Voices...They Hear Voices....

(With apologies to Allen and Gerard): I saw the self-described best minds of my generation destroyed by Bloggers, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the Internet’s streets at dawn looking for a miracle fix to their industry’s woes:

The NY Times will finally, but fearfully, allow readers to post comments under their articles, something the Washington Post and USA Today have been doing for quite awhile. The Times is so worried about this baby step that they have taken the unprecedented precaution of hiring four part-time staffers to screen each submission before posting it, rather than simply allowing readers to call attention to problem posts like other online newspapers. Kate Phillips, editor of the Times