Comments on: Resource-Sharing At Inky/DN Produces Still Even More Whining

By: mikemikemike

mikemikemike — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:57:40 +0000

Chase Rollins (great name btw) is right: “Inqwaster” is Gross’ standard name for the paper. He’s called it that for as long as I can remember.

But Philebs has a point about the ridiculousness of printing what amounts to unsubstantiated office gossip about two anonymous co-workers who allegedly wanted to have sex with each other. Big fucking deal. At least you could always count on Stu Bykofsky to be batshit insane when he was writing the gossip column. Gross is just boring.

By: Chase Rollins

Chase Rollins — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:43:10 +0000

do you read much? Dan Gross uses the term “Inqwaster” all the time when referring to the Inquirer, so unless that’s the first fime you’ve read the Daily News I’m not sure why this usage is any different. I actually don’t have a problem with it, as the Inquirer and Daily News are very different papers and stirring up a little intracompany rivalry is actually somewhat refreshing, most companies would mandate cross promotional love fests

By: beangrower

beangrower — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:24:17 +0000

you demand a “higer calibur”? What the hell are you smoking over there? Can I have some?

By: tips

tips — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:57:10 +0000

And also, it’s not that we’re above celeb/Phileb gossip, it’s just that we demand a higer calibur. This newsanchor shit just isn’t gonna cut it. We’re more interested in people who’ve done things with their lives — such as, say, landing Dov Charney as a “Daddy.”

By: tips

tips — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:55:15 +0000

You’re right, Steele, but the first part of curing yourself of an addiction is realizing that other people you kind of can’t stand but are sort of a lot like you have a much worse problem.

By: johsteele

johsteele — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:06:38 +0000

Is anyone else really sick of Philebrity lambasting everyone else for gossip snippets and small-minded, petty bullshit, pretending like this sort of thing isn’t their bread and butter? I mean come on guys, you say at the top of this post that no one reads when you post about the Inquirer. But when you write about how lame that kid from Project Runway is or how Lauren Graham snubbed you on a movie set or how hot Kate Moss looked at Johnny Brendas, your readers go ape shit. So don’t act like you are above it. I am not giving the Inquirer a pass here, just get off your fuckin high horse about it.

By: amye

amye — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:26:36 +0000

fair enough. but surely you also noticed that the bulk of stuff on the every block philadelphia site was from the Inquirer. you’ll miss us when we’re gone.

By: John Lightstone

John Lightstone — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:47:54 +0000

I cancelled after subscribing for years, not just because of the slipping quality and Santorum having a fucking column, but because they couldn’t reliably deliver my paper by breakfast time. If I can’t read the paper while eating my cereal and have to fire up the laptop and go online anyway, what’s the point in subscribing?

Fix the little stuff first.

By: fuckermost

fuckermost — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:37:08 +0000

rant. on it.

By: Allan Smithee

Allan Smithee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:25:27 +0000

the editorial/opinion pages from the last two or three Sunday Inquirers have been way over the top. Though debatable whether Tierney is the devil, he’s definitely a GOP stalwart and apologist.