I know a few (white) ladies who work in the features and arts section, and it seems like that section and page six is sort of immune to this stuff. all the ladies i know are pretty socially liberal, not racist, and work there in spite of the paper's rep, because in their sections they don't have to deal with the extreme right side of things. to hear it from them, the post is a pretty sweet gig; the hours are normal, the workload is humane, the pay is better than you'd guess. like a parallel universe, i'm supposing.
If Dunleavy was sending stories to editors with racial slurs, and assuming that the Post has at least a basic digital content management editorial system, then those drafts are likely sitting on tantalizingly subpoenable drives or tape somewhere....
As much as I applaud these reporters suing the post and hope that they can add to the post's already ballooned financial deficit for murdoch's privilege of publishing his hate and bile, I still have to sorta wonder...what were you thinking taking a job at that crapfest in the first place?
@manchops: The same reason any of us have careers and/or jobs in the first place, I suppose. Once you commit to a "dream" or idea, you get stuck in a way until you have that my-life-sucks-and-this-isn't-how-its-supposed-to-be moment. Once that drops, you look around for things to be pissed about. If you find them, you win that stage in the big ol' game of life. If not, you wait on that whole "401k thing" I hear old people talk about from time to time.
@Tru Invincible: Oh I hear you so loud and clear on all that. And I've certainly cashed paychecks from companies that have most likely been involved in real hateful things.
But I guess, as a gay at least, the Post has through the years been so extreme that I would have to wear a wig and glasses into work there and lie to all my friends. (and get me some hot log cabin republican ass on the weekends)
I'm thinking instead of an office, a desk, phone or a computer, they just hand their new minority workers a broom and a high-five with a hearty "now go get-em!"
Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.
And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
@Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
@Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
@Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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Very log cabin republican. Very.
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But I guess, as a gay at least, the Post has through the years been so extreme that I would have to wear a wig and glasses into work there and lie to all my friends. (and get me some hot log cabin republican ass on the weekends)
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Perish the thought!
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I'm thinking instead of an office, a desk, phone or a computer, they just hand their new minority workers a broom and a high-five with a hearty "now go get-em!"
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WeepyVP JoeAnd he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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