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And Finally
Weiland down on online journalism
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 21 June 2010
Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has been dissing online media and the blogosphere, telling Xfm that the big bad internet has “destroyed modern journalism”.
According to Gigwise, Weiland told the radio station: “I read written reviews in major newspapers, but online stuff is like just a hyper-version of the telephone. It’s ridiculous. There are a lot of great things that have come from it [the internet], but I think there’s a lot of bad things [too]. I think it’s destroyed modern journalism. It’s turned things incredibly tabloidesque. Anyone who thinks they have passed basic creative writing 101 can be a blogger. Though I should add, the CMU Daily, that’s online only, but that’s fucking brilliant journalism. So, that’s the exception that proves the rule”.
Strangely, Weiland didn’t mention the tendency among some online-only journalists to randomly add sentences to rock stars’ quotes.
