It depends on the audience, we suppose
Paul Wells, the lead columnist for Maclean's, also a well-known and respected blogger (Inkless Wells), begged off talking about magzine blogs to an industry audience at MagNet in June because he said he was sick of talking about blogs. However, we note that he is speaking about just that to a group of public relations people in Ottawa on the third Monday in February:
Paul’s Inkless Wells blog is an agenda setter in Canada’s capital. He posts on events - before they happen, while they are happening and or soon after they conclude - with an immediacy, insight and wit that makes him a must-read for other political bloggers, journalists and politicians. For many people, it’s Paul’s blog that sustains top of mind awareness for Maclean’s, the weekly news magazine for which he writes a column. And to keep a weekly outlet relevant is a real accomplishment in the post-deadline age.
posted by D. B. Scott at
2:30 pm
9 Comments:
Oh, for Christ's sake. Would I like to blow off at least a day's work so I can be herded through the cattle pens of Ottawa and Pearson airports, twice, so I can attend a conference in the Centre of the Universe, and then go through the unspeakable hell of filling out the infamous Rogers expense forms to get my out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed? Or would I like to chat with a few people on a Monday evening after business hours, at a pub a block from my house? Golly. I'm gonna pick Curtain B, Monty. To answer your unspoken question, I'm not getting a dime from Joe Thornley's group, nor would I ask. You certainly are a piece of work, D.B.
Which means, I note, that I'm getting paid less money to snub the Toronto event than you're getting paid to sanctimoniously pimp it. Nice.
Could you imagine actually having to listen to this guy?
Geez, you'd think Paul Wells was important or something.
Could you imagine actually having to listen to this guy?
There's not enough beer in any pub...
Debbie - He's one of the best political commentators in the country so ya, i can imagine wanting to listen to him. I love that he put DS in his place for whining about Wells not appearing in Toronto to attend a Rogers sponsored event - for all the reasons he listed in his reply.
Sounds like Magnet will be better without him there.
"Debbie - He's one of the best political commentators in the country"
That doesn't mean he doesn't come off as a jerk in these comments.
The "Centre of the Universe" doesn't want you either Paul. Talk about sanctimonious.
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