Hack Attack: Jack White rants about journalists

Anyone can say what the fuck they want? Therefore, I find all journalists to be like baskets full of eggs.

whether you like them or not the Stripes have consisently evolved throughout their history.

But basically he's right.

you big silly

written by someone who aspired to be a journalist in the modern sense rather than a music journalist.

White is secretive and criticises journalists who make things up. The two go together logically.

Strang sounds like a disgruntled gopssip columnist who has the editor screaming in his ear because he has no story.

are you guys really defending journalists now? Pick a side already. Do you trust the media or no?

Any person who writes for a paper or any sort of media outlet are usually very cynical, and with good cause.

Their usual attitude is that people are ultimately stupid because they believe anything they read, even if they print half truths or data that was not fact checked. So yes, jack is onto something.

Sorry i cannot co-sign on this article, not in the least. You can side with Billy Childish, Mr. Strang. But i tend to side with Bob Dylan and Jimmy Page in regards to Mr. White's undeniable talents.

I have to say i'm not surprised that a music journalist would disagree with Jack's recent statements. He's attacking your livelihood, of course you would bash him.

Jack White is a right grouchy old tosser. He makes up his own mythology and then gets angry when people believe it. Twat.

the lot of you.

in the context of newspapers and the NME etcetcetcetcetc

that wasnt true--and the press used it.
They dont do any research....well to be honest if i recieved a press release from the band i.e an official source i would sort of think that it would be true.

hed be more pissed off if they read the press release and then made something up surely?

If i was a festival, for example and put a press release out saying -'Sufjan stevens is headlining'....i wouldnt turn around later and say.....i cant believe you reported that- it was a 'joke'////

moron. and he always sounds like hes ri[pping off the singer in the sweet to me.

And an exceptionally lazy person. Jack White, mad props to you good sir, mad props.

idiot

In Icky Thump it there are weird electronic bagpipe noises. I like them, they make me laugh

a Jornalist-as almost every band is shit and after you have been watching the world of music for a little while, you do notice that hardly any bands have anything to say or can produce anything original so Journalists have to make up things to stay sane.

Jack is not very good either and the white stripes are just famous because they brought old fashioned garage rock to people who had not heard any and his dreadful Raconteurs have brought Led Zep to a new generation.

Journalists are in general sad Smiths fans that dress twee and can't actually communicate verbally so have to write endless drivel and music Journo's all want to be in bands but are even worse than the bands they interview.

isn't totally out of order, god knows a lot of journos are lazy bastards (although that "inherently" comment is a bit insulting, and lazy in itself...), but he is being a bit hypocritical - he moans about the journalists not printing fact, but he puts untruths in his press releases; he hardly ever does interviews to give writers the chance to get answers from the horse's mouth but says we should rely on Google for research (!!!) which as we all know is hardly 100% accurate; and if you ask his PR for info they've usually got their hands tied and can't get an answer for you because the band don't like doing press and simply refuse to respond. So if you want to cover the white stripes, one of the biggest bands in the world, in your magazine/website/newspapre, you don't have many options or sources of solid fact, which can lead to misleading information.
So yeah, fair enough, some journalists can be lazy, but some rock stars can be pretty bloody deluded as well.

that this whole "news" bit may be a LIE? just a play on the whole subject itself?
did someone else already mention this and i just don't know how to read?

i love journalists, i love journalism. it's all about getting people talking. how boring would all this be if there were no forum in which everyone could freely express their musical opinions? journalism is really nothing more than a launching pad for discussion of popular issues, very rarely are they bona fide "fact."

Funny how Strang seems to believe that the White Stripes are renowned for being a 'three-piece' band. Hmm okay...Surely must be a pisstake.
I do honestly reckon music Journo's are probably too pissed up/pranged out to give a fuck about what they write about a band as long as they use a few fancy adjectives to spruce up their blurb then they can pretty much get away with it.
Honestly has anyone been on NME's fucking website? There are so many indiscrepancies and incorrect information about artists that makes me wonder if the people writing this shit should even have a job...Also I've read many free magazines that kick NME's arse on accuracy of information; it pisses me off that a national publication that virtually represents the current climate of music can't get it's facts straight. FFS...
Right, I'll stop ranting about NME now.
Jack White seems to be playing the same game as Journo's, and to be fair making shit up has got to be the way forward...Makes things so much more interesting when you use your imagination.