NYT, American Idiot and Snarky Responses

["greg williams" <gregorwilliams@comcast.net>]

Hey folks,

The New York Times actually posted one of my comments on their site this
morning.

The question was: Why do you think the TV show 'American Idol' is such a
success? My late-night snarky response:

1.February 28th, 2007 4:37 am 

   Why is American Idol such a success? Perhaps because it allows the
woefully musically undereducated American masses the opportunity to play
'armchair music critic' to a bunch of Karaoke singers, wherein creativity 
is
confined to 'song selection'. I also suspect that viewers tune in
voyeuristically to watch young hopefuls get humiliated in public, a fact
which is supported by ratings. Sad but true. 

- Posted by Greg Williams

The link is here in case you want to post your own or read others 
responses:

http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/the-idol-juggernaut/

They didn't print my first response, assumingly because it was deemed
'abusive' - I've gotten that from their editors before. I don't think it 
was
abusive; I only used the word 'F-ing' once. I did use the term 'American
Idiot' pretty liberally though, and concluded it with the sentence, 'Please
find a more worthy way of spending your evenings, like laying on your bed
staring at the ceiling.'

Like I said, I was feeling a bit snarky. 

All for now,
~G