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>I would say that Scaife's antics are super duper >bizarre and would be difficult to understate. Like the >time during their continuing divorce battle, Scaife >had his wife's dog, Beauregard, stolen out of the her >back yard and then erected a sign in his front yard a >block away that read "Welcome home, Beauregard", to >taunt her. Or the time he had a reporter looking for >Russian soldiers in the Allegheny National Forest. >Should I go on. I can, endlessly! > >>Yeah...like talking off your clothes and barking at >>the moon, or doing the same thing in my living room. >> >>One is bizarre. One is super duper bizarre. There are >>levels. Quit reading the dictionary, that's boring. >> >>>"Scaife's bizarre antics (while bizarre) are >>>tremendously >>>overstated" >>> >>>bizarre - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or >>>unusual >>> >>>overstated - represented as greater than is true or >>>reasonable >>> >>>Hmmm, can bizarre be overstated? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>This post is so full of over-the-top bs and gummed >up >>>>by the bizarre 'wear sunscreen' crap that it almost >>>>shouldn't be taken seriously. Almost. After all, >it's >>>>April Fool's Day. >>>> >>>>I'm a former Trib staff writer and left for greener >>>>pastures. In this post and many others, Scaife's >>>>bizarre antics (while bizarre) are tremendously >>>>overstated and the shame really is on the dolt who >>>>wrote this. >>>> >>>>There was, is and will continue to be good >>journalists >>>>writing at the Trib (frequently scooping the hell >out >>>>of the PG). Examples? Did you happen to read their >>>>organ transplant coverage? Remind me again what is >>the >>>>last really great series the PG ran. >>>> >>>>Scaife ain't the first lunatic with an agenda to own >>a >>>>newspaper, and he won't be the last. So their >>>>editorial pages may make them laughingstocks more >>than >>>>occasionally. >>>> >>>>Sometimes those antics do have a sad impact on news >>>>judgment, but not nearly like has been described >>here. >>>>Does it influence what story or photos makes it to >>>>page 1 sometimes? Yeah. I'm sure that's only >happened >>>>at the Trib. >>>> >>>>And what the hell did Dave Copeland and the rest of >>us >>>>morally upright folks who chose to leave find out >>>>about REAL LIFE, that getting a book published and >>>>getting a book published that sells are two >>strikingly >>>>different things? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>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_ >5 >>5 >>>9 >>>>6 >>>>>59.html">http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib >/ >>s >>>_ >>>>5 >>>>>59659.html</a> >>>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>>href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtri >b >>/ >>>o >>>>p >>>>>inion/columnists/whispers/s_559713.html">http://www >. >>p >>>i >>>>t >>>>>tsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists >/ >>w >>>h >>>>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 >? >>o >>>i >>>>d >>>>>=10840">http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.as >p >>x >>>? >>>>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?s >h >>o >>>w >>>>t >>>>>opic=11403">http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index >. >>p >>>h >>>>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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