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>I went back and read both pieces, I don't think they >were in competition either. At the same time, I have >to agree with the original premise. Owen's blog post >was quite superfluous and I've read enough of his >increasingly shallow work to conclude when the chips >are down, he's simply incapable of producing the kind >of substantive material Carpenter and other veteran >reporters can do almost in their sleep. > >I honestly have to wonder what the paper's management >was thinking when they hired Owen. > >>One was a story about weather forecasting and tornado >>predicting technology, and its shortcomings. The other >>was a series of blog postings about the TV coverage >>side of things. You can argue that Rob's postings were >>superfluous, I suppose, but I don't think they were >>somehow in direct competition with Mackenzie's >>enterprise piece. >> >>>Mackenzie Carpenter on storm TV coverage Friday: >>> >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09170/978427-455 >. >>s >>>tm">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09170/978427-455.s >t >>m >>></a> >>> >>>And Thursday, what do you get from Rob Owen? >>> >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin >/ >>a >>>rchive/2009/06/17/this-time-weather-cut-ins-warranted >. >>a >>>spx">http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/ >a >>r >>>chive/2009/06/17/this-time-weather-cut-ins-warranted. >a >>s >>>px</a> >>> >>>Mac, with much more experience and being many years >>>Rob's senior, positively CLEANED HIS CLOCK with her >>>story. >>> >>>High time the PG bigwigs decided if "the kid" should >>>be covering TV at all since he's increasingly >ignoring >>>it in favor of insipid celebrity journalism. Maybe >he >>>ought to see if Entertainment Tonight is hiring >>>because the paper's take on the storm coverage proves >>>once again he's no real journalist, much less a TV >>>critic. >>> >>>Believe it. Not all the deadwood at the PG is over >40.

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