care about this.

i guess i don't really worry all that much about fair use and the legal implications of pointing out negative attributes of more powerful media entities, mostly because i've never had to. i'm toiling in profound obscurity here at pretentious hack inc., and the vast stretches of meaningless patter connecting the posts where i'm attempting to actually say something probably make me seem harmless enough to anyone who comes across my "work." more importantly, i've never cost anyone an advertising contract—and negative publicity is just publicity until it starts to cut into the revenue.

spocko, by calling advertisers funding the san francisco–based radio station ksfo and asking them if they actually stand behind the vile things being said on the air, has offended the accountants at abc/disney (the station's owners), and they, in turn, are attempting to smother spocko with a lawsuit-shaped pillow. this is a beastly abuse of power; all of the media he sampled was well within fair-use bounds, and advertisers have a right (some might go so far as to say an obligation) to know what they're supporting. if the highly offensive statements spocko's brought to light are hurting the business, the business ought to take it out on the makers of the statements, not the whistle blower. but what a crazy dreamer i am, daring to imagine a corporation choosing to hold itself accountable for its own wrongdoings.

i wondered for a second if maybe i was being a little hypocritical, after all my passionate avowals of my desire to punch glenn beck and others in the face. and that could very well be the case, but here's the conclusion i came to: i said that i would like to punch glenn beck in the face, not that i or anyone else actually ought to punch glenn beck in the face, and i didn't giggle about it at the end. besides, even if i were serious and followed through, beck would recover, seeing as i have the upper-body strength of a small child with a wasting disease. i have never, not once, suggested anyone mutilate his body or take his life, and i wouldn't. big difference. and i don't even have a sponsor; i choose not to recommend giving people i don't like the chair of my own free will.

must be why abc keeps throwing out my résumé.