Brian Tierney Pentagram Of Doom: In Which Our Hero Goes Before A Congressional Subcommittee, Mumbles Something About Craigslist, Barfs Chicken Feathers And Finally Disappears Under His Cape
File under, “Oh, You Sad Fucker”: Bri-Bri went down to Washington, D.C. yesterday to testify before a congressional subcommittee on why the feds should de-regulate the newspaper biz and let batshit millionaires from all over the place blow each other’s money however they want without fear of violating some jerked-off antitrust laws that were made back when Charles Foster Kane was still runnin’ around, lookin’ for that sweet, rosey bud. Fair enough, right? But somewhere in all of this, Tierney’s Tourette’s acted up again and he blurted out the following:
“We need to come up with our version of Craigslist,” he said.
Mom says it’s not cool to laugh at retards, but here we must barge in: Newspapers have been trying to come up with their version of Craiglist for what is now going on a decade. And they can’t because they — and this is key — because they didn’t. Like so many ships that Tierney and the Newspaper Guild — think of it as a Hogan’s Heroes-type relationship with Tierney as an increasingly whupped Bob Crane — this one has sailed, buddy. Hope the Fed picked up your Amtrak fare, at least.
Previously: Brian Tierney Enters “Brokedick Reverse Nixon” Phase
