Comments on: True Tales Of Intern Horrors: Inside The Culture Of Anger And Entitlement At Phila. Newspapers, Inc.

By: Hovering

Hovering — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:37:28 +0000

I have to say, I’m hovering toward Brennan, whoever he is. Philebrity doth protest too much, or something.

I have no love for the PI, the DN, PNI or PMH, etc. etc. But the original story above, with a full illustration of the building, smacks of a lie, or a very embellished tale at the least. It looks like someone trying to be a journalist who is writing to say that he was fucked out of being a journalist by some, you know, really hard-assed journalist who called him a dick for writing stupid shit under his real name.

Nobody at a newspaper, with the very outside possibility of Buzz Bissinger or Dexter, would ever say, “Let’s take it outside.” And even Bissinger would not have said it until he earned it.

That you vouch means something to me, but the more I think about it, I’m sort of, …. yeah… no. Let me explain.

I’m here because you have yourselves a great site, with 1. breaking news, 2. outstanding snark and 3. some great dirt, NNITO. But unless it is somebody whose name you are using and who really deserves it, you know, like Weiner (I’m told someone asked how it was she was hired directly to the Inky, straight out of Harvard, with no experience except for … Harvard, and that she had a lawsuit-threatening shit-fit [see what I mean? Might be true, might not be ... but I believe the source] …)
OK; lost my train of thought, as I share a certain rage with Philebrity. Witness compromised.

But; bottom line: I don’t believe your boy.
Forget about Brennan and whatever feud you have there. Because what you have here is a brilliant opportunity to say what a blog is, what it isn’t… You have…
Well, you have a nice opportunity. Think about it. Out me if you want; I’m sure that’s possible. But really, in all seriousness, what is this place?

There’s no “tone.” There’s no doubt at all that it could very well have happened. But also please don’t put words in my mouth and say that I said, “It couldn’t have happened.” I’m here to say, and in fact said: Yeah, primadonna reporter, feeling his privileged oats, getting a hard-on for an intern? Natch.

Don’t say, “Please.” That’s kind of rude. I’m trying to understand and trying to help. Yeah, I know, with that kind of help…

It’s a credibility thing.
I believe that you believe the writer of the tale. I just don’t believe him. It’s not that I know better than you.

It’s just that I don’t buy it, and now I’m little soured on a site I was sweet on.

By: tips

tips — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:48:50 +0000

Look at this fucker go! You on company time, brah?

By: Chris Brennan

Chris Brennan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:42 +0000

Nothing irritates Tippy’s thin skin more than clearly defined examples of his hypocrisy.

By: tips

tips — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:10:26 +0000

Brennan, isn’t there an intern somewhere around the offices at Broad & Whatever that you can browbeat to make up for the fucking miserable Neil LaBute play that must be your life right now? You know, instead of commenting here.

By: Chris Brennan

Chris Brennan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:03:07 +0000

Tippy, I wonder this: When you defend Philebrity, are you a Blog Man? And do you consider that sad? Or is that part of your larger “Do as I say, not as I blog” policy?

By: tips

tips — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:51:13 +0000

Chris Brennan, ever the Company Man. Sad.

By: Chris Brennan

Chris Brennan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:27:27 +0000

According to the Tippy Philocrisy handy handbook of journalism standards and ethics, only Tippy Philocrisy sets the standards and only Tippy Philocrisy can exempt himself from the ethics.
And I quote:
“Keep in mind here that a DN reporter and a blogger are not held to the same bar, and thank God for that.” Tips, 2/26/09
http://www.philebrity.com/2009/02/26/dan-gross-will-have-none-of-your-merrymaking-oh-pardon-me-i-have-a-piece-about-lindsay-lohans-dad-to-finish-up/#comment-9495

By: tips

tips — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:43:12 +0000

Guys – Loving the whole tone in some of these comments that’s like “I work(ed) at the inky, and if I didn’t hear about it, IT COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED!” Please. Fact is, we swore to keep the author anonymous — for simple reasons of Googlability/job-hunting down the road — but we stand by his story 100%.

By: Hovering

Hovering — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:14:35 +0000

RockPhilly has good points, and come to think of it, I would’ve heard about it as well.

tips, I’d love it if you could explain further. No’ffense’justsayin

By: ob

ob — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:59:48 +0000

Is this the difference between blogging and journalism? I believe Dan Gross would have at least called the Inquirer for a comment before printing such gossip.