Hello and welcome to episode 35 of Diversity Hire. Today’s guest was Tommy Craggs, and we had a rollicking conversation about an era of media we are still trying to understand: the reign of Gawker. We dove into Tommy’s time as the editor Deadspin and later the executive editor of Gakwer and what both of those sites contributed to what we now call THE DISCOURSE. We also talked about the halcyon days of NY media, why blogging sucks, arbiters of bad faith and the climate around cultural politics, and finally a question I’m sure you guys have been thinking about for ages: What even is journalism?
glad to hear the Kyrie defense — no one brings up Shaq saying the earth is flat "because I drive from Florida to California all the time and it looks flat to me," whereas Kyrie's flat earth comments came from a broader point about not trusting hegemonic interpretations of history + the need to do independent research: "I've seen a lot of things that my educational system has said that was real that turned out to be completely fake. I don't mind going against the grain in terms of my thoughts."
glad to hear the Kyrie defense — no one brings up Shaq saying the earth is flat "because I drive from Florida to California all the time and it looks flat to me," whereas Kyrie's flat earth comments came from a broader point about not trusting hegemonic interpretations of history + the need to do independent research: "I've seen a lot of things that my educational system has said that was real that turned out to be completely fake. I don't mind going against the grain in terms of my thoughts."