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>Well, you may be prostituting yourself if you >continue to work for Scaife, but you're not upgrading >your status if you work for the likes of Beltway Dave >at the PG, either. > >>Fact: The most defensive Trib-Kiddies are usually >>deeply humiliated the newspaper they work for has such >>little credibility, its modest and overhyped "awards" >>notwithstanding. That's why they respond so >>defensively to any slight or ridicule. They know >>they're employed by an entity that leaves them as the >>journalistic equivalent of low-end carnival workers >>and they just can't stand the way it hurts their >>self-esteem. So they get angry and vent on the other >>paper. >> >>Not that the PG has anything to brag about either. >>It's nothing more than a jerkwater rag staffed by >>elitist egomaniacs and owned by a family of spoiled >>brats with delusions of NYT-Wash Post grandeur. If >>they can't quit losing money, we'll see where everyone >>there is in a couple years. >> >> >>>The view from your high tower of financial and >>>professional security must be spectacular indeed. >>>I know to some in this forum, petty things like >>>providing for one's family and paying bills are of >>>minimal importance, but the rest of us (and no, I am >>>not an employee of Dicky's Evil Empire) do live in >the >>>real world. >>>Again, not everyone has the good fortune to work at >>>the Realm of All Lightness and Purity that is the >>>Boulevard. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Yah, the hell with ethics!!! >>>> >>>>>Ooooohhhhh. A "huge warning flag." >>>>> >>>>>I'll tell you what raises a huge warning flag. >>Adults >>>>>who think nothing of juvenile name-calling while >>>>>ostensibly pontificating about professional ethics >>on >>>>>anonymous Internet message boards. >>>>> >>>>>One would think a wise, thoughtful person like >>>>>yourself would dutifully avoid a silly term like >>>"Trib >>>>>Kiddies," lest it detract from the seriousness of >>>your >>>>>message. >>>>> >>>>>In reality, your moral indignation suggests more >>>about >>>>>you than anyone else. >>>>> >>>>>Seriously, who gets so worked up such things? >>>>> >>>>>Now please excuse me while I go pay my electric >>bill. >>>>> >>>>>>A continued affiliation with the Trib past this >>>point >>>>>>when the dirty laundry is out in the open and >>>>>>confirmed to be true does certainly reflect on >>those >>>>>>Trib-Kiddies. >>>>>>A resume submitted to another ethical news outlet, >>>>>>stating that the applicant spent more than just a >>>>>>couple of months at the Trib after this lastest >>>round >>>>>>of revelations about Scaife's uninhibited immoral, >>>>>>unethical self-indulgence, should raise a huge >>>>warning >>>>>>flag. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Well, I can imagine some Trib-Kiddies are >sickened >>>>by >>>>>>>the content of the story. Others, aware their >>>>careers >>>>>>>in journalism won't go any further, but continue >>to >>>>>be >>>>>>>in total denial, will shrug it off and try to say >>>it >>>>>>>doesn't reflect on them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>McKnucklehead, Heyl and the hardcore, ideological >>>>>>>faithful will await marching orders from >>>>Frankie-baby >>>>>>>on what the Old Man wants done about this. And >>what >>>>>of >>>>>>>L. Brent "Bozo" Bozell, whose far-right >syndicated >>>>>>>column gets such prominent space on Sundays? >>Scaife >>>>>>>has claimed to be a Libertarian-conservative, but >>>>>>>Bozell is a theocrat and a moralizing cultural >>>>scold. >>>>>>>Those views and are basically incompatible with >>>>>>>libertarianism. Will Bozell vent his moral >outrage >>>>on >>>>>>>Scaife's tawdry side? Don't count on it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>It's been said before and merits repeating. Trib >>>>>Total >>>>>>>Media is a rich man's money-losing playtoy, >>nothing >>>>>>>more. He can buy 20 more papers and start 50 more >>>>>>>magazines. The facts remain what they are. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>They could at least have acknowledged Dennis >>>Roddy. >>>>>>>>Discuss. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>>>>>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte >n >>t >>>/ >>>>a >>>>>r >>>>>>t >>>>>>>i >>>>>>>>cle/2007/10/21/AR2007102101643.html">http://www. >w >>a >>>s >>>>h >>>>>i >>>>>>n >>>>>>>g >>>>>>>>tonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR >2 >>0 >>>0 >>>>7 >>>>>1 >>>>>>0 >>>>>>>2 >>>>>>>>101643.html</a>

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