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Date Posted: 03:51:39 07/29/09 Wed
Author: Ted
Subject: Re: Rob Owen: Once too often over the line
In reply to: Highway Robbery 's message, "Rob Owen: Once too often over the line" on 22:34:33 07/28/09 Tue

Who cares? It's his blog.



>I know he has to report. The PG is spending plenty to
>send Rob-O to La-La Land to play celebrity reporter
>and do his unpaid cheerleading for locally produced TV
>shows, his bizarre obsession. But he crossed a line
>that should bring down the wrath of his superiors.
>
> >href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/a
>rchive/2009/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx">http
>://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/200
>9/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx

>
>Since when is it proper for the TV critic to say "Vote
>for Wendy Bell" in a blog? Owen has been critical of
>Bell's on camera mugging and egocentrism in the past.
>He is right to report this event. But in THIS MANNER?
>
>It's one more nauseating manifestation of Rob-O's
>"rah-rah" mentality for the hometown team. It is
>unethical and unprofessional. PG Editors should ponder
>what to do. Maybe if Shribman knew who Owen was he
>might be concerned. He damn well should be. Owen's
>actions prove he's not even fit to work for Trib Total
>Media or the BCT.
>
>He proudly hypes his membership in Television Critics
>Association. But he is not a TV critic at all. Based
>on "work" of this sort, he comes off a a shallow,
>showbiz-dazzled youngster with a travel budget and an
>ego, nothing more.
>
>It's time the PG began acting like the "great
>newspaper" it claims to be and put a stop to his
>blatant promotional blurbs disguised as journalism.

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