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>how bout Knox and Pastrick to start? I won't give >their ages but 33 ain't but a memory like Rolling Rock >from Latrobe. >don't know about anymore pm "staffers" per say but how >bout often contributers like old Mike Seate and, say >it ain't so, Joe Starkey and who writes that Family >Inc. thing? Jennifer Antkowiak? yeah, she's not 33 >yet. and Jessica Severs, I won't tell you how old but >it's somewhere 'tween 32 and 34. >the truth is the truth and when a trib kiddie makes >untruthful statements such as yours it's no wonder the >trib has such a high unbelievability factor. > >>I can't think of a pm staffer who's even pushing 33. >> >>>The Trib PM is the result of an attempt at being >>>"edgy" by Trib Kiddies who are pushing 40 and beyond. >>>The problem with "edgy", which is connotative of >>>having a sharp or biting edge and wit, is that >concept >>>is in a state of constant change and that makes it >>>always elusive and then you must know, who at any >>>given time, is defining what edgy is because that >>>would be your target audience. >>>A fine example is the myth of the "Sixties". In my >>>estimation the defining depth of that label lasted >for >>>7 or 8 years; 1963 brought the Beatles and in 1970 or >>>71, Kent State and the Pentagon papers. The end. >Yeah, >>>you might hear these things discussed occasionally, >>>but Woodstock, Peter, Paul & Mary, Led Zeppelin, the >>>Grateful Dead, the Beatles and Stones, Carnaby >Street, >>>psychedelia, Martin Luther King, the Haight-Ashbury >>>and Don and Deanna On Bleecker Street (1982-85 -wow, >>>that lasted a long time) all have one thing in >common, >>>their time is past. >>>And the Trib Kiddies time is also past. The "edgy" >>>thing is self defeating. What are you going to do to >>>fix it? Hire new Trib Kiddies who are 20 years old or >>>younger which is what this edgy thing is all about. >>>First you'll have to use human resources to >distiguish >>>the cool kids from the nerds because only nerds are >>>cool now but that too is changing, and old Walt from >>>HR ain't never going gonna be up with that. >>>It's a losing proposition. Good journalism is not. >Put >>>out some good journalism, paper or online, tailored >>>toward this region and you will have all the edginess >>>you need. >>>Even Don and Deanna read the NY Times (while lunching >>>on love burgers). >>> >>>>>The only advantage the Trib p.m. has over the PG is >>>>>that people enjoy reading Trib p.m. That's all. >>>> >>>>Sure. >>>>All what? 15 people who read the Trib PM?

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