Thursday, September 02, 2010
Not Quite Newsprint, Not Quite Commonplace Book
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Not Quite Newsprint, Not Quite Commonplace Book


John McWhorter, Dana Gioia, and Daniel Ritchie are a few of the guests who have talked about language and its use on the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal. Adding to the discussion from another corner is editor and writer Joseph Rago. Rago reflects on blogs and how their writers use and abuse language in a piece published in the December 20, 2006, issue of The Wall Street Journal. In his editorial, "The Blog Mob," he compares the writing on blogs to other types of writing, stating that it is a sad thing to imagine that blogs are progress away from mainstream media and traditional journalism.
Click here to read the article. [Posted December 2006, ALG]
 

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