A Clarification -- Dave Eggers wants to expose the process, "By reprinting your correspondence to me I hope to illuminate the journalist's mind: how a writer starts by telling me he is a fan of my work, supports my company's endeavors, etc, then writes a snippety little thing full of sneering and suspicion." so he's posted ALL of the email correspondance he had with david kirkpatrick before
this unflattering piece was printed... and after.
"I think it's important that our exchange be published. It's the only remedy commensurate with the impact you enjoyed with your original piece. I want your friends and family to see it, and to say 'David, ew.'"
Meanspirited all around, but can you blame him?
posted by palegirl
on Feb 22, 2001 -
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HighWired.com helps high schools put their newspapers (and classrooms and other information) online -- but i wonder if putting articles like
this one, which tell personal information about students, online is a good idea. following that logic, i guess it's good that it's difficult to search high wired or find
a list of all the high school newspapers that it hosts. if you poke around a bit, you
can find many papers and it's
good for a laugh.
posted by palegirl
on Feb 2, 2000 -
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