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>Sorry, Mr. Journalist. It's "Doug's" Motel. > >>This was initially going to be a comment in reply to >>the post: >>Top Ten Reasons Scaife Loves the Clintons -- D. >>Letterman >>But after reading the 2 references below, I got so >>pissed off that I felt it necessary to write another >>post. <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_559 >6 >>59.html">http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_ >5 >>59659.html</a> >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/o >p >>inion/columnists/whispers/s_559713.html">http://www.pi >t >>tsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/wh >i >>spers/s_559713.html</a> >>I worked at the Trib but left in disgust a couple of >>years ago, although due to the necessary withdrawal >>and purging process, it seems like yesterday. >>So this is a note to the Tribbers. It is by >>coincidence that it reads like 'Wear Sunscreen', >>written by Mary Schmich, a columnist for the Chicago >>Tribune and wrongly attributed to Kurt Vonnegut. >>There is life outside of the Trib. Real LIFE! Ask some >>of those who have moved on such as Dave Copeland, or >>the anonynous fellow who in reaction to this: (from)-- >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oi >d >>=10840">http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx? >o >>id=10840</a> >>"In the final days of the 2000 presidential campaign, >>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publisher Richard Mellon >>Scaife, a longtime conservative activist, ordered all >>photographs and prominent mentions of Democratic >>presidential candidate Al Gore removed from the front >>page of the paper. As a result, the paper’s >>pre-election Sunday edition had a front page featuring >>George W. Bush in every campaign-related headline and >>photograph. A story about a Gore rally held in >>Pittsburgh, originally slated to run alongside a Bush >>piece on the front page, was moved to the inside of >>the paper. According to an account in the Pittsburgh >>Post-Gazette. Tribune-Review managing editor Robert >>Fryer ‘tried to dissuade Scaife but was overruled.’" >>-Did this: >>"One of Scaife's reporters was so pissed he broke it >>to the competition. When Gore was campaigning in >>Pittsburgh against Bush and the Trib put his photo on >>the front page, Scaife called and reamed them out and >>told them in no uncertain terms that only Bush >>pictures were to be on the front page of his >>newspaper." >> >>Those, my Trib friends, are real journalists. Those >>left behind, YOU, are just the same as Tammy Sue >>Vasco. She, of Walt's Motel fame. >>You are engaged in the same profession as Tammy Sue. >>Make no mistake. Morally and ethically, you do the >>same bidding. Scaife's bidding. >>Sing. >>Accept certain inalienable truths: >>Politicians and newspapermen will philander. >>You, too, will get old. >>And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you >>were young, politicians and newspapermen were noble. >>And then you will remember. It was you who allowed >>this to happen. >>Floss. >>Don't expect anyone else to support you. Especially >>Scaife. Stick your finger into the winds blowing on >>Martindale St. >>Holy shit, one day it's Bush, next day it's Hillary. >>Dance. >>Don't try to figure it out. With Scaife no real logic >>applies. Only one thing is important and remember >>this, it is your integrity that is at stake. >>Hillary speaks civilly to Scaife and he is immediately >>smitten, abandoning years of hated? Or could it be a >>simple childish reaction since it has become known >>that his ex-wife supports Obama. >>Stretch. >>You have become Scaife's enablers. I do not wish to >>call names. My only wish is to have you consider what >>I am trying to say so that you may look outside of >>your box and perhaps realize that you have some hard >>questioning to do of yourselves. Wake up and save >>yourselves. >>As others have boldly said before me, it is time to >>jump ship. >>Get plenty of calcium. >>Scoff and laugh at me but the truth remains, Scaife is >>a hollow child without real conviction. He is driven >>by revenge apparently due to deep seated childhood >>trauma because of his cold and sarcastic, alcoholic >>mother, Sarah. >>Or maybe: >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?show >t >>opic=11403">http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.ph >p >>?showtopic=11403</a> >>Read post 2 on this site. Scary! >>Travel. >>You are part of Scaife's insane world. Without his >>dependable minions, YOU, he would not be able to >>function as he does. >>You can NOT consider yourselves to be journalists and >>be part of Scaife's lunacy. >>Scream all you want and beat the hell out of me but at >>the same time, look into your soul and decide what how >>you wish others to see and judge you and how you judge >>yourselves. >>Don't mess too much with your hair. >>I sickens me to see my ex-fellow journalists at the >>Trib smoozing and a--kissing anything Scaife comes up >>with. >>I was going to mention those that I am particularly >>sickened with but you know the cast of characters, >>from Frank Craig on down to the wanna-be phototech who >>would sell his soul to gain recognition from Scaife. >>Research Scaife's life. Lot's of stuff on the WWW. >>Get out while you still have a soul. >>But trust me on the sunscreen.

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