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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Media It's Interesting

Posted by on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:15 AM

That an armchair pontificator who actually shows up at city events about once a year would mock a rival paper for printing a rumor before doing 100 percent of its reporting. (Related: Do you really want to make fun of Crosscut's writers for being "long in the tooth" when your last two columns referenced Nixon, and your bio brags that you've had the same employer for 33 years?)

 

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1
Come on, you deserve some mocking for that :)
Posted by DJSauvage on January 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM
2
Ahhh -- the ECB-Connelly love-fest rages on. Would you two just get a room and get it over with already??!!?
Posted by Good Grief on January 8, 2009 at 11:27 AM
3
Well Connelly and the PI helped to spread the false rumor that Iraq was a threat to the U.S. so he should not be pointing fingers.

"Don't twang the bows!"
Posted by Heather on January 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM
4
Funny-- Connelly using Humphrey's name to make fun of how old they are at Crosscut, since ol' Joe himself likes to name-check Warren Magnuson and Scoop Jackson all the time.
Posted by Joe M on January 8, 2009 at 11:32 AM
5
Ha ha ha ha ha.

Can't take what you give out, Erica?
Posted by Deal with it, Ericaj on January 8, 2009 at 11:32 AM
6
No shit. What does one call a woman who has a fetish for old men?
Posted by Big Daddy Connelly on January 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM
7
dnftjc

I think all the Joel Connelly I've read from the past three years were linked via Le Stranger. Maybe we should ignore the man already, and we'll all be happy?
Posted by mackro mackro on January 8, 2009 at 11:34 AM
8
Connelly is right. You embarrassed yourselves on that one, as did Kos and all the others.
Posted by Fnarf on January 8, 2009 at 11:36 AM
9
Hanging on Joel Connelly's every word?

What a pathetic excuse for a career you have.
Posted by Niro DeRobert on January 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM
10
I'm with Connelly on this. Burn and TAKE IT Stranger.
Posted by heywhatsit on January 8, 2009 at 11:40 AM
11
come on Erica-
you're understandably buttsore over the spectacle you made of yourselves,
this peevish pout of a post won't help, however.
Posted by don't call Erica a Stupid WHORE, for God's sake! on January 8, 2009 at 11:41 AM
12
wow, such a spanking from Grandpa Connelly.


a lot of words Connelly gave The Stranger over the idle speculation done on a blog. a speculation done in its natural habitat, I will add.


I smell a feud brewing that ain't been seen in these parts since Weekly V. Stranger feud of aught four. nice.

Posted by Phenics on January 8, 2009 at 11:42 AM
13
Bad reporters report on reporters reporting bad reports.
Posted by Add another level to it and this is the current situation. on January 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM
14
Jeeez, who cares if the speculation was wrong? Nobody got hurt. The Stranger reported what DID happen and did actual reporting by contacting local Democratic sources to get more information. The speculation was very interesting but never misleading. The Stranger did everything right. If anyone screwed up, it's Gregoire's staff for being vague and misleading.
Posted by thanks slog on January 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM
15
I don't understand why so many commenters are furious at Erica for being annoyed with an annoying person.
Posted by mattymatt on January 8, 2009 at 11:48 AM
16
it's like Hitler pissing on Mussolini...
Posted by michael strangeways on January 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM
17
It's interesting that you still consider yourself a journalist with credibility.

Posted by Jeff on January 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM
18
Joe Connelly does do a lot more harm than Erica Barnett, that's for sure.

Personally, I'm not ready to let go of our dream of seeing Gregoire promoted out of our state. When I'm ready to let go, I'll say so, if that's all right with you, Joe Fucking Connelly.
Posted by elenchos on January 8, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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"political correctness enforcer"?
Posted by Monty on January 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM
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16
actually, it's more like Laurel pissing on Hardy...
Posted by tissue? on January 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM
21
Quit your whining ECB. You guys needed to be knocked down a peg or two.
Posted by Rotten666 on January 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM
22
@16 and 20
I was thinking it's like Beavis pissing on Butthead...
Posted by heh... heh heh... on January 8, 2009 at 12:07 PM
23
Joel really shouldn't have ditched Erica.
Posted by Will in Seattle on January 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM
24
I just do not understand what the big deal is about Eli and ECB's speculation being off the mark. The news is filled with speculation! Will Hillary be VP? Will Gupta be named Surgeon General? So they guessed wrong about Gregoire! Who cares!
Posted by spencer on January 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM
25
"So they guessed wrong about Gregoire! Who cares!"

You are missing the point.

Had the Times/PI/Crosscut/Weekly/Etc. been so terribly wrong in their speculation I'm sure we'd be hearing about it relentlessly on SLOG in BOLDFACE TYPE TOO!
Posted by OMG! on January 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM
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Completely agree on 25.

This was not a real good example of quality Journalism. I'd expect this to have come from a high school paper.
Posted by Paul on January 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM
27
Slog loves to crap all over other papers when they screw up. But turnabout? That just isn't fair!

Really, your (and especially Eli's) whining is downright embarrassing.

Oh, and @14: Thanks for the comment, Eli's mom.
Posted by rjh on January 8, 2009 at 12:52 PM
28
Wow, ECB manages to be both sophomoric (actually, make that infantile) and ageist in the same post.

Throw in the projection and denial and you've gone one better than a mere hat trick of shoddy journalism.



Posted by No Pulitzer for ECB on January 8, 2009 at 1:04 PM
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All the blogs that picked up on the Stranger's speculation knew it was speculation, and they decided with open eyes they wanted to participate in that. Why? Because that's what blog readers want.

Not everyone over 50 who looks at blogs fails to understand the difference between printing a story in newspaper and having some fun wildly speculating on a blog. There is, naturally, a correlation between age and failure to understand new media, and maybe saying so makes you ageist. So be it. Maybe their mouths don't work well, OK?

The key fact is that this Slog never asserted that it was anything other than speculation, and didn't pretend it was based on any evidence other than what little was known.

Unlike the time Josh Feit jumped the shark on the Slog and claimed you can get away with anything because it's a blog. You still have to distinguish between speculation and fact, and Dan and Eli did that much.
Posted by elenchos on January 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM
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@28: Ageist? Joel started it!
Posted by J.R. on January 8, 2009 at 2:56 PM
31
Have you heard the rumor about Joel Connelly? I bet you haven't!
Posted by Speculation on January 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM
32
He will be applying for a job at the Stranger now....
Posted by P-I 4sale on January 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM

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