Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Frikken' Frak

Apparently the Associated Press has tired for the nonce of writing about how bad Hurricane Gustav almost was but wasn't, or how the Democrats are downplaying the news about Sara Palin's daughter even though the news agencies want to play it up. So they've turned to a long ago blog post from my cousin Lee Goldberg for a news item. Specifically, Lee wrote to praise original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA producer Glen Larsen for introducing the made-up curse word "frak" to the American vocabulary with that late-'70's series -- a word that caught on recently with the critically-acclaimed remake of Galactica. The reporter interviews Lee, interviews Larson (who complains about the remake), interviews folks connected with the new series, interviews "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, and even interviews mystery writer Robert Crais and the art director at Tor Books.

Yes, the AP hurled its legendary news-gathering skills into chronicling the sociopolitical impact of a made-up "F" word. And yet, while they mention Lee's TV writing cred, they don't plug his books. Feldercarb.

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