That was what made Parks so special, and I think other comedies have tried to create without quite nailing. Mike Schur seems to have a knack for creating comedies about "families" that should be in conflict but have such a genuine respect for each other that the love and positivity they have is earned. Even when…

I think a part of the reason it doesn't is for some of the reasons set above (excellent interview, by the way, to to Ms. Eakin and Mr. Offerman both!!!!) — people assume certain things about Nick Offerman the man that are based on his real-life similarities to Ron Swanson the character and haven't considered the depth…

It's a site that reports NEWS, sometimes under a sub-header called "NEWSWIRE," that regularly simply 're-tweets' other NEWS that NEWS organizations distribute. (Resulting in deserved criticism, as this becomes closer and closer to BuzzFeed).

I don't think you came off as mean, and I'm sorry if I implied you did. I appreciate the direction and opportunity to learn about a group (or individual…?) that has apparently misused the idea of journalism.

This is certainly a highly informative post from which to do further research, thank you for that. It doesn't seem like anyone should grieve the loss.

Imagine a reader taking a news story literally. What an ass I must be.

I'm honestly asking: why does everyone seem to hate Gawker so much?

Pinterest makes nothing but is worth around $4B with almost zero accounting for its revenue; last year, Tumblr didn't make $100M in revenue (revenue, not profit), according to Yahoo, who admitted that it "vastly overpaid" for ownership of the service.

Facebook draws in roughly $1.5B in profits…it's not nearly as profitable as you'd assume…

Is there a truly profitable social media platform though? (I'm legit asking)

Well said. I'd put forward the same case that JS Mill did around 150 years ago and suggest that we need to have as broad an acceptance of speech as possible, because it allows bad ideas to be exposed.

No one's really figured that out yet…

Thanks for involving yourself. Your opinion has been accounted. (/Has a funny feeling commenter didn't bother to read everything).

What is freedom of speech, then?

Closer to 70%, depending on your definition of "harassment"

You're the one that has a problem with me calling out a reporter for not doing any fucking research. You're the one who has nothing valuable to say so instead tosses out a finger. You've proven yourself to be inadequate. If I'm weird for pointing it out, then I guess I'm weird. Thing is, I'm actually making an…

(In all seriousness, I have you pegged as a seventeen year old virgin. Prove me wrong).

Yep, sure have. I have a funny feeling you don't know what it actually means though, because here you are thinking that's what happened in this article.

It's awfully fascinating to me that this minor news story has brought up so much hate when I've not been ashamed to take what many would consider 'right-wing' views on various topics.

If "fighting the good fight" means "expecting reporters to know what they're talking about" I certainly will. Son.