Saturday, May 09, 2009

Why he doesn't apologize for 'raw truth' stories

"They have these kind of tragic flaws,
like Greek heroes, and that's the
root of what makes a good story."

-- former Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas, speaking to Simon Owens of Bloggasm. Friday, Thomas left the blog known for unflinching criticism of Silicon Valley's often thin-skinned personalities.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/10/2009 1:15 PM

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  2. Anonymous5/10/2009 3:25 PM

    Great, I leave a spot on comment quoting you and you remove it. Was it too pointed? I knew you would delete the comment.

    Jim Hopkins said...
    1:32 am: Please see my earlier, longer post. In any case, however, the name of this site is GANNETT Blog.

    5/10/2009 2:34 AM

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  3. Anonymous5/10/2009 7:10 PM

    Wow. I'm surprised it's been over three hours and you haven't deleted the second quote.

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