Regarding the Boston Globe’s sinking ship, the left’s mantra is that the web killed the print edition, rather than admit a stuffy, dry, biased, agenda-driven and otherwise sloppy product has turned away readers.
Even as the paper faces a potential closure, that’s why the Globies are not attempting to broaden their appeal by dumping the elitist political propaganda. Instead, they’re on a kamikaze mission to pump as much “progressive” crapola as can be jammed into the shrinking publication’s final days.
The latest example is this overtly sympathetic interview with the monitor overseeing Rush Limbaugh for the far-left, George Soros-funded Media Matters. Check out these brutally-tough questions:
Q. One of your co-workers told me that the joke around the office is that “Simon has the worst job in America.”
A. I don’t know if it’s the absolute worst job. It’s a challenge, at times, listening to Rush every day. It’s interesting, though.
Q. What do your friends and family say when you tell them what you do for a living?
A. They praise my fortitude. Nothing but support, and a few condolences.
Q. Does Rush ever push back at you on the air?
A. He came close to mentioning the Limbaugh Wire, but backed off from that, much to our disappointment. He knows we’re out there, though.
Q. What’s the most egregious thing, from your perspective, you’ve heard Limbaugh say?
A. You’d be drawing from a deep well there. Back in 2004 there was that comment he made about the guards at the Abu Ghraib prison “blowing off steam.” And in 2006 he was talking about Michael J. Fox, saying that Fox was either acting his [Parkinson's disease] symptoms or he was off his meds.
In other news, conservatives kick cute, adorable puppies for no good reason.
Brian,
It’s apparent; thinking about the Globe’s imminent demise gives you a bump a la Chris Mathews, but please, for the love of God, give it a rest already! Your needle has been stuck in that groove waaaaay tooooo looooong.
Yeah, I am pretty bored with this site of late.
Stafer, you-got-that-right. Yawn.
I’m well past a yawn. I think I actually nodded off as evidenced by the small pool of drool on my magazine. Maybe that’s TMI?
Softy, today Staffer is 2 f’s not 1. Not that it makes a difference. We’re all bored.
If you want some entertainment, check out the comments to Magpie’s Herald column. Braude got all angry and defensive today calling such people who say things about Maggie, “gutless” or something to that effect. He reminds me of when John Lennon would get mad at anyone who said anything unkind about Yoko. Come on Jim, Maggie can defend herself.
Staffer,
I don’t think he was quite defending the Pie. He compared the hateful comments posted to Markhoff’s fiancé to hateful comments she rec’d after writing a column on her little dog. I didn’t interpret it as any more than making a statement about how vicious and sick some of these comments are. Magpie pissed a lot of people off last summer and the tone of the comments reflects the damage. It seems she is still unaware of how she’s perceived. She sounds genuinely surprised when she gets negative feedback. Whether it’s her voice (someone said it sounded like she had sand in her mouth), her lame topics, or her repeating the same old, tired “hot” MILF stuff, she doesn’t get it. It took her family to point out her over-usage of “pizza ass”. That’s what she claims. She could defend herself, but she seems unaware of anything to defend. Is that denial? And not the river in Egypt!
I was surprised, however that the Big Guy babysat her little dog. That’s a sure sign of true love.
Wait, tell me more about the “Pizza Ass” thing and her family. I didn’t even hear that one.
She said her family told her she was calling Jim “Pizza Ass” too often, and she was trying to restrain herself. Yesterday maybe?
Her family? You mean, her embarrased and humiliated children?
OMGawd. I wasn’t thinking her poor kids! I assumed it was adult family members. She wasn’t specific.
She can’t possibly allow her kids to listen to her show. Can she? I guess they’re old enough to listen if they so choose.
Maybe it was her children!!! Imagine that !!
I think they are college age now or about to go to college. They must have mixed emotions about mom. Granted, she does provide for them and probably gets a nice salary (for now). Still, can you imagine what it would be like to hear your 54 year old mom go into heat on the radio everday weekday? Also, to constantly say “pizza ass” and “buttocks” over and over? It must feel like they are the adults and she is the adolescent.
Regardless of providing for her kids with a good salary, when it comes to humiliation and/or embarassment to a teenage kid, money does not ease those feelings. It really breaks my heart to think that it was her kids who had to tell her to nix the pizza ass talk. She also mentioned a while back that she was going to start acting “more respectable” in regards to getting smashed. I could write the book on what it’s like to feel like the adult with adolescent parent(s). It’s too sad to think any kid has to endure that. And it makes me mad that parents with half a brain are oblivious as to how their actions affect their kids. Years of shrink bills.
Margie’s pointless columns are universally panned by the readers at the Herald. Somehow the Herald thinks that attracting negative comments to the lame writing is a positive for its online survival…Also, itt is really humorous to see how NECN has elevated Braude to Edward R. Murrow status at that fading station. Jim is fast enough on his feet to cover his lack of knowledge of current events…His opinions carry him a long way on a news station…Every time
I check into the radio, the program is getting more bizarre and just plain goofy.
Larry…the radio program has always been “goofy” but I think at one point maybe 8 years ago or so it was kind of “goofy fun”. Now, the show is spinning its wheels and also going to bed with the establishment (just listen to the softball “Ask the Governor” and “Ask the AG” segements). It’s tiresome and sad but WTKK still believes in it and invested in giving Jim and Maggie a 5 year deal.
“plain goofy”, “goofy fun”, “bizarre” and/or “goofy”…. whatever adjective you choose, the bottom line is what worked 8 years ago is not working now. The dynamic and/or chemistry is bordering on creepy.
