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Sad Writer Says Mom Never Noticed His Byline

britneyspearstears — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:21:07 EDT

@Seeräuber Jenny: Still, more voices are usually better than fewer.

...especially in my head.

Sad Writer Says Mom Never Noticed His Byline

MoeGolden — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:45:39 EDT

@Jeff Jarvis: I'm not Moe, but my real life alter ego is someone who would have liked to have been your facebook buddy for the purpose of his future professional development and networking. You declined. Maybe you only add people you know in real life, but (my alter ego) would have liked to have added you. Isn't that the point of social networks?

MoeGolden

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crotchety — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:56:26 EDT

@The Cooler: Thank you! I thought they were saying Jarvis was too senile to recall his own stories. Yes. Biddy.

crotchety

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Trixie from Toronto — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:04:35 EDT

@Jeff Jarvis: Hi! You're right!! No one ever notices my byline except other reporters!!!

Trixie from Toronto

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Jeff Jarvis — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:43:44 EDT

@Edward Lionhart
A rather succinct review of me and my career, I'd say -- short enough for EW. I gather you give me an F.

Jeff Jarvis

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Jeff Jarvis — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:42:15 EDT

I know no Mo. I have nothing to do with Columbia. And I am not inclined any stranger named Moe who wants to fuck me, seriously. Have you considered why you have a problem making friends, Moe?

Jeff Jarvis

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annab — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:10:59 EDT

Yeah, I didn't invent EW or anything, but I'm a reporter and my mom often quotes my stories to me not realizing I wrote them. I usually just ignore it, grateful she's getting her news from someone other than Bill O'Reilly. But really Jarvis? Don't take away my fucking byline.

annab

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MoeGolden — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:18:56 EDT

Jarvis lost my respect when he did not approve my add on facebook. Looks like you need Columbia to hang out with smartypants. fuck him. seriously.

MoeGolden

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SheWalkedWithAZombie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:23:07 EDT

Oh, I think there is a punch line there. It just comes later when Kurtz says: "Don't bring your family problems into this." That's funny.

As for local movie reviewers, on the rare occasion when they don't like a film, that is usually a sign that I should go and see it. But that is often true with David Denby as well.

SheWalkedWithAZombie

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VoxPopuli — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:22:28 EDT

But if they get rid of all the movie critics from smaller papers, where are the mediocre movies going to get their rave reviews to quote in their ads and trailers?

VoxPopuli

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djjamestaylor — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:48:15 EDT

Like The Beatles, I don't think Gawker writers should reveal they are married.

djjamestaylor

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Edward Lionheart — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:14:06 EDT

One could argue that the man who invented Entertainment weekly cheapened all kinds of criticism by keeping it short, adding letter grades, and so on. So it is no surprise he would want to get rid of all critics. They are obviously interchangeable to him and only matter when they give letter grades, and anyone can give a letter grade. Putz.

Edward Lionheart

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Seeräuber Jenny — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:55:20 EDT

@Seeräuber Jenny:

Another good site that collects reviews: [www.metacritic.com]

Seeräuber Jenny

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In Other News... — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:47:29 EDT

I'd make a joke here, but - oh fuck it. YO MOMMA!!!

In Other News...

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Phyllis Nefler — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:39:38 EDT

@raincoaster: YOU were that poor Nigerian who couldn't get access to his bank account?

Phyllis Nefler

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raincoaster — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:26:41 EDT

At least his mother READ the stories.

Actually, my cousin once copied and pasted an entire post from my blog into her Facebook, letting people think she'd written it without realizing:
A) it contained a link to my blog, so I could follow it and find out the dirty thief
B) that her cousin had written it in the first place. She got it in an email and thought it was free to post. I larned her good!

raincoaster

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Trixie from Toronto — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:20:25 EDT

I have to agree with him. If you have to cut fat, wouldn't you rather the movie critic went than the city hall reporter?

Trixie from Toronto

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Seeräuber Jenny — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:15:03 EDT

As someone who almost invariably reads reviews on the web,* this is not a big deal to me. The one "local" movie critic I've encountered, Joe Bob Briggs, a persona/pseudonym, liked to spice up his pieces with comments that I found offensive, if not out-and-out racist.

Still, more voices are usually better than fewer. Some of those voices belong to people who need a salary. How many bloggers can afford to send themselves to Cannes?

*I Google the movie title and "reviews," or go to www.rottentomatoes.com or [www.mrqe.com] or, of course, www.imdb.com (external reviews).

I could be wrong, but I can't but think that the person who is going to read the review about the esoteric little indie film -- the kind of person who it was suggested would lose out -- probably does have web access one way or another.

Seeräuber Jenny

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LeGagneur — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:58:15 EDT

To be old and senile. Reminds me of the times when I would watch a football game on TV with my grandpa and our team would score. He'd cheer loudly, they'd show a replay of the touchdown, and he'd think that our team scored again!

LeGagneur

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Skipping Toward Jaded — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:53:50 EDT

Aw Jeff I too know the feeling of parental thoughtlessness. In 7th grade I made a paper mache statue of an elephant for my mom and she told everyone that it was a puppy.

Skipping Toward Jaded