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>He's a critic / columnist, and as such he offers >opinions along with TV news reporting. Is this any >different than a baseball columnist saying that player >so-and-so deserves a vote for an All-Star game? No. >You obviously don't like Rob Owen. That's fine. >Opinions are like sphincters - we all have them. But >to suggest a TV critic can't offer an opinion, that >this little blurb was "over the line" -- jeez, I'm >just not seeing it. It's a blog. Opinions are >expressed. Views are espoused. Welcome to 2002. > > > >>Well, Wendy lost out. Obviously the judges in the >>contest had more sense than some of us had feared. Too >>bad they didn't get Rob in that contest. If he'd have >>won he could have told Kelly how many stars he met out >>at the TV critics extravaganza and NAMED THEM! >> >>>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. >>> >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin >/ >>a >>>rchive/2009/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx">ht >t >>p >>>://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2 >0 >>0 >>>9/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx</a> >>> >>>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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