Newmarks score in mixed doubles

The Newmarks – Craig at Newmark’s Door and wife Betsy at Betsy’s Page – are a great mixed doubles blog team.

They proved that again today when they went up against columnist Marc Gunter and the powerful Fortune/CNN Money. com media empire.

Gunter and Fortune/CNN Money. com tried to ace the Newmark’s with a “people have too much media choice for their own good” serve.

But Craig easily returned service without even moving from his baseline position :

In my opinion, this is a really dopey idea, but it's rarely expressed so openly: a Fortune writer argues that "the explosion of choice has left us poorer in at least two arenas".

One: choice is hurting the mainstream media. Oooooh, cry me a river.

Two: choice is hurting our politics. Why? In part because "people can now filter the news and opinion they get to avoid exposure to ideas with which they disagree"[…]

Why do I suspect that the real complaint here is that yes, Conservatives more or less used to have to read the New York Times and the Washington Post and watch ABC, CBS, and NBC, but now--damn it all--we don't?

Worn out by that kind of baseline play, Gunter and Fortune/CNN Money.com were in no shape to volley when Betsy rushed the blog net and slammed:

And if all the choices are paralyzing you, just go back to buying the same old stuff you always bought. Hey, you can even watch CBS news if you want.

And don't you remember the 1960s and 1970s as that period in history when Americans were united so totally. No one needed to protest in the streets or complain about the government or criticize pop culture because we were all exposed to those same few networks and newspapers. Oh, wait.....that didn't happen. Oops. There goes the whole thesis.

Game, set, and match to the Newmarks.