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>"Bingo Bob" Hoover is a textbook case of an >over-the-hill, egotistical PG staffer who should have >taken the buyouts but did not. He has always had >delusions of grandeur, sees himself as some avenging >literary angel, but he comes off as a bloviating >windbag most of the time. This despicable and >irresponsible act proves why he's a liability to the >PG. I have to wonder what earthly good he serves at a >paper that is imploding by the hour. Why they need a >"book editor" in their current deteriorating state is >anyone's guess. Seeing Bingo, the pompous Baby Boomer, >on that pathetic "webcast" of his only reinforces the >notion this guy has run his course. The situation >here leaves the reader wondering if perhaps Hoover >couldn't get a book published himself so he became a >critic instead, and not even a good one at that. And >the entire sorry mess is a sobering reminder what a >cluster#@* the PG has become as the ad money dries up >and Shribman tries to maintain a collapsing facade of >excellence. I detest the Trib with all my heart. It is >everything horrible anyone ever said it was. But >reading this, I can see why some posters here say that >in its own way, the declining quality of the PG is >making it nearly as bad. If they keep going this >direction, in the end no one will care which paper >survives. > >>I sit here watching this drama unfold and wonder why >>anybody has yet to bring up this nugget of >information. >> >>It's really a perfect example of how one mistake in >>any newspaper can be fatal. Can you imagine the fate >>of the PG if a lawsuit were to be filed? >> >> >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09116/965297-109. >s >>tm">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09116/965297-109.st >m >></a>

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