Comments on: Pundit to Critic: Fuck You http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John A Arkansawyer http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 John A Arkansawyer Tue, 12 May 2009 18:07:31 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/#comment-2995 Jon, it isn't in the engagement. It's that Friedman tells the tech crowd what they want to hear. Kristof doesn't. Jon, it isn’t in the engagement. It’s that Friedman tells the tech crowd what they want to hear. Kristof doesn’t.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 Jon Garfunkel Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:04:01 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/#comment-2994 Make me #4 to the above. We're missing half the story here. Don't see it on any other blog. I don't really care. I already found Friedman a bit arrogant, and found it odd when I saw that he is regularly feted by the tech crowd while his peer Kristof is the better engager. (see <a href="http://civilities.net/TimesSelect-ForeignCorrespondence" rel="nofollow">TimesSelect & Foreign Correspondence</a> Make me #4 to the above. We’re missing half the story here. Don’t see it on any other blog. I don’t really care. I already found Friedman a bit arrogant, and found it odd when I saw that he is regularly feted by the tech crowd while his peer Kristof is the better engager. (see TimesSelect & Foreign Correspondence

]]> By: Websnacker http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 Websnacker Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:24:59 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/#comment-2993 I second Lars. It would be nice to see the larger picture and judge if Friedman's outburst was justified. On many occasions, a 'fuck you' becomes necessary and I can personally vouch for it. In fact, I exactly did the same but on a different level. Ross Fortune http://twitter.com/websnacker I second Lars. It would be nice to see the larger picture and judge if Friedman’s outburst was justified. On many occasions, a ‘fuck you’ becomes necessary and I can personally vouch for it. In fact, I exactly did the same but on a different level.

Ross Fortune
http://twitter.com/websnacker

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2992 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:22:01 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/#comment-2992 Dan, how often do I make the point that A-listers have no check on their being abusive and bullying to everyone else "below" them? (right, too often ...) Given the lack of crucial details in the above, it sounds like the worst type of special pleading. Dan, how often do I make the point that A-listers have no check on their being abusive and bullying to everyone else “below” them? (right, too often …) Given the lack of crucial details in the above, it sounds like the worst type of special pleading.

]]> By: Lars http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2991 Lars Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:07:44 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/03/31/pundit-to-critic-fuck-you/#comment-2991 "comment on a question posted there that challenged the Times’ credibility in a fairly general and nasty way." Without the actual question (which you don't mention) or the tone in which it was delivered, it is hard to judge whether Friedman's fuck you was justified. C’est le ton qui fait la musique, as the French say. “comment on a question posted there that challenged the Times’ credibility in a fairly general and nasty way.”

Without the actual question (which you don’t mention) or the tone in which it was delivered, it is hard to judge whether Friedman’s fuck you was justified.

C’est le ton qui fait la musique, as the French say.

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