Not an Insight in Sight

I don't know everything, nor have I ever claimed to, but...

Why are "journalists" who know nothing about The Academy Awards allowed to cover them for major magazines?

Take this small excerpt from Devin Gordon's piece for Newsweek:

Perhaps, by nominating a handful of directors whose films are noteworthy for their cinematic modesty, the actor-heavy Academy is sending him a message again: we’re the stars here, not you.

Hate to break it to you Devin, but the actors in the Academy didn't pick this handful of directors. The directors did. Actors don't get to nominate directors, only pictures and other actors.

Oh, and if you're going to call yourself a journalist, you might want to consider this tool of the trade: Research. And that doesn't mean leaving it up to your readers to do for you:

Eagle-eyed readers can check me on this, but I’ll bet there’s another first: Jamie Foxx is the first black actor ever nominated twice in the same year.

Seriously, thanks to the internet, it would take about five minutes and very little effort to confirm that. Any Oscar trivia site (or The Academy's official site) will tell you that before yesterday, only nine actors had accomplished this feat. A look at who these actors were reveals that they were all white. A more unexpected fact is that Foxx is only the second male actor to be nominated twice in the same year for two different movies.

So thanks for your "insights," Devin.