I still think they should have their own shows, and team up occasionally. Jim is so much better solo, and the Pie can dish about boobs, and bellies, and buttocks, and blow jobs and Botox….and that’s just a sample of the “b” words!
The “pie” is kind of done in my opinion. Her columns are seen by so many as such a big joke they have become a “must read” for laughs. Kind of a sad way to be “popular” if you ask me. I don’t think anyone regards her seriously or funny. Jim stands up for her by saying she is the “funniest columnist in Boston”. To paraphrase “Goodfellas” Jim, funny how? Funny as in lame and pathetic funny? It must be tiresome for Jim to prop up his fading and unravelling sidekick.
“funniest columnist in Boston”- yeah I heard that recently. I thought Jim’s tongue must have been firmly planted in cheek for that remark. Not only are her columns not funny, most of them have no point. NONE. They make no sense. The Pie is turning into a parody of herself.
Jim is generous with her and yes, it must get tiresome. Notice the more she unravels, the more she lashes out at him (all in fun though, right Magpie). His weight (even though he’s in good shape), his insufferable personality (even though it’s she who has become insufferable) his clothing (has she looked in the mirror?) Or she’ll redirect a point he’s making by her daily “horny shout out”.
I think Maggie must be well into her Oyster Bay or weed when writing her columns.
Yeah. I wonder if she reads her column the day after her deadline and wonders what the hell was I thinking?
I think she just cranks them out and tries to forget about them. Why would she want to remember them?
Good point AND very funny. The wine and weed will help her forget.
It’s too bad, really because she holds the highly esteemed position of a major columnist in one of the two (for now anyway!) Boston newspapers. IMO that is a big deal and deserving of someone who has more to contribute than cranking them out. I guess it’s not the content of her columns that’s important to the Herald, but the number of comments (albeit negative). Sad state of affairs.
Anyway, here’s to you, Brian. Yesterday the Times reported that Globe did even worse in the first quarter 09 than they expected. And their original expectation was bad.
What’s that? A tingle running up your thigh? Yes, I thought so. No need to thank me. My pleasure.
New Maggie column is up on the Herald’s site. Lots of fun filled comments.
Hi Staff,
Yeah, I read her column this am. Hated it, for 2 reasons- a. it stunk and b. I dislike the topic.
This is what has me confused about the Pie. I can’t figure out if she’s a man hater, or a woman hater. Maybe she hates both?
Funny, last night couldn’t sleep-working late and drank waaaaay too much coffee. Anyway I’m online googling the night away, and what do I see? A personal picture of the Big Guy and Pie. I could not believe my eyes. Was I sleep deprived? Hallucinating?
Nope! There they were. Lovey and dovey. The BG looked smitten, tan and smiling and the Pie looked….well she looked kinda haggard.
However they did share one look, they both looked like a couple.
I just flipped on the radio briefly and “the pie” was yammering on about liverwurst sandwiches. She used go on and on about that back in 2000.
there you go, TKK. Another topic for the Pie’s solo show: sandwiches. She could fill an hour with her tuna sandwiches alone.
Are you listening Ms. Blazing Saddles? Solo is the way to go. Magpie would excel with a “Horny Housewife Hour”. She could provide tips on the variety of uses for kitchen utensils….from making a sandwich to a sex toy. Trust me, she’d be a hit.
Maybe I should run that damn station. I’ve got some great ideas, yes?
I’ve gotta give Magpie a break. She doesn’t look that bad in her picture. Not haggard, as I previously posted. She’s just really light skinned and she wears colors that are not flattering for her complexion.
So there. I take my original comment back. Sorry Magpie. But ditch that dreadful olive green top. Either give it away, or throw it away, just get it out of your wardrobe. Fast.
The Big Guy does wear colors that are flattering to his skin type. Tanned with a pink shirt, he looked pretty damn good. Well, you know, good for an older man!
Bwahahahaha…The Glob is now in a panic, trying their best to ‘increase revenue.’ Each time you go to the Glob home page now, you are lambasted with pop-up ads and other ‘revenue-generating’ nonsense. Of course, there is a big X in the upper-right corner of each ad, which you need to click to get rid of the nasty offender. But clicking that ‘X’ is essentially telling the advertiser that you ‘saw’ the ad. And they pay according to the number of people who ‘saw’ the ad. Totally corrupt, but so is the newspaper that the ads appear in.
piratetoby – Admitting you want to sleep with Magpie is the first part of acceptance.
Acceptance? No, no. Your lttle online intervention aint gonna work, RKO….it’s too much fun here in denial. I’m not ready, yet, to give it up.
Come on now…admit it!!! She’s a kinky old broad and you want it.
Poor ‘ol Magpie. She’s on the air, desperate for a poke or a probe. Male, female or alien? Doesn’t matter. She’s made her listeners aware, she’s probe ready. (Yeah, Magpie, we ALL know you’re ready!!)
Do you think the BG made her go outside for her post coital smoke?
Rain has finally come to the desert! Maggie is now probe ready.
Magpie laments her loss of cop contacts while Mcflea seems to have more than her share.
My idea: McFlea and Pie have a “girl’s nite out”. McFlea can sniff out the cops, and Magpie can submit to a voluntary probe. Pie can start to build her cop contacts again, and she might even get herself some weed from their confiscated stash!
Get a clear visual of 2 barflies, their horns, earlier in the evening discretely hidden are now poking out, loosened by a few cocktails, surrounded by a few of Boston’s finest with a hankering to party. Man, I’d pay to be their bartender.
Damn you, RKO. Thanks to you, I can’t get the lyrics to “Super Freak” out of my head……”she’s a very kinky girl, you can’t take home to your mother…..”
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