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>It always occurred to me that management there must >assume Bennett has some sort of following. She always >struck me as somebody whose view of her talents is way >out of proportion to reality. When the PG did that >short lived, awful daily "web cast," she sometimes >hosted it and tried to come off like a Comedy Central >host and didn't do even that very well. If she had >real columnist charisma she'd be syndicated by now. No >syndicator, be it print, online or whatever is going >to buy this kind of punchless stuff. She should stick >to her hospital PR gig. Considering how many >journalists are out of work she's lucky to have gotten >even that! > >>This is true. She left the paper. Why keep her on as a >>freelance columnist when she's no better now than she >>was on staff? She got a PR gig somewhere. She clearly >>would have made a move to the big time at some point >>if she had it. She doesn't have it. As the paper >>shrinks I wonder how many columnists they even really >>need. >> >>>This columnist's writing is more clever than funny, >>>and she clearly struggles to generate relevant >topics. >>> >>>Your life better be pretty darned interesting if you >>>expect people to be entertained by it week after >week. >>> >>>>Why does the PG waste their time printing this >>>baloney? >>>> >>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09155/974671-15 >1 >>. >>>s >>>>tm?cmpid=bcpanel0">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09 >1 >>5 >>>5 >>>>/974671-151.stm?cmpid=bcpanel0</a> >>>> >>>>If Ms. Bennett were any good she'd be writing for a >>>>way bigger market than Pittsburgh regardless of her >>>>standing with that national newspaper columnists >>>>association she's involved with. Her columns are >>>>generally silly and trifling. They read like she's >>>>writing them to amuse herself not anyone else. A >>>>two-seat bicycle trip as a means to amuse people? >>>> >>>>There might be a columnist who could make this work >>>>but it would have to be someone with considerably >>more >>>>talent and wit than Samantha Bennett.

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