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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    10/13/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    I am surprised to see that nobody has taken scary old hag Kathee Lee to task for giving crocodile tears to the unfortunate journalist. Not to mention, the fact that she is almost completely unrecognizable since Regis days. I almost thought AE was speaking to Edie Brit.
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    Image of hungerfordj hungerfordj
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    Oh, waaaaaaaaaah! Talented and tenacious, what a bunch of horseapples. Because you guys sit down in front of a computer and type for a living and know a few people, you're "incredibly talented"? Amanda should have to live in Flint, Michigan and deal with the kind of shiznit they are living through. It'd probably make some good journalism if Amanda had to go out and get a regular job in Flint and see how real people are dealing with this disaster. We wouldn't want to see her get her fingers dirty, though. :)
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    Image of johnnypotatoes johnnypotatoes
    10/13/09

    @hungerfordj: You know, this kind of bullshit doesn't make a lot of sense. Because if an unemployed auto worker were the subject, you could write this same thing in response, with substitutions: "Bob the autoworker should have to live in Juarez, Mexico making $4 a day on an assembly line. And then Bob would be the not-"real" person, see? And on down the chain. "Roberto the Juarez assembly line worker should have to live in Chad and deal with the wrenching poverty...." Etc.

    It's true, Amanda probably has it better the autoworker, or will. But that doesn't mean what she's dealing with doesn't suck. What's your situation, hungerforddj? Are you, like, a dirt farmer or what? If you lost your job, would that be bad, or would you compare yourself to the people of Flint and then count your blessings?
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    Image of Lulupasternak Lulupasternak
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    But who thinks writing those Fishbowl blogs for $12-$15 a post is full time gig? She better get shaking that money maker.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/12/09

    @Lulupasternak: If they keep the Dentonian pace of 10 posts a day, it's a living. Do they?
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    It sucks to keep having to pay your dues, finding yourself further behind each time.
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    Image of lvmags lvmags
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    I have known Amanda for quite some time and she has even written articles for me in the past. She is incredibly talented and tenacious and it is a sad state of affairs when someone so creative doesn't get paid their worth after working so hard in their career...there are so many people like Amanda in publishing and journalism today that are in the same boat, some of which are being forced to take jobs they took back in HS. I applaud Amanda for being so honest and looking the camera's in the eye and stating the obvious. Way to go!
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    If AvantGuild couldn't help her, guess it's time to not renew.
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    Image of mrbemis mrbemis
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    She oughta join Avant Guild -- then she could save a few bucks on her Freelance marketplace listing!
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    Image of diva_t diva_t
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    gym membership? - don't you have to walk everywhere in NYC? can't you do yoga or pushups at your place?

    newspaper subscriptions? - i thought you can read all that on the internet? who the hell subscribes to anything on paper anymore?
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment diva_t was starred diva_t was unstarred
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    10/12/09

    @diva_t: I'm not saying she has to belong to Equinox, but if she can afford it, a gym membership may be a healthy expense. Staying physically fit helps many people stay confident and provides some discipline. It also kills a couple of hours.

    How many unemployed people have I known who became surgically attached to their couch?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    complaining on tv about how your new job isn't as good as your old job, and how you are really better than your new job: priceless
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    10/12/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I wonder how long it will take for her words to haunt her.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/12/09

    @Cynical Media Bitch: 30 seconds after airtime is my guess
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    Image of coreyk coreyk
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    What's with all these sob stories from young white chicks with journalism degrees that were surprised to find out there wasn't a $50k/year job waiting for them on graduation day? And isn't three jobs the standard for young writers in the city? And I'm sorry, but $1,666/month isn't so bad in the outer boroughs or Jersey.
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    Nic Fit promoted this comment coreyk was starred coreyk was unstarred
    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    10/12/09

    @coreyk: Is 50K supposed to be good money in New York?
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    Image of coreyk coreyk
    10/12/09

    @Nic Fit: Well, it certainly isn't poverty.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/12/09

    @coreyk: that's what happens when people without trust funds start trying to work in publishing
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/12/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart:

    I thought having a trust fund was a prerequisite for entering any Journalism school in the country. Silly rabbits.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    Whatever, she's hot so she could just hang out at Merchants and meet her future fratty husband.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/12/09

    @Cheap Shot: If by hot, you mean she could start a sister act with Ashley DuPres, then I guess you're right.
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    Image of pmarble pmarble
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    I keep pondering what the obligation of the comfortable business owners is to their employees. I know law firm partners are wildly cutting staff and lawyers to keep their per-partner profits up, which seems reprehensible. Why is it that the richest don't seem capable of sharing the pain?
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    if_i_only_had_a_heart promoted this comment pmarble was starred pmarble was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/12/09

    @pmarble: why? because they're rich! it makes everyone else invisible.
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    Image of GirlCat GirlCat
    10/12/09

    @pmarble: It's how they get and stay rich. They didn't get where they are on talent and hard work alone. (Though that is a myth they support wholeheartedly because it keeps their talented minions working hard.)
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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    10/12/09

    @pmarble: It makes me sad to imagine a rich person in pain.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    10/12/09

    In reply to Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty
    You can actually live in Poverty (McLean County, KY) , according to placenames.com, but you do have your choice of living also in or around Poverty Creek, Poverty Flats, Poverty Spring, Poverty Draw, Poverty Mountain, Poverty Knoll, Poverty Point, Poverty Hills, Poverty Gulch (of course), Poverty Bar, Poverty Ridge, Poverty Canyon, Poverty Mesa, Poverty Island Beach, Poverty Island, Poverty Row (an actual subdivision in Cook County, IL), Poverty Hollow (great for Halloween!), Poverty Bay, Poverty, Poverty Coulee, Poverty Knob, Poverty Run, Poverty Meadows (retirement community?), & Poverty Bay.

    My favorites are Poverty Hills, and Poverty Knob.

    Many poverties here in these continental united states. Didn't see any in HI, but there just might be some there too.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    10/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Let's not forget that Roosevelt Island used to be called Welfare Island.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    10/12/09

    @Nic Fit:

    Sounds like fun. Wackypedia sez Boss Tweed, Dutch Schultz, Mae West and Billie Holiday all spent time in prison there. Which is where Mae West got her famous "Come up and see me do some time, some time"?
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/01/09

    In reply to The New Yorker's Dark Anti-Brazil Conspiracy Uncovered

    Lest we forget the uproar over "The Simpsons" Brazil episode, where Homer gets kidnapped and little orphan Ronaldo is attacked by monkeys ("I am like sugar to them!"). No sense of humor, that country.
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    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    10/01/09

    In reply to The New Yorker's Dark Anti-Brazil Conspiracy Uncovered
    Brazil, as a nation, is incomparably conspiratorial and petulant when it comes to the most mild criticism or even simple observation of their national problems (of which there are many).

    Last year my work took me to Sao Paulo about once a month for almost a full year, and it was interesting to say the least.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    10/01/09

    @Thomas Paladino: Yeah, don't even suggest to a Brazilian that there might be racial divisions in their country.
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