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    Dominic Carter Is So Screwed

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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Not to defend Carter, a faraway man of whom I know nothing, but didn't one paper or J-school's style manual suggest something to the effect that "burly" is often applied only to African-American men who are suspects? Perhaps problematic in the same way as "shiftless" or "uppity" with all the connotational baggage. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    This is a sad day. Carter had a terrible childhood which he talked about in his book. That, of course, doesn't excuse him, but it may throw light on things.

    Carter's Inside City Hall was -- for all the criticism levelled here -- one of the more important vehicles for inside information on New York state and city politics. Carter's innovative "Yes or No" questions ("Have you ever smoked pot ..") when he was a NY1 debate moderator were breaths of fresh air.

    If those terrible charges are true, however, none of those innovations will matter. #dominiccarter
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    11/04/09

    @RonMwangaguhunga: Late to the game, but you said it. He was one of the best voices in local NYC politics. And now this? Sad. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Carter is a smug interviewer whose questions often contain self-congratulations ("I have long been an advocate of..."), and Paterson is right about his sucking-upness (the way he treats Al D'amato as a Delphic oracle); come to think of it, he's the Charlie Rose of the projects. Also, didn't he have some sort of temper problem several years ago when he was the City Hall beat reporter? This is not to say he is guilty as charged now. I don't know because I don't know the evidence, and I surely can't know what is in his soul or his wife's, so I'm not judging. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    I was a bit surprised that Pat covered the NYPost story this morning on In the Papers... #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @friend_of_a_friend: Pat is a JOURNALIST. The man has integrity. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @friend_of_a_friend:

    I caught that yesterday, too. I was surprised, as I hadn't heard anything about it. I was impressed. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Very sad; Dominic is cool and, if he is truly gone, I will miss him. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @Paddington:

    Who knows? It's a bit early to make a prediction, no? #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny:

    Hence the "if"! And, it's not exactly going out on a limb ... #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Many years ago, on the NY 1 website, Dominic Carter used to describe himself as a "diamond in the rough."

    I guess some facets remained unpolished. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    But who will argue with the Guardian Angel guy about housing issues? #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09


    @TableNein: #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed

    TV Guide Covers? He is in fine "unseemly" company I guess. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @momof3wildkids: talk about a photoshop disaster! #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @Dr. Nick: Were they going for that "MeCha at the end of AI" body type? #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Sure sign of someone in an abusive relationship - when you deny they are abusing you. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @GoRo: Yeah. When I was a kid, I never understood how women could act like that -- didn't they have any self-respect, or, at the very least, concern about their physical safety?

    Now I understand that they're afraid of losing everything. Carter's wife probably can't support her kids on her current salary alone.

    More reasons to fight for economic independence for women. So they can afford to walk away from situations like this.

    I've never been a huge fan of Dominic Carter, but this is sad.
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dominic Carter Is So Screwed
    Fox News? #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Yeah, If Shep Smith keeps acting logical, surely a spot will open up. #dominiccarter
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    10/30/09

    @DinaRonson : Nooooooooooo!
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    10/21/09

    In reply to What's the Worst Beat in American Journalism?
    Are
    You
    Kidding
    Me?

    I'd kill for that job. I'm serious. What an incredible job that must be. Think of the stories!

    Sure, it'll kill your soul. But right now, I'm a gossip blogger. Soul-killing without the possibility of being actually important. #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @raincoaster: You are assuming that the government killing people is considered important in Texas. Trust me...to most, it's not. #journalismism
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    10/22/09

    @Atilla the Bun: But you wouldn't be writing FOR Texans. Can they even read? #journalismism
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    10/22/09

    @raincoaster: Hey now, I'm a Texan. And yes, some of us can read. But I wouldn't be surprised if executions in Texas received more news coverage out of state. Executions happen so frequently here, but they rarely make the front page. Considering that the majority in Texas consider executions such a triumph of justice, that is a shame.
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    10/21/09

    In reply to What's the Worst Beat in American Journalism?
    The Texecutions beat - it's what you make of it! Steve Blow, longtime columnist for The Dallas Morning News, has long had a series listing what the condemned man's last meal was. In fact, when there was some loud opposition about the lack of taste (see what I did there?) the subject was dropped, only to be swiftly renewed after even more people complained that it was legitimate news.

    Fascinating stuff. Just one example: [www.dallasnews.com]
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    10/21/09


    @hot_kachina: An artist named James Reynolds did an interesting project, "Last Suppers"--recreating + photographing the last meal choices of Death Row inmates. It's both touching and creepy:

    [www.jwgreynolds.co.uk] #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @snugbug: Thanks for this. This is very powerful imagery. #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @dontread: Yes. It's significant art, I think. Because it wordlessly and elegantly challenges our knee-jerk reactions to people on Death Row. It's so hard to gleefully wish them dead when you see that their last wish was for fried chicken or a pack of gum. It humanizes them all over again. It's nibble-worthy food for thought. #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @snugbug: And always on institution-orange plates. Orange is my favorite colour! I never thought of it as background for a pastiche of death, gazing into the abyss. Sad. But on the other hand, you have the cutest expressions -- "nibble-worthy" indeed! #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @dontread: And Shane Koyzcan, multiple-time poetry Grand Slam champ, has an amazing piece about having a drink at 10am with the chef who prepared the condemned man's last meal. He'd just prepared the meal for the man who killed his (the chef's) brother. #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @snugbug: I agree. I've honestly cried reading these lists of last meals before. Yeah, maybe that's taking the bleeding-heart liberal thing too far, but I've met people on death row before. And no doubt most of them are awful people, but they are still human beings and knowing that they want their last meal to be, say, an ice-cream sundae is just heartbreaking to me. #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    In reply to What's the Worst Beat in American Journalism?
    I could not believe that while Texas continues to execute people, some papers there do not run anything -- staff or wires -- when it does. Whether people favor or oppose the death penalty, readers should know what the state is doing in their name.
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    10/21/09

    In reply to What's the Worst Beat in American Journalism?
    Whoever keeps getting sent to write special reports on Detroit. Trying to draw some sort of uplifting moral conclusion is so awful that they all just end up saying "Hey, at least the Red Wings are usually pretty good!" #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    In reply to What's the Worst Beat in American Journalism?
    Norm MacDonald once said the worst job in America wass "assistant crackwhore." The newsroom equivalent has to do with being on the copydesk, obviously... #journalismism
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    10/21/09

    @ZiggyStardust: Also, the correct answer could be "Andrew Belonsky." #journalismism
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    10/23/09

    @ZiggyStardust: He had it pretty good until that whole thing with Natasha. #journalismism
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