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November 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Re – 9937. I disagree with your friends. This site provides confirmation that you are not alone in your feelings and that it is not just you going through tough times. Think of it as therapy.
November 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
9934: No matter how much bullshit you throw at the rest of us, it’ll never be enough to convince yourself that you’re not a soulless bootlicker. Enjoy the darkness inside; it’s all you’ve really got.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
#9934
I don’t usually comment on another poster’s rant.
Seriously though, it’s abundantly clear you never graduated from college. And judging by your posting, you’re not a very good writer either.
Filling a web page with buzzwords that increase the number of clicks for a web site is not writing, it’s called prostitution. Which is fine, it’s the oldest profession out there.
I’m sure you’re not the only white, upper-middle class person out there whoring yourself.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Someone told me I need to stop looking at this site because it only fuels my anger.
November 27th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
9929,
Sorry, but I’ve tried using Monster. It’s like a massive scam. Half the ads are temp agencies/placement companies that have vague ads about generic interchangeable jobs; I can tell a fishing expedition when I see it.
The other half of the jobs can be there for god knows how long. I think about half of those actual jobs are listed for months and months. I’ve taken to checking the jobs on monster against the jobs on the site of the named company. Sometimes the original posting went up four, five, or six months earlier.
Monster’s only help was in helping to take ad revenue from papers.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
9925,
Take your Polyanna crap and shove it. M’kay?
“Let’s be thankful for all the good things we have. Happy Thanksgiving Day. For the gift of being able to write!”
Are you friggin’ high? Try going a day without both lips on the crack pipe. The gift of being able to write? So? No one will pay for it. No one wants to acknowledge it as a skill. Even fellow writers can’t get it through their empty dead-eyed skulls that writing for poverty wages simply drives all of us to the poorhouse that much faster.
Christ wept.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I started out in the newspaper business. Today, I’m a professional writer and published author, and I have nothing about which to complain. I write SEO copy for websites (mostly those of ambulance-chasing lawyers) and make top dollar doing it. I work at home, in my nice, comfy office, where I can take care of our young son and run errands for my wife when she needs them. I’m currently putting together the proposal for my third book. I deal with the Suits via e-mail and telephone. It’s a sweet deal all around.
The difference between you all and me? I’m not tied to the sinking anchor of the ideologically-biased mainstream media. Newspapers have always been ideologically biased, sure, but at least in the old days the reader had his or her choice of bias. There was the Morning Liberal News and the Evening Traditionalist Herald, and, by taking both, a savvy reader could piece together a more-or-less accurate picture of What’s Happening Now. Nowadays, it’s _all_ Leftist, all the time. The typical Bright Young Thing fresh out of J-Skool is so heavily propagandized during his or her soujorn within the halls of Academe that he or she might as well be on the payroll of ACORN. Add to that the crusty-panted Old Left types that own and edit the papers and what you get isn’t news any more.
Want to sell papers? Here’s what you do: write stories about good white people doing good things. Like it or not, most people in the USA are white, and they’re tired of hearing about how bad they suck. Most Americans are patriotic, upper-working-class Christians, so howzabout writing some “news” biased towards patriotic, upper-working-class Christians? Since you all have been writing biased crap from Day One, this shouldn’t be hard — just switch your bias to the Right.
And remember: your job isn’t to MAKE the news, it’s to REPORT the news, as it happens and without distortion, even when it makes leftists and non-whites look bad. White, Christian America doesn’t mind facing up to the ugly truth — but you’d better make damned sure that ugly truth covers _all_ of the many colors of the Rainbow of Diversity. and both ends of the political spectrum, or they will simply stop taking you seriously.
Don’t like my Rx? Tough crap. I never graduated from college, yet I have a better career than most of you. And why? Because I’m a better freaking writer than most of you, that’s why. I work hard to give my clients what they want, when they want it, without trying to push my own agenda on them.
Want to express your opinion? Write a book, as I did. Otherwise, enjoy the ride as the mainstream news biz plummets into historical obscurity.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Just when one thought things couldn’t get any worse on the TV side of the house… the brilliant engineering staff has decided to pass out “soccer mom” cameras for “digital journalists” to use. Never mind the real camera guys looking at them and saying, “S#@%, a bunch of soccer moms have better cameras than that!”
Oh, and the engineers’ idea of an editing program is Sony’s Vegas (so they didn’t have to buy new computers, we’re told), and the cameras don’t spit out any video that’s recognizable by programs like FCS, Avid, or Edius. It’s crappy MPEG-2 video shot with crappy glass, so you can guess the results. Craptastic!
Of course, the kicker came when someone looked in the Best Buy ad circular in the local fishwrap. The new cameras were on sale for $269.95 this week.
November 27th, 2009 at 8:22 am
I love my job, but I hate my readers.
November 27th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Re: 9911. Don’t spend more than you make.
More seriously, keep a note book on all your daily spending. Most people spend more each day then they think. Keeping track will help pinpoint where your cash is going. Second, write a budget, live within the budget. Third, if your income is less than what you need to live, you need to find a job that pays more. It may not be in your chosen field.
I once read the definition of a hobby was someone doing something they loved doing but did not get paid to do. I wonder how many here are hobbyist not journalist.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:46 am
I’m thankful because I finally stole a nice sandwich that was worth the effort. Thank you, Turkey, Cheese and Cranberry on Multigrain man!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
9911 – There’s already an organization to help struggling journalists with their finances.
http://www.monster.com/
November 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Wrath of an upcoming sheriff’s race: I get a call from the sheriff because of the way I wrote my story and he wanted me to run a retraction on a fact that is true. Really? I mean, I know there is a sheriff’s race coming up, but the placement of a fact doesn’t change the truth. You had a corrupt cop on your staff back in the day. He’s in jail now. Sorry.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
From today’s NY Times: “Parade Delights Young and Old in New York”
Fucking pathetic. Where’s the subhead “Middle-Aged Unimpressed”
Duh.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Happy Thanksgiving Day! Agreed
November 26th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Let’s be thankful for all the good things we have. Happy Thanksgiving Day. For the gift of being able to write!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:44 am
9911 – That would only increase the number of struggling financial assistants.
November 26th, 2009 at 2:39 am
I am thankful for the great friends I’ve made while working at newspapers over the years.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 at 12:51 am
#9916: If you’re at The Signal in the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles, I’m tempted to laugh, but you also have my sympathy. There was never enough there, even when there seemed to be enough.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:47 am
#9911: Can’t. There’s no money in it.