Brian Lambert You can only shake your head in dismayed amazement at the over-the-top-and-into-the-stratosphere reaction to Garrison Keillor’s March 14 Salon column. I only read the thing today, a week after the fact and a week after the eruption of anger from … and lets be careful here … a certain portion of the gay community, abetted … Read more
“Spot” questions the fanged female … “Brian, I do enjoy your blog; you obviously know a lot about the media scene in the Twins. However, Spot has to question your choice of a female lion as your avatar for the blog.” Spot my man/(gal?). Ask yourself the fundamental question I ask myself every day. Is … Read more
Great minds thinking alike, Pt. #38 … This “comment” came literally minutes after I read the piece in question. “Any thoughts on Kate Parry’s pretty extraordinary column on how Strib editors either: “A. Dumb down NYT stories for Strib readers, or “B. Improve NYT stories for Strib readers. “Depends on how you look at it, … Read more
Here is a comment from reader Dave on yesterday’s post about blogs leading the mainstream press to the US Attorney’s story … “Brian I agree with you that stories are missed by the mainstream press and also agree that this is a worthwhile topic for discussion. But you owe your readers a small disclosure on … Read more
Eric Alterman offers a valuable, and as far as I can tell, entirely accurate timeline of reporting on the U.S. Attorneys scandal. His essential point being that this fascinating episode of ham-fisted politicizing would have been ignored, as so many other stories have been, were it not for REPORTING work done by prominent blogs, principally … Read more
The headline says it all. The Twin Cities’ omnipresent food guru is a freakin’ master of self-promotion.
I am certain there will be more than a couple “clarifications” regarding this morning’s announcement on voluntary buyouts.. Among the first: Star Tribune Guild reps say sports writer Steve Aschburner will stay on past Friday until the end of the current Timberwolves season. (As one crank has already posted on this blog’s “comments” section, “Hasn’t … Read more
A total of 24 Stribbers took the voluntary buy-out allowed under the present Guild contract. The names were released this morning. They are: Judy Arginteanu Bill Arthur Steve Aschburner Mike Carroll Bob Franklin Grethchen Gramenz Doug Halliday Jeremy Iggers Jocelina Joiner Tom Jones Jim Lundberg Bob Lutsey Ron Meador Richard Parker Darlene Prois John Reinan … Read more
I spent a good chunk of the day tending various hooks in the water, hoping to catch word of the names of reporters on the voluntary buy-out list at the Star Tribune. But it was dead quiet. Not even a nibble. Even though there was word of a 10 AM meeting of Strib brain wizards … Read more
I caught John Hines at an awkward moment. The local radio and TV vet was just about to step in to give a deposition. “Its a ‘D-I-V-O-R-C-E’ thing,” he said. I told him I was sorry to hear that. Those things are always some degree of gruesome. “Ah, what the hell,” Hines replied, “I’m getting … Read more