A Letter To Our Legal Department

Published by Tech Spoofs | Filed under Sometimes Our Editor Scares Us

I hate to break down the 4th wall and talk directly too you but I have to get something off my chest. You know, the guys over in Legal are always getting on my case about publishing things that — every once in a while — might not contain as much truth as they do say lies. They’re always moaning about Libel this and Journalistic Integrity that, and I’m just like, “are you guys new?”

Blogging is about making things up! That’s why we’re here folks. Look at Valleywag or say anything on Techmeme. Sometimes I’m not sure whether I’m reading a Valley gossip message board or some kind of San Francisco fan fiction site. It’s great.

When was that last time you saw a blogger lower himself to “journalistic standards?” If we wasted time doing that, we’d never get our 17 daily news bytes published — then we might as well just be the New York Times.

That’s not to say that we don’t try, it’s just that — well, rumors are rent-to-own, hype is cheap, and in our case lies are free. Simple economics people. Our entire budget goes towards company “retreats” in Vegas and promotional teeshirts for the Interns, so we can’t waste precious resources on hiring a fact checker.

So to our lawyers, welcome to the Interwebs. Now you know why we pay you so much.

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