Word War IV! Steve Harris Slaps Back For GM

It's almost like after four salvos of this word war they've finally started to talk like civilized opponents. In the beginning it was all fun bitch-fight rhetoric with the Times calling GM a "crack dealer" and GM slapping back with Friedman being "intellectually dishonest." Now everyone's just playing nice — where's the fun in that? Even gearheads like us are getting bored of this crap. Our only consolation lies in Steven Harris' belief that the Fastlane blog is a real blog. To wit:

"Yesterday, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times devoted 1,279 words (subscription required), a full quarter of the Times' Op-Ed page, to respond directly to this blog's June 1 post by Steve Harris, which addressed Friedman's earlier criticism of GM. That the Times would respond in that way to any blog posting is significant. "

Gasp! Wait, is Harris claiming some kind of indie-cred because he posted his response on one of those new-fangled blogs? Oh wait, Fastlane's a corp-log...which is like a blog, but — it gets things normal blogs don't — like money, actual IT staff and corporate PR sponsorship. Calling the Fastlane a "blog" is like calling the New York Times a "zine."

The Times — Again [Fastlane]

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