and a blogger?
nutpicking, for when you want to highlight the very worst of the internets.
my guess is that he didn’t know any better. he probably got the crazy e-mail that everyone got in their inboxes or tip jars and assumed that an internet firestorm was brewing.