Comments on: Bloggers to Parker: Drop dead

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:13:23 +0000

Parker is on one side of the blog writing curve but still delivers. On the other side of that learning curve are the bloggers who adjust quickly.

As bloggers realize they have a real (read professional?) voice, they will find editors (RMP, RJP, RIP…) shooters, and all those skilled people who have lost their newspaper jobs. (Remember, too, radio writers have always delivered 24/7—immediacy is not new).

We all swim in the same wordy wine sea. Those who come next have to know that, from the beginning, words only deliver the story if they don’t get in the way.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:53:15 +0000

Amy: You have hit the nail on the head. Those are the 2 overwhelming issues.

By: mydailywine

mydailywine — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:02:34 +0000

It seems more a case of Parker setting his gunsights on the bloggers.
Agreed, Parkers outburst came across as peevish and defensive.
There are several issues at hand but the top two in my mind are the obvious generational shift and the democratization of wine writing (whether for good or bad is debatable).

By: Director, Lab Publicity

Director, Lab Publicity — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50:36 +0000

I don’t. But then if you visit the Lab, that’s probably pretty obvious.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:53:35 +0000

Yeah but we shouldn’t assume they don’t…