Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 14, 2008
October 13, 2008
October 15, 2008
Transcript:
Rick: Thanks for taking the call, David. Just trying to confirm a story... is it true Obama nailed eight of ten three-pointers shooting hoops in Kuwait? Voice from telephone: Excuse me? You pulled me out of a meeting to confirm a basketball story? This is Rick Redfern, Post political reporter, right? Rick: Um... no. I write a blog now. Voice: Oh... I'm so sorry, man. I didn't know.
swolf48110 almost 16 years ago
SIGH!
ChiehHsia almost 16 years ago
How the heck does anyone make a living writing a blog? It’s all so, well, “public domain” and all.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Easy. You write about something that everyone is dieing to read, and suddenly, all kinds of people want to put ads on your site. Check out any of the successful ‘Mommy Blogs’.
ChiehHsia almost 16 years ago
Well, that explains the problem. To paraphrase Groucho Marx rather loosely, I’m not interested in being involved with any organization which thinks I can help them sell stuff I wouldn’t buy myself. Guess I’ll keep the day job for a while longer.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Roger etc.: Actually, I doubt those sites make them much money, probably enought to pay for the website and computer usage, etc.