Comments on: Insider’s Dilemma

By: Flagship5631

Flagship5631 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:27:36 +0000

Can someone please explain the “auto dealer” reference? Seriously…why are they so important and how do they affect news coverage? I can guess given their ad prevalence, but is it more than that? I’d love someone to explain it cogently, please. Thank you…whoever you will be.

By: leopard

leopard — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:35:23 +0000

Sledgehammer-

I could not agree with you more. Keith is a fantastic leader who can and will enjoy is retirement.

By: Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:06:51 +0000

Dear Butt Throb, oh sorry, Deep Throt, sounds like your editorials were edited a liitle to much for your liking, just another pathetic disgruntled wanna- be that doesn’t have the balls to tell someone to their face what they think. You hide behind a shroud of a blog that you know Keith is likely to read and you think your cheap shots will have an effect on him? I’m not sure what your point is, I don’t work for the Strib, but I’ve know Keith Moyer since he’s been in the Twin Cities and he’s a stand up guy.
You people are in a tough industry right now, trying to nfind direction for a dinosaur media outlet that is being trampled by the Internet (this blog case in point) The VP you were complaining about who’s meager photo journalistic experience should not qualify him for his position has spearheaded the “online” end of the Strib and (if you really knew anything about the inner workings of your own company you’d know THIS) has made it a complete success!
Although I don’t work there, I know the kind of person Keith Moyer is, and I know his door is always open to those who have concerns, and those who have the balls to bring them to light.
Then there are NUTLESS WONDERS, like yourself, who probably have trouble finding your own little pecker in your pants when you have to take a leak!
I could go on, I find my own writing far more entertaining than yours, (and you do it for a living), but I think I’ve exposed you enough, crawl back under your desk, take another nap, suck the Company for a few more dollars, a few more comp’d lunches, parking passes, press passes, backstage passes, Viking’s, Twin’s, Wolves tickets etc. then waste some more time writing in a blog complaining about problems you don’t have the guts or will to try to fix yourself.
As for Keith, I don’t think he’ll be losing much sleep over the likes of you, he’s never been concerned much with LOSERS, just WINNERS.
Have a great retirement Keith!

By: ross

ross — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:51:28 +0000

OK, I'm not the biggest Withering Glances fan, although I think it's sometimes cute.

But I do have to give credit to Rick Nelson's other Strib work. I think he's one of the most underrated food critics in town. He's fun to read and not anywhere near as annoyingly egocentric as some of his competition. He is, quite easily, one of my favorite things about the Strib. (Plus, from the few times I've met him, he seems like a really nice guy, too.)

Also, I do think it refreshing to hear some gay voices coming out of a features department. As most newspaper insiders will tell you, there are very few gays working in that part of the paper -- all the big homos are in sports.

By: bud jr

bud jr — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:40:06 +0000

withering glance withering glance
amber likes it so we haven't a chance
its all about gays and shoes and anal
oh why should we moan over something so banal?

By: Max

Max — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:41:26 +0000

To dps,

You’ve never worked in sales have you?! All we ever heard and had shoved in our faces was sales quotas and incremental revenue. Our base was not a lot and commissions were how I/we survived. I use to be proud that I worked for the StarTribune and thought it was a solid paper. But after 13 years and saw how management treated all employees I resigned. My best to those who are still hanging in there!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:38:41 +0000

Hah! You think working for the Strib is bad? Try working for a “community paper.” I had the privlege of working at a community paper just south of the cities, what a joke. Poverty wages, pitiful insurance, a 401k that was laughable, and a ridiculously corrupt administration had me out of there in a year. In fact, the entire staff had turned over in about a year, in all departments. The owner had the balls to brag about the wages he paid.

By: MollyP

MollyP — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:37:25 +0000

A wise man: This isn’t just about the insular working world of the local media. This is about money, greed, the control of information, what constitutes as news these days, and how we receive the “news.”

By: amber

amber — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:19:41 +0000

You would have to be pretty naive – aka, fresh from the journalism dept. at the U of M – to NOT believe that those that pay a big bundle of the papers’ bills – aka, auto dealers – have the power to compromise the news even just a little bit. I suppose you would also expound back and forth that drug companies have no effect on our government representatives whatsoever.

And by the way, I love Withering Glance, and I write an email to the paper every week telling them so. I’ve also decided that every time bud jr. makes a comment mocking it, I’m going to write another email to the paper about how great I think the column is. Power to the people!

By: A Wise Man

A Wise Man — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:43 +0000

Does anyone but a Strib employee care about this? Why not a post about the recent layoffs at Boston Scientific? This is one news source of many. I can’t think of a single reason to part with my 50 cents for a copy.