I suppose it’s a tribute to how good the Thomas Friedman Op-Ed Generator is that I thought it wasn’t working — that this column was an actual Friedman piece. Then I read more than halfway through it, and thought, “Oh, sweet.”
Auto-Friedmanism
10 Responses to Auto-Friedmanism
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Dan Davis says:
That’s hilarious!
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Fran Macadam says:
So, Friedman is using this site himself, now. Easier done, than said.
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Brett R. says:
“Canada: The Next India or the Next Pakistan?” had me in stitches.
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EngineerScotty says:
Obviously, Canada is both. Ontario and the western provinces is Pakistan, Quebec is India, and the Maritime Provinces are Bangladesh.
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M_Young says:
I’d like to see the source code. Surely opening it up under a GNU license would result in an automated Krugman, Will, and Ignatieff in short order.
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MikeS says:
The Bob Herbert column generator was pretty good too. The NYT could cut costs by just relying on auto-generators and get rid of the actual columnists — few would notice. Krugman has become auto-generator-worthy also.
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elvisd says:
After finally getting around to reading “The World Is Flat”, I can say that this is pretty on the mark. Remember the “Friedman Unit”?
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TWylite says:
The Mustache Of Understanding (TM)
http://mustacheofunderstanding.blogspot.com/search/label/mustache%20of%20understanding
Mandatory links to Matt Taibbi.