The Lede

First question: Why?
Um, clarify.
OK, why another damn blog I'm not inclined to read?
First Answer: I don't know. You're reading it, aren't you?
Second answer: Because I'm a spiteful mofo.
Final Answer: I'm a hell of a reporter who deserves to be heard.
Second question/retort: Big deal, you self-righteous, self-aggrandizing fool. What makes you different from all the other media blowhards?
First (and only) answer to the second question/retort: Well, I'm not self-righteous, and certainly not a self-aggrandizer. And I'm not really a media blowhard. I don't intend to blow the lid off Gannett. Or expose the hypocrisy of Fox News or The New York Times. I've either quit because I was going to get fired or have been actually fired from my last two (not-so-prestigious) gigs because I'm not so good with deadlines or anxiety. So I'm too damaged to be on the same level as the Romeneskos, Gawkers, or Kurtzes...es.
Third question (er, comment disguised as a question): So you're completely unqualified to publish anything regarding newspapers, magazines and the lot?
Final answer (because I'm getting bored with this effect): Actually, I believe I'm perfectly qualified because I'm a lot more like the vast majority of reporters and writers out there who aren't the Romeneskos, Gawkers, or Kurtzes...es, but are beating the crap out of themselves on a daily basis praying for lunch with David Granger or a two-year contract with the Worldwide Leader. Most are good enough, but most will never see the day. Basically, I'm sort of the Reporter's Reporter. An Everyreporter, if you will. Except, I don't have a real reporter's job right now.