tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post9074784682651482955..comments2024-01-12T18:45:52.043-05:00Comments on The Weekly Sift: Wrath and RighteousnessDoug Muderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666144843949850394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-91736388092286203612009-08-15T12:52:08.029-04:002009-08-15T12:52:08.029-04:00Bogus trend spotting seems not to have spread past...Bogus trend spotting seems not to have spread past Slate in 4 years of Jack Shafer writing about it. <br /><br />I'm thinking either:<br /><br />a) it requires a journalistic eye, more than even most media people possess, and our hardcore journos are stretched too thin and too focused on Real Issues to care about the culture;<br /><br />or else b) it takes too much of a generalist mind-set for our ever-more-niche-focused lives. You might care about <i>one</i> bogus trend, but the typical modern person could never see that this is a pattern of media behavior.pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-9569635648046424502009-01-14T00:30:00.000-05:002009-01-14T00:30:00.000-05:00so, I was just led to your blog by Christine of iM...so, I was just led to your blog by Christine of iMinister (http://iminister.blogspot.com/), you may or may not know her; it's kind of a moot point, but I figure credit's due where credit's due. Anyway, that's moot to my main point: your Gaza piece is brilliant. I'd been struggling to find that perspective, that exact wording, and you nailed it. So, thanks for being not just smart but articulate and well-reasoned on the blogosphere. I'll certainly be reading here more often.Kelsey Athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530487540461606153noreply@blogger.com