Fox hates critics

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MCN's David Poland has written a calm, intelligent, maturely reasoned assessment of the 20th Century Fox vs. online critics hoo-hah going on right now. It's so calm, intelligent and maturely- reasoned that the sound and smell of the emotional elephant in the room is made even more palpable than if Poland had acknowledged its presence.

I heard a few minutes ago from a reputable online critic and commentator, and while I'm sure he would strive to put his thoughts together in a mature Poland-like manner if he were to address this issue in print, he has no problems with acknowledging the elephant in private. The piece I posted an hour or two ago is "on the right track," he said. "Fox has declared war. We've been on the receiving end of this for a few years, and no one gave a shit because it was just us. Now that Fox is widening their attitude to everyone, people are now paying attention. Fox hates critics. Fox hates the press. Fox hates their audience. That is the truth."

I don't know if that's altogether true, but I know that things have gotten emotional lately. Unduly and needlessly, I would add. I don't wanna pickle. I just wanna ride on my motorsickle.