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>"lie"? Who here said "lie"? Old Methuselah said >"untruthful statements". "lie" is your word and it is >now your lie and you can tell it any way you want. >"pull the sticks out of your asses"? Ouch! > >>You people really need to pull the sticks out of your >>asses. I didn't think most of the staffers were >>nearing 40, but obviously I was wrong. I didn't claim >>I had the inside track. I didn't cast it as though I >>knew for sure, either. Anyway -- good for you, though. >>You caught a Tribber in a "lie!" (??) That's A1, hands >>down. >>BTW, I don't know that Jennifer! writes for the p.m. >>exclusively. She's an insert that Trib and Gateway >>uses. >> >>>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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