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By highwater (registered) | Posted June 02, 2010 at 22:03:32

Something tells me that this:

...And giving my permission to reprint this letter if they choose - to the publisher of Raise the Hammer and The Hamiltonian - which are the only real media left in this city with any sense of integrity.

is the line that pissed off Dreschel the most, not anything having to do with an 'aversion' to coloured people (pretty weak stuff as far as accusations of racism go). It's pretty clear that Ryan and Cal are the intended targets of Dreschel's self-pitying whine, not Mahesh. Dreschel writes:

By publishing Butani’s untrue and harmful statements, Raise the Hammer and The Hamiltonian have not only undermined their credibility, they’ve demonstrated the kind of immature behaviour that, if uncorrected, may one day rear up and bite them on their assets.

'Assets'. Get it? Hnyuck, nyuck. Vintage Dreschel. Today's whinefest was all about trying to discredit the nasty bloggers who are cutting in on his action. It's no coincidence that he also dismissed Mahesh as a 'blogger': the worst possible insult in Dreschel's world.

Sad, really. I admire the journalistic craft and do not relish the increasing irrelevancy of the MSM. Their revenue model may be toast, but let's face it, citizen journalists aren't about to replace their content model anytime soon. New and old need each other, and our media landscape will be very empty indeed if the old media don't smarten up soon. Dreschel's little ca 2005 anti-blogger tantrum doesn't give me much hope.

Comment edited by highwater on 2010-06-02 21:17:53

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