Dullard@SundayTimes.co.za (revised)

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UPDATE 10th May 2007:
Early this morning I found a recording of a discussion in which Andrew Keen an author is interviewed. In his book, called The Cult of the Amateur, Andrew blames us bloggers for the armageddon befalling traditional media as Mr Bullard does and I wonder which of these two thought of it first?

Mr Keen did write a book about it. It is called The Cult of the Amateur. Dullard wrote a tabloid column about it and in a way references Keen’s view of our alleged amateurism. Mmmm, let me see if my thicko blogger mind can works out who got the idea from whom?

Funny how since I started blogging, I have done more reading of news, listened to more new musical artists and downloaded (paid) more music and read and extended my social horizons beyond my immediate domain in Berkshire to encompass the globe.

If this is what blogging does for me then long live us bloggers!

If however traditional media (which Andrew insists can only be produced by well paid professionals) cannot extend my knowledge, education, social boundaries and musical appreciation to the extent that being a blogger does then guess what Andrew and David - suck on this!

Thanks to Vince for bringing the Dullard to our attention. Vince says everything I can think of that the Sunday Times reporter deserves.

Dullard at the Sunday Times is really pissed at us bloggers for stealing his limelight. So he decided to trash us all and create a massive backwash and blog-profiling back to him. He wanted to us to respond. I have. Maybe I shouldn’t have, but his conceit is beyond belief. He makes me want to puke. He is a very vain, egotistical, opinionated and self centred individual.

He trashed S African bloggers. And he also trashed the rest of blogosphere in doing so too.

He writes:

Most blog sites are the air guitars of journalism. They’re cobbled together by people who wouldn’t stand a hope in hell of getting a job in journalism, mainly because they have very little to say. It’s rather sad how many people think the tedious minutiae of their lives will be of any interest to anyone else.

It’s even sadder when someone reads them.

Dullard is of course a shining example of what a journalist is supposed to be - a dickwad with his head up his ass who believes his own press.

So the dickwad thinks he is a columnist and not just a sleazebag reporter. He tells us the difference between him being an elite “columnist” versus the rest of the pack of “journalists”. Go figure it for yourself here.

In my opinion this Dullard, who goes by the name of David Bullard, appears to think he is just the best thing since sliced bread. I can’t equate sliced bread with a sleazebag called David (Dullard) Bullard.

Sliced bread has a use in society.

See his first videoed response to the furore he has created by clicking on DULLARD

Dullard@SundayTimes.co.za (revised)