Kinsley Rebuts Anti-Blogging Quote from Evil Doppelgänger

Someone who seems to think he's Michael Kinsley responded to our cherry-picked quote from Kinsley's talk at the City Club Year in Review event. Watch as we eviscerate his feeble appeal to a coherent "truth." We've seen Rashomon, Kinsley.

I never said (at the City Club event) that bloggers in general are distasteful or that they don't have the right to say anything they want, unpleasant or otherwise.

You should have thought of that before not saying it. Ha. Check! Your move, Kinsley.

In fact, I said the precise opposite. I was describing some comments about me, and they WERE unpleasant. But of course they have the right. And, as I said, blogging nets out a positive force in journalism despite some creeps.

Oh. *scratches chin* The precise opposite isn't very quotable, is it? But okay, we'll live with it.

Thanks for letting me clear that up. It's a sore point, obviously.

Our pleasure. Please accept our apologies for any misunderstanding. Look, how about a new hed: "Kinsley Says Blogging Nets [...] Creeps." Good?

You know, we're big fans of your work. We should totally hang out next time you're on our side of the lake. Been to the new Dilettante's yet? Apropos of nothing, how's the hiring sitch at Slate these days?

(And your registration seems broken.)

Way to ruin the moment, Kinsley.