18.8.07

LOLing: Stephen Colbert talks to Andrew Keen about why the internet is worse than the Nazis

I think I've found the secret to getting media attention - if you say something that is completely counter-intuitive and derogatory about the internet and the blogosphere, you'll appear to be "the other side of the argument" and in the name of balance, the media will be all over you and your irrational theories.

Fortunately the great Stephen Colbert is a little smarter than that and he got Andrew Keen, author of Cult of Amateurs, on his show to talk through his case.

Andrew Keen has been described as a "notorious spammer, failed Web 1.0 entrepreneur, blog-hating blogger, and luddite troll author" - on the boing boing blog granted but I know who's opinion I value more