Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Times-Tribune reporter hearts Chelsea and Hillary

"She spoke passionately and with eloquence?" "The candidate's impressive accomplishments?" Reporter Stacey Solie, new to the Times-Tribune by way of Columbia's grad j-school, pours it on a little thick this morning in her love letter news story about Chelsea's visit to Scranton. Judging by Solie's story, you would have thought it was the second coming.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Times Tribune stylebook requires that anything Casey, Miller, Rodham, or The Office be reported with Scranto-celebrity positivity.

Anonymous said...

When are you all going to learn that Number One, a Columbia Journalism School pedigree ain't what it used to be and Number Two, a gig interning at the NYTimes while at Columbia is the norm and does not make a person more qualified as a journalist.

Anonymous said...

I had a Columbia j-grad working for me a few years back who couldn't spell C-A-T if you gave him the first two letters.

Anonymous said...

I bet you didn't get into Columbia.

Anonymous said...

No, but I got into Colombia (sniff....sniff.)

Anonymous said...

Here's a tip for your Columbia grads: You should phrase it as "passionately and eloquently" or "with passion and eloquence."
If you can't be literate, at least be consistent.

Anonymous said...

I think swooning,is a good term.
So much for ridin the fence.

Anonymous said...

This is what they are teaching the kids at Columbia now:
1, never let the facts get in the way of a good story
2, make your position clear in the report, so as not to be mistakenly unbiased.

Anonymous said...

Only the best for TT,Kings/Wilkes/Lccc students need not apply!Not Midwest or Ivy League enough sniff,sniff!

Anonymous said...

Why does the Times-Tribune continue hire a bunch of hacks? It seems as though their reporters, who cannot write, lack intellectual backbone;