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James Wolcott, peacemaker.
Jeff, read that Wolcott post again carefully. Are you sure it’s entirely on the level? Pay particular attention to the hilarious deliberate use of cliches.
I think JJ may be joking a little, too.
Even if Wolcott were on the level, how hard is it to denounce a commercial that features an outright lie that almost everyone is already running away from?
Anyway, it reads more like a tongue-in-cheek excuse to reprint the Pirro article in its entirety, allowing him to pass along a childish gotcha story while pretending not to be utterly childish himself.
But in the spirit of good friendship and cooperation, I’ll mention that there’s a small typo in the first paragraph: There’s no reason why Jeff Jarvis should the only roving ambassador of peace I think is supposed to be There’s no reason why Jeff Jarvis should be the only roving ambassador of peace.
OK, group hug, everybody!
Oops, I confragulamated the italic markup. I miss the preview feature from the old blog.
if you wank too much you start to lose the ability to recognize the real thing.