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DennyCrane
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
Somehow this felt appropriate.
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bess marvin, girl detective
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
attempting to do more with less. david simon is in a bawlmoor bar somewhere cackling.
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JennaW
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
They aren't? Well, they used to be! Great work, Marcus Brauchli! In just one year you've turned the Washington Post into a local paper. Ben Bradlee must be so proud.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
Sadz.
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Mike Jahn
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
Another step in saving the New York Times.
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TheBusinessGuy
11/24/09

In reply to Marcus Brauchli —
How sad it is that he utterly misses the point of the service local bureaus render: that they provide another take, another perspective, another voice on events of national consequence on their regional beats, and because they know the paper's home audience, they can best explain why those regional events matter to the home audience. With decisions like this, newspapers ingest more and more of their suicidal poison.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/24/09

@TheBusinessGuy: There's ***maybe*** an argument toward focusing resources locally and in depth, instead of adding the showing baubles of thinly staffed regional buros that add a 30k feet national perspective to what's going on at the local level and, in theory, could be pretty much plugged in via wire. If wire didn't totally suck.
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TheBusinessGuy
11/24/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: True, but I would cut back on soft news resources--style sections and the like--before I would cut back on news. Of course, the soft news drives circ, so...Oh, hell, I can't solve this, either.

#tips
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Helio
11/24/09

@TheBusinessGuy: you make the mistake of believing that the WaPo is interested in these other localities. I'm not that old, but during the time I considered myself an avid reader, it's has transformed rather convincingly into "a beltway paper." I think for a long time it was trying to compete on the same level as the NYT but it is firmly entrenched in the Insidery/Village of DC. And now that the Times is pretty much kaput, it really doesn't have to try that hard. Sadness.
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Glib and Bitchy
11/24/09

@TheBusinessGuy: You would think that such a national perspective would be all the more important for the Post, given how its home audience is so heavily salted with readers whose decisions have such a profound effect on the life of the nation.
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TheBusinessGuy
11/24/09

@Glib and Bitchy: Precisely.

#tips
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/24/09

@Helio: To the extent that the beltway is how the business of govt gets done, that could be a national paper

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Helio
11/24/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Fair enough. As i see it, the business of government has largely become a rich man's game, geared towards their interests more than society's in general. And if the Post has narrowed its scope to match the likewise narrowed goals of the government, I'd say that's a pretty sad fucking thing.

#tips
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/24/09

@Helio: True. Sad. In the future, we'll all just be pizza deliverators.

#tips
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Btwbfdimho
11/20/09

In reply to Tina Fey —

Here's Lisa going rogue.
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Beau Nerd
11/20/09

In reply to Tina Fey —
Lisa Ann would make a great running mate, Sarah. Think about it.
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DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
11/20/09

In reply to Tina Fey —
Announcing Senator Fey, Independent, from I Want to Go to There.
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A Message To Rudy
11/20/09

In reply to Tina Fey —
Gotta love The Fey. Not sure how extensive her political knowledge is in real life, but if Jon Stewart ever steps down...
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/20/09

In reply to Tina Fey —
Must be all those trips around the world.
(Tina is back to Palin bashing! Can an SNL spot be far behind?)
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skahammer
11/18/09

In reply to Michael Lewis —
Well, would it? Would Liar's Poker make a good movie?

I ask people this all the time (if they've read the book, of course), and I think it's a close call. Of course I love the book too, but unlike Wall Street, practically this whole movie would have to take place inside the office.

One of the book's strengths is characterization -- but I'm not sure that can be translated to screen when you have such a limited number of locations to work with. By contrast, think of how Gordon Gekko's character was developed simply by the locations he was shown in -- predawn beach, squash court, locker room, art party, etc.
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raincoaster
11/18/09

@skahammer: I adore Michael Lewis, but I'm with you on this. I loved the book, but it's just not movie material. There's no simple story arc, no actually likeable characters, it would require far too much compression to fit into 2 hours.

Imagine trying to show on a movie screen just how he came up with the "bet on German volatility".
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MrInBetween
11/18/09

In reply to Michael Lewis —
Must be nice to scoff at the illogical money machine that can't stop showering you with all that inexplicable cash.
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skahammer
11/18/09

@MrInBetween: Nicely done.
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Swifter
11/18/09

In reply to Michael Lewis —
Sandra Bullock is a lovely woman who has donated millions of dollars to charity and I will happily see her movies even when they suck.

Michael Lewis is a financier. I do not care to see him or his story at all. Evidently, Hollywood agrees.
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Pete Gaines
11/18/09

@Swifter: Bill Gates has donated billions of dollars to charity but I wouldn't pay a dime to see him in a movie adaptation of The Blind Side, either.

Because they're shitty actors, see?
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takeouteurotrash
11/18/09

@Swifter: Michael Lewis has been an author since 1988, following his very junior career at SB on a RE desk. Pulling the pitchfork from the hip, are we?
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Swifter
11/18/09

@Pete Gaines: The movie-going public doesn't seem to agree with you as her films consistently make money.
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Swifter
11/18/09

@takeouteurotrash: Nevertheless.
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m4ximusprim3
11/18/09

@Swifter: " Sandra Bullock is a lovely woman who has donated millions of dollars to charity and I will happily see her movies even though they suck."

FTFY
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dolemite1975
11/18/09

@Swifter: I'd rather spend on Sandra than: Reese (barf), or Julia (UGH!), etc., etc..
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Pete Gaines
11/18/09

@Swifter: The movie-going public is fucking stupid.

(example a: you)
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AzureTexan
11/18/09

In reply to Peter Thiel —
For those wishing to register a formal complaint regarding Mr. Thiel's claim, please call Klondike 5-9371.
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