Maclean's department of the crashingly obvious...
Maclean's issue on newsstands December 4, names Barack Obama as the magazine's "Newsmaker of the Year".
posted by D. B. Scott at
1:37 pm
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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15 Comments:
What, suddenly obvious is bad? Now you tell us. In fact we've all grown so bone-tired of the constant Canadian Magazines "How Dare Maclean's Be Contrarian" posts that from now on we're going to do it your way, DB. Upcoming covers:
- Injustice: On the Whole, It's Unfortunate
- The Election: Perhaps It Will Be Moderately Interesting
- The Wall Street Meltdown: A Slightly Distinctive Canadian Angle
- Conrad Black: Jailed AND Polysyllabic
We're really excited about this new direction. Welcome to the 1980s!
Paul Wells now apparently speaks with the "royal we" on behalf of Maclean's. Despite being so bone-tired of this blog, as he says, he somehow summons the strength to craft such a lame response.
Obvious, yes. But who else but Obama could it have been? First black U.S. president. Soon-to-be most powerful man in the world. A Democrat who ended an eight-year Republican regime, replacing one of the most unpopular presidents in US history. Even considering the geo-centric biases of the Canadian/US media, Obama would have tough to ignore for the news-maker of the year title.
Now, you two should start playing nice and try to be better-behaved blogger boys.
What is it with D.B. Scott and Paul Wells? You two are amusing. Over the past THREE YEARS, D.B. has invariably been provocative (even snide) where Maclean's is concerned, and Paul, gallant and unbidden, rises like a trout to the fly, pretty much every time.
And really, D.B.: for someone who sniffed at me for "not adding anything to the conversation but abuse" on the subject of blogger comments (see Nov. 18 story), what, other than general mischief and condescension, was the point of this rather catty swipe at Maclean's, hmm?
I chalk it all up to Sunday afternoon-into-evening cocktails. Pip, pip. Hic.
I accept the rebukes from Anonymous 1 and Anonymous 2 though I wonder why Anonymous 1 felt I needed to be instructed on Obama's historical importance.
As for Anonymous 2, well, you're clearly still smarting over an earlier exchange, which is too bad.
Actually, Maclean's takes such contrarian positions on most things that the fact that it is choosing a more conventional course with its 2008 "Newsmaker of the Year" is actually quite... contrarian.
Let's call it a draw and move on.
Now that Masthead and Frank are no longer around, can we have more gossip and rumours on this blog?
Like, who's getting fired/laid off at all the major media outlets?
Enquiring minds wanna know!
The notes on Obama's "historical importance" were merely meant to buttress the idea that he was the only choice for newsmaker of the year; they were not meant to school you, DB, or anyone else for that matter, on the significance of the prez-elect.
Love,
Anonymous 1
Ted... tomorrow (Tuesday) at Rogers there'll be a major trimming of staff.
Is it actually the economic climate dictating, or could it be simply the top fat cats are abusing this recession as an excuse to drop middle weight.
Ted: the more tips we get, the more such information we can publish.
What's wrong with being funny? I liked the headline, actually. I guess snideness is in the eye of the beholder.
This morning, the Anonymous comment ("10:33 AM") above takes on a sinister "how did you know that" quality, not to mention evoking the thought "what an odd, almost Nostradamean way of phrasing it".
[OK I know this comment is in poor taste. But I almost always am, so at least I'm consistent.]
Nothing DB says about Maclean's has credibility anymore.
Isn't it redundant to say that he "captured the world's undivided attention?"
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