or not. The outcome should be apparent by the time this Diary slips off the home page.
Is the heading misleading? "Vague" is not a synonym. Neither is "cryptic." Almost as great as my objection to HuffPo as a players-only blog (upon closer inspection I discover it encompasses 300 "closest friends," so pardon my memory for the "200 or") is the derivative nature of said site. As I mentioned in the preceding Diary, many of the entries - most notably from Nation writers - appear there after having been posted with the writer's affiliate publication. I find that redundant, and anyone interested in betting that it actually occurred in reverse sequence I'll match your amount and raise you the national debt.
As others have noted, many seem to have been written in much haste with little or no care. I can easily envision Ms. Huffington's invitation eliciting an unstated but undeniably implied, "Sure, I'll humor you. Who knows. You may be in a position to do me a favor some day."
Craig Crawford, anyone?
Did I say "undeniably"? I suppose just as anything can happen (theoretically, that is), anything can be denied. Just include the caveats: "Prove it," "In my opinion," or my personal favorite, "Well, what about..." as if truth requires proof, facts don't trump opinion, and well, what about "what about..."? Don't liberals disdain conservatives for diversionary tactics? And how about "I don't believe"? When a character in the movie "Atlantic City" exclaimed, "I don't believe in gravity" I inserted my own dialogue, "You don't? Then jump off the roof and find out whether it believes in you."
Of course, some threads originate there. Some are fully-fleshed. And many are well-written. But it's a prima facie truism that by virtue of identity and status, these big shots could be featured in numerous other platforms. It's been designed that way by the mistress of ceremonies herself.
As for the articles, there are many. And by the time I click (now used to click) HuffPo I've read them in my newspaper or one of the newspapers I read online.
It's a head-jerking experience to be denounced and ridiculed for expanding upon a controversy three days after the proprietor of this website was praised for his clarifications of a misinterpreted remark. For writing an "and furthermore" only to receive an inconsistent, contradictory response. Yet, in retrospect, the conundrum makes eminent sense. As it concerns renown, Kos and Huffington are on one side of the spectrum. While I barely register on the other.