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    Image of microtony microtony
    04/27/09

    In reply to Inside Fort Polio: A Former Staffer on What Went Wrong
    Using the word "insouciance" more than once in an article is unacceptable.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    04/27/09

    @microtony: Use of "the writing had been on the wall" is questionable, too, because it's a hackneyed phrase.


    I read the whole letter and identified with it. But there is a slight amateur quality to the complaints of over-editing and the leader not listening to the bright, young recruits. (Typical complaints.)


    The point about using top names who reserve the good stuff for other mags is a good one.


    The mag was doomed for failure simply because it relied on Journal hot-shots to run a consumer magazine. That and all the other reasons why so many mags are shutting down. It will not be missed because the world lost nothing by its demise.

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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    04/27/09

    In reply to Inside Fort Polio: A Former Staffer on What Went Wrong

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    04/27/09

    In reply to Inside Fort Polio: A Former Staffer on What Went Wrong
    The dressing down of the empress with no clothes. My question: will she ever work in "this town" again?
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    04/27/09

    In reply to Inside Fort Polio: A Former Staffer on What Went Wrong
    Paul, you seem to have the same attitude about the industry as I do. Godspeed.
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