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mcKenzie- sorry, no can do, but not for the reasons your fevered imagination thinks. No politicians (ewwwww!), not free apartments, no married men. It had to do with them making accusations against my employer for no reason and with no substance. The articles even launched a legal investigation of the organization which was dropped because, as I said, my employer was able to prove the allegations were false. And when that happened, the Post had to write a retraction. The legal costs killed us, we lost contracts- ergo, I was laid off. How many people do you think saw the tiny,grudging but unequivocal retraction as opposed to the number that saw the articles the Post wrote trashing us?
The Post lied and not only shut down a great organization, but damaged the reputation of a really upstanding guy.
So, sorry to not measure up to the lurid tales you were hoping for :-), but take it from me. The Post is a cheap, lying, trash rag. They are unabashadly racist and anti-semitic (if you remember some of their lovelier headlines about Jews) so for me, stories exposing Spitzer’s love life or Rangel’s cheating on his apartment really don’t amount to a hill of beans compared to all the crap they spew. There’s sensationalism and there’s journalism. The last time the NY Post could tell the difference Alexander Hamilton was still polishing his pistol for a match with Aaron Burr.
misterbubble regrets he’s unable to lunch today.
I kind of like the post, I read it all the time. Bxgirl: what kind of shenanigans were you involved in that the Post has become such a personal nemesis? C’mon spill the beans. It almost sounds like you were having an affair with a city official or getting a free apartment from a married politician or something like that. Those stories are always in the Post, but they are usually true. The old boys are terriified of the Post. Believe me, as long as they keep dishing the dirt on randy and greedy politicians, they will keep selling papers.
benson- have to disagree. Having been touched personally by the sheer venality of the Post, and considering the damage it has done to so many people because it can’t be bothered to check the facts before it rips up people’s lives, I think I can quite rightly say the Post isn’t work the paper its printed on or the bandwidth it uses. Even the National Enquirer gets it right once in awhile- Do I think a story about Charlie rangel or the Citi Jet gives them a pass for the rest of their garbage? Hell no.
I’m with Sharpton- I’ve read too much anti-semitism and racism in the Post. The cartoon is just one more nail in the coffin. They deserve to be boycotted. They still haven’t learned the difference between freedom of the press and slander. Trying to find anything of worth in the NY Post is like looking for a brain cell in a paramecium
Hmm, so many choices…which one will you choose!
I think I remember your hair, height and ‘look’ the most from when we were talking with cmu…
If I show up it’ll be “low class”.
Cobble, do you remember what I look like? I’m debating which name to put on my name tag that day 😉
Hmph, just as I suspected…I’m guessing it’s going to be a “low” turnout! ; )
Cobble, I doubt it! So don’t count your bubbles before they pop.
Grizzly Bear! Ha! [More like Ted E. Bear – but thanks for playing along with me!] He’s going to crack up over that…I’ll tell him to practice growling!
Gee…do you think bubble will show up?