Friday, February 22, 2008

...problems of access...

The problem with giving away your best stuff in interviews or public access sessions can be shown in the following example.

Anyone who listens to This American Life already heard about this headline on February 12, when they went behind-the-scenes at The Onion. I laughed at it thoroughly then, but experienced unsettling deja vu when I saw it on The Onion feed today. Once that passed, I started laughing again, only slightly less strenuously.