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re: "Hated hated hated hated hated this movie." Ebert's review turns 20
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:37 pm to Peazey
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:37 pm to Peazey
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Dear Jay, What an ugly way to leave the Sun-Times. It does not speak well for you. Your timing was exquisite. You signed a new contract, waited until days after the newspaper had paid for your trip to Beijing at great cost, and then resigned with only an email. You saved your explanation for a local television station. As someone who was working here for 24 years before you arrived, I think you owed us more than that. You owed us decency. The fact that you saved your attack for TV only completes our portrait of you as a rat. Newspapers are not dead, Jay, although you predicted the death of the Sun-Times and the Tribune. Neither paper will die any time soon. Job-hunting tip: It is imprudent to go on TV and predict the collapse of a newspaper you might hope would hire you. Times are hard in the newspaper business, and for the economy as a whole. Did you only sign on for the luxury cruise? There's an old saying that you might have come across once or twice on the sports beat: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Newspapers are not dead, Jay, because there are still readers who want the whole story, not a sound bite. If you only work on television, viewers may get a little weary of you shouting at them. You were a great shouter in print, that's for sure, stomping your feet when owners, coaches, players and fans didn't agree with you. It was an entertaining show. Good luck getting one of your 1,000-word rants on the air. The rest of us are still at work, still putting out the best paper we can. We believe in our profession, and in the future. And we believe in our Internet site, which you also whacked as you slithered out the door. I don't know how your column was doing, but we have the most popular sports section in Chicago. The reports and blog entries by our Washington editor Lynn Sweet have become a must-stop for millions of Americans in this election year. After a recent blog entry I wrote about the Beijing Olympics, I woke up at 5 a.m. one morning, when North America was asleep, and found that 40 percent of my 100 most recent visitors had been from China. I don't have any complaints about our Web site. So far this month my Web page page has been visited from virtually every country on earth, including one visit from the Vatican City. The Pope, no doubt. Hope you were doing as well. You have left us, Jay, at a time when the newspaper is once again in the hands of people who love newspapers and love producing them. You managed to stay here through the dark days of the thieves Conrad Black and David Radler. The paper lost millions. Incredibly, we are still paying Black's legal fees. I started here when Marshall Field and Jim Hoge were running the paper. I stayed through the Rupert Murdoch regime. I was asked, "How can you work for a Murdoch paper?" My reply was: "It's not his paper. It's my paper. He only owns it." That's the way I've always felt about the Sun-Times, and I still do. On your way out, don't let the door bang you on the arse.
Jay Mariotti didn't owe ebert a god damn thing and he's free to pursue other opportunities (even if it was a bad choice) ebert who has a tv show throwing a tantrum because someone tried to move on and had a bone to pick with management.
Why even comment on this and then of course, attack his credentials as well. Ebert was a slimy little weasel
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:25 pm to DelU249
If thinking Jay Marrioti is an unpleasant little shite makes you a bad person, then sign me up.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 12:43 am to DelU249
Roger Ebert was an honest movie reviewer.
Jay Mariotti was lazy, mean-spirited, and writes like a 16 year old kid on a message board.
Here' a nice collection of Mariotti's quotes in 2005 while he worked at the Sun Times and the White Sox won the World Series.
LINK
Jay Mariotti was lazy, mean-spirited, and writes like a 16 year old kid on a message board.
Here' a nice collection of Mariotti's quotes in 2005 while he worked at the Sun Times and the White Sox won the World Series.
LINK
This post was edited on 7/25/14 at 1:08 am
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