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Date Posted: 13:11:59 07/09/09 Thu
Author: Moderately Uncharitable
Subject: Re: Hey! Bennett won a prize...AND YOU DIDN'T!
In reply to: First person 's message, "Re: Hey! Bennett won a prize...AND YOU DIDN'T!" on 09:41:08 07/09/09 Thu

Who is criticizing her on a personal level? It seems to me the barbs of most posters are directed at precisely what you cite: her "self-referential 'sense of humor' " (a good description) plus the fact she's rarely humorous and less clever than she thinks. We're really on the same page.

But I do think her ego drives a lot of it. And I wonder why PG higher ups are so blind to it.

>OK, I've tried to remain objective while reading all
>of the lathering criticism of this writer, much of
>which seems to be personal rather than professional.
>
>But, yeah, her exceedingly self-referential "sense of
>humor" is really, really annoying.
>
>And enough about the National Society of Newspaper
>Columnists already.
>
>Nobody cares.
>
>There are governors disappearing to South America and
>celebrities dropping like flies in this country.
>Perhaps there might be some fresh material there?
>
>
>>
>>Let me see. The current President of the National
>>Society of Newspaper Columnists wins a third place
>>prize given by that group. And she doesn't see the
>>incongruity in mentioning this.
>>
>> >>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982585-151.
>s
>>tm">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982585-151.st
>m
>>

>>
>>Judge for yourself,folks.

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