David Bullard is a legend
by Fred on 07/05/07 at 10:27 pm
10 comments
Beautiful.
You gotta love David Bullard for his habit of getting under people’s skin. Now that, in my opinion, is a good journalist.
Read his post (sic) on Sunday Times and prepare to feel a little peeved. It’s a scything, well-weighted insult aimed squarely at the blogging community.
A snippet:
‘Most blog sites are the air guitars of journalism. They’re cobbled together by people who wouldn’t stand a hope in hell of getting a job in journalism, mainly because they have very little to say.’
It’s great stuff. Remember, this is from a guy who memorably labelled the BMW Z3 as the ‘gay man’s car’ – and promptly was shunned by BMW from test driving their other cars for a while.
This is my favourite part:
I do, however, object to some anonymous, scrofulous nerd pumping meaningless drivel into cyberspace at all hours of the day and night simply because he can’t find a girl to sleep with him.
Superb. And judging by the hasty backlash by SA bloggers, it seems to have struck a nerve. It reminds me of something I heard Dr. Phil say: ‘The reason why insults hurt is because very often they’re true.’
David Bullard is right. You could say that most blogs are crap. In the same way that you could say most journalists are lazy, underpaid, alcoholic hackers with nicotine stains on their fingers.
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Antowan
May 7th, 2007
Eish! The best we can do is to attack his words. Playing the ball and not the man…
It is only fair…
Stii
May 8th, 2007
Gosh! Never knew it, but it seems I’m a potential mass-murderer. According to you and Dr Phil at least!
Fred
May 8th, 2007
Ye, me too.
…and David is a chain-smoking, manic-depressive.
Just a note: (before anyone takes this post the wrong way) I’m trying to make a point that – if you’re a blogger – you give yourself away by overreacting to David Bullard’s article. Most of the bloggers I know are way cool people who are certainly not racists, get loads of sex and are actually pretty good writers. I also happen to know some pretty talented journalists.
So, in conclusion, in a roundabout way, this post is making a stand against gross generalisation
Stii
May 8th, 2007
Yeah, Fred, got that! So when can we expect the parodic images?
Ron
May 8th, 2007
Check out amatomu.com’s buzzgraph to see the impact Bullard is having!
Saberi
May 8th, 2007
I’m amazed that DB can actually lash out at bloggers in the way he has. Its a case of the pot calling the kettle black if you ask me. After all, his print column is no more that a blog of his own. In fact, I would call him the grandpa of bloggers given the lead time he had to exercise his right as a blogger. Great read though. Very entertaining.
Lisa
May 8th, 2007
nice little sting in the tail there guys….
seems to me DB has too much time on his hands finding drivel driven blog sites…i’m sure they’re out there but omigosh who’s got the time to hunt them down….???? Oh yeah, I know, the guy with no sex life….
Eishman
May 8th, 2007
So, who was the real winner in this all? David Bullard, obviously. I can’t help but think that the reaction from the blogosphere has fueled the flames. This was the main reason why I made the decision to say nothing on my blog, even though it pretty guaranteed a whole load of extra hits. It was a great move by Bullard, if(when) he decides to enter into the blogging fraternity, he is guaranteed instant mass readership, all thanks to the bloggers deriding him!!!
Ssembonge
May 9th, 2007
There is some truth in his article. I can only hope he was not referring wholesomely to all bloggers but a section of bloggers. Blogging is here to stay.
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Apr 11th, 2008
[...] ‘David Bullard is a legend‘ is ‘n oulike stuk oor Bullard se kontroversialiteit. Maar Bullard se manier van skryf is miskien nie werklik geskik vir SA nie. Want wit mense sal in Bullard se laaste stuk bevestiging vir hul vooroordele vind. Bevestiging van hul aanstootlike aanname dat kolonialisme goed vir swart mense was. Ek dink Bullard se punchline van ’someone to blame’ is waaroor die stuk eintlik gaan. Bullard spot die huidige maghebbers, en dis ‘n goeie ding om te doen. Maar die inleidende deel is te beledigend, al is hoe ‘n ongekoloniseerde Afrika sou wees regtig die tema nie, is dit hoe 95% van mense dit gaan lees. Boonop moet iemand wat so skryf almal eweredig laat deurloop. En ek is bevrees Bullard het wit Engelse, Afrikaners, bloggers en Duitse herdershond eienaars afgeskeep en te veel op die WaBenzi, oftewel die huidge maghebbers gekonsentreer. Mag mens met swart mense spot? [...]