A while back, I was pretty critical of one Michael Zitz. In fact here’s a summary. Turns out, he is the bigger man because he stated that an article of his may have contained some factual errors. Yes, he finally did the noble thing and admitted that his research may have been mistaken and he thanked me for my time.

No, I jest. He did no such thing. He left more childish comments and attacked me personally again. He has a history of saying dumb things. Says the ever mature Michael Zitz:

Just to show how pathetic you are, Ace, I’ve received one email generated by your ramblings in the three weeks since you posted this.

But you did get the message? Right? Who’s pathetic? The guy with a column who feels the need to come onto my pathetic little website, fail to prove me wrong, and point out that my pathetic little website is a pathetic little website; or me, the guy with the pathetic little website. I should point out that on Google’s ranking system, my site ranks 5 out of 10, as does the site that Michael Zitz works for. I score the same in Google ranks as his employer? Not bad for a pathetic little website.

And, my, my. Did you make a mistake? I guess your Google search produces different results from mine.

It’s been three weeks since I posted the link and three weeks ago I was the number one google for Michael Zitz. After this post, I’m sure I’ll be back up there again in a week. But notice that unlike Michael Zitz, I addressed the issue. On a related note, in October of 2003, I was the number one google for spiked bracelets but that has changed too. Google’s data changes all the time.

How about an apology for your lack of attention to detail, Mr. Media Watchdork?

Dork? Nice, coming from a professional writer who is known to the public. No apology needed. I did give an explanation (i.e., google changes searches all the time), which is better than you have when confronted with your own inadequacies.

And about your attention to detail: Before, I thought that you were ignorant and merely responded poorly to criticism. Now that we’ve had a few exchanges, I realize that you must be aware of the factual inaccuracies and are choosing not to address them. Therefore, you are a liar.

In fact, to continue with the theme of posting his email, which I don’t really do because I think swarms of people will email him (though I am disappointed only one of you did), I do so on the off chance I might be heard, which happened. But email him if you must, I will:

Email Michael Zitz.

And I like the phrase Media Watchdork, I think I’ll use it.

Posted in uncategorized on May 4th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |