Predictably Called Out...

And predictably responding in kind, in precisely the manner I said I would last week.

How is it, after a founding contributor explicitly stated that it is contrary to DCist policy to treat Baltimore as being under your local purview, that today you feel justified to include a photograph of a Baltimorean landmark, in a neighborhood that it is unlikely that you’ve ever heard of, in a feature that is ostensibly supposed to be about Washington D.C.?

Is it that you’ve decided to change your policy? Are Baltimorean professional sports teams now going to receive equal coverage to your own sports teams? Or any coverage at all? Or are you too good to cover the sports teams supported by our common, working class ilk?

Oh look, and you’re covering Bengie’s now too. In the very next post, even. How adorable. It's funny how these Baltimorean posts always come in clusters with you. But I guess this is no longer an issue, as obviously you are effectively declaring that a minimum of at least 33% of your material is guaranteed to be centric to the Baltimorean metropolitan area. That's right, a minimum of 33% of Baltimorean local music... 33% of Baltimorean local dining... 33% of Baltimorean local everything else... except sports, of course. You're going to give us 50% of that. After all, anything less would be exploitive, wouldn't it? But I don't need to explain that to you anymore. Obviously, we're all one big happy family now, right?

When do you plan to make the big announcement that you are changing your name to BaltimoreandDCist.com? When are you going to introduce your Baltimorean editorial staff? Wow. It is a big day for the GothamistLLC, isn’t it? Two separate cities are going to receive equal editorial standing on a single Ist page. What a bold and clumsy experiment it will be.