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>Gute, your smarmy defenses of the snobbery at the PG >never quite hit the mark, in part because your furtive >attempts at wit are never terribly witty. I recall >your previous attempt to defend Shribman and his "too >good for the Burgh" approach to editing where you >proclaimed him all-knowing and all-powerful, able to >control the staff as if the Guild contracts did not >exist. > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.voy.com/158430/13319.html">http://www. >voy.com/158430/13319.html</a> > >Now you try, with no more success (or real humor), to >defend the utterly snobby elitism of Millman, which is >well-documented on this site in a multitude of >criticisms. At a time the PG continues to hemorrhage >readers and ad revenue, the paper seems bent on saving >its declining fortunes not by dumbing down or >attempting to go more local, an approach other papers >trying to survive are taking, but by INCREASING their >highbrow content, thinking it's cute for Millman to >lecture the yinzers on the fine points of tipping. >She's invested her work with a tone and attitude that >makes her a half-assed journalistic version of "My >Fair Lady's" Henry Higgins, trying to bring the >bellowing, insular Yinzers UP in the world! > >Were she doing this in a low-keyed way sans her >irritating from-on-high tone, it might be a good >thing. That, unfortunately, isn't the case. She talks >down to readers, much like you do. She thinks she's >educating them. That she doesn't know the difference >makes her all the more pitiful, just as your inability >to differentiate between humor and smugness showcases >your own inability to see the forest for the trees. > >A fact you can't or won't accept, Gute, is that >Pittsburgh is a mix of 25% highbrow and 25% lowbrow >for the most part, with about 50% middlebrow. To you, >it's okay for the PG to appeal increasingly to the >top, looking down its nose on the region's lowly >minions. It's pathetic, and your sense of >condescension affirms the validity of the criticisms. > >When this approach hastens the PG's demise and >Scaife's North Shore propaganda rag is all that's >left, when the Brown Box on the Boulevard is empty, >Shribman has a cushy academic gig elsewhere and >Millman and friends collect unemployment because they >were playing to Fox Chapel, Sewickley and Shadyside >and other havens of the privileged, come back and give >us another snotty defense of why the Mt. Olympus >approach was worth it. > >>People can think about Greece, imagine Grecian fare >>without actually getting on a plane, I think. Some >>people have really active imaginations and can let >>their minds go to Greece even if they are in >>Bloomfield. And you can buy Grecian food here, at >>Giant Eagles in the international foods aisles even, >>and maybe even reconstruct the food at their homes >>here that is talked about in Greece. I think local >>bookstores might even have some Grecian food >cookbooks! >>But I think everyone missed the point. She really >>wrote about "Grease," on Broadway (Grease is the >>word), starring Taylor Hicks (right, the bomb-out >>American Idol winner from a few years ago who is >>really 63 years old). >>Or maybe some would like it better if she just >>reviewed the McDonald's of the Damned, at Stanwix and >>Liberty, Dahntahn, over and over and over. (Hey, those >>breakfast McGriddles 'n' 'at are still pretty good, >>yinz guys, so wait till they go on sale and pop over >>there and grab a couple for $3.) >>Or China could review food in China, or just stay and >>review food in Millman ... er, Millvale. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>Oh, ineffectual Millman defender, please be advised >>>this was NOT a travel article. It was a "hey, PG >>>readers! If you ever get to Greece, eat in these >neato >>>places! I did! See where I get to go while you Yinzer >>>shlubs are hanging at LeMont, Primanti's or Eat 'N >>>Park?" >>> >>>Betcha the piece made Shribman's or Allison's day. >You >>>know how those highbrows are! >>> >>>>OMG...a newspaper running a TRAVEL ARTICLE???? >>They've >>>>got to be kidding! This is outrageous! I am >>>>shocked...SHOCKED! I am writing a strongly worded >>>>letter to the editor! >>>> >>>>>Is the P-G kidding? China Millman writes a lead >>>Sunday >>>>>article on where to find the best meals in Greece? >>>How >>>>>many P-G readers are going to Greece? Is this paper >>>>>deliberately trying to be totally irrelevant as >part >>>>>of some giant inside joke? >>>>> >>>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09158/975129-3 >4 >>. >>>s >>>>t >>>>>m">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09158/975129-34.s >t >>m >>>< >>>>/ >>>>>a>

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