tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post5658648101794320777..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Friday March 20 -- Got news or a question?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-76050911922734648022009-03-21T16:33:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:33:00.000-07:00You're kind of tardy, huh? It's okay, you'll catch...You're kind of tardy, huh? It's okay, you'll catch on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-35136213135849411372009-03-21T16:21:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:21:00.000-07:00Really? They compare black men to apes often in th...Really? They compare black men to apes often in that McClatchy newsroom? Because that's classic Klan stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-10631959240486052812009-03-21T16:08:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:08:00.000-07:00Klan meetings are usually pretty peaceful, too. Wh...Klan meetings are usually pretty peaceful, too. When everybody's in agreement, there's not much room for confrontation.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know what you mean. I worked in a McClatchy newsroom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-29123249167155125612009-03-21T15:46:00.000-07:002009-03-21T15:46:00.000-07:00Thanks to Anonymous @ 10:27 for making my point be...Thanks to Anonymous @ 10:27 for making my point better than I could.<BR/><BR/>As for the comment that things here were peaceful before all the journalists showed up, I'm sure it was.<BR/><BR/>Klan meetings are usually pretty peaceful, too. When everybody's in agreement, there's not much room for confrontation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-12713608495357693032009-03-21T12:34:00.000-07:002009-03-21T12:34:00.000-07:0010:27 AMFortunately everyone here has seen your id...10:27 AM<BR/><BR/>Fortunately everyone here has seen your idea of "indirectly mentioning" another site, so they know you're completely full of dookie. <BR/><BR/>As for the rest of your childish rant...DIE, MSM, DIE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-43248250758559738262009-03-21T11:33:00.000-07:002009-03-21T11:33:00.000-07:00Soooo, this is the site that trashes "the host" fo...Soooo, this is the site that trashes "the host" for letting everyone rant and rave. I'm not sure what comments were erased but I have seen "abusive" comments here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-86099567747306817612009-03-21T10:27:00.000-07:002009-03-21T10:27:00.000-07:00"The host" doesn't believe in trying to control co..."The host" doesn't believe in trying to control content.<BR/><BR/>But you delete comments that even indirectly mention other sites.<BR/><BR/>The rules say: Profanity or abusive comments will be deleted. That's controlling content.<BR/><BR/>Goons dancing on people's graves is abusive. Saying "Die, MSM, die" is abusive.<BR/><BR/>You allow abuse when it conforms to your ideological bentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-36262456334649984992009-03-21T08:38:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:38:00.000-07:00Heh.Personally, I like "the host." ;-)We haven't ...Heh.<BR/>Personally, I like "the host." ;-)<BR/>We haven't always seen eye-to-eye, but who does?<BR/>And who, pray tell, currently provides a better clearing house for information McClatchy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-8784497860877192622009-03-21T08:34:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:34:00.000-07:00"The host" doesn't believe in trying to control co..."The host" doesn't believe in trying to control content.Kevin Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04694898785243338105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-49301361510951274252009-03-21T08:12:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:12:00.000-07:00The fault with the tone of the blog lies entirely ...The fault with the tone of the blog lies entirely with the host, who invited McClatchy employees here to find out about their jobs, not telling them he was ambushing them with a firing squad of right-wing mouthbreathers.<BR/><BR/>He controls the tone here, and he allows this crap to continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-51282798971507979372009-03-21T05:54:00.000-07:002009-03-21T05:54:00.000-07:00A poor soul that voted for a teleprompter says.“ob...A poor soul that voted for a teleprompter says.<BR/><BR/>“obama won and america actually has a chance now.” <BR/><BR/>Man, don’t you read the newspapers? In two months, the ‘Bowler’ has raped the taxpayers ten times over. The only thing correct in that sentence is not capitalizing “obama .”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-28652622973922038782009-03-21T05:23:00.000-07:002009-03-21T05:23:00.000-07:00That's "You're," Mr. Spellcheck."Your" is the pose...That's "You're," Mr. Spellcheck.<BR/>"Your" is the posessive, "You're" is the contraction for "you are."<BR/>I was laid off by McClatchy last year.<BR/>Huff and puff to your heart's desire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-78868168738502484422009-03-21T03:35:00.000-07:002009-03-21T03:35:00.000-07:00The Dems have an overwhelming majority of ignorant...The Dems have an overwhelming majority of ignorant voters. ... If you're talking IQ points, it's the Dems that are short on numbers.<BR/>------<BR/>I'm a registered Republican, and I'm guessing your IQ is somewhere south of 80. Perhaps you don't drool on yourself. Prove me wrong. Can you spell "dipshit"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-69444748063604951172009-03-20T23:05:00.000-07:002009-03-20T23:05:00.000-07:00Supply rant -- I am told that my paper will not bu...Supply rant -- <BR/>I am told that my paper will not buy notebook dividers. I am told that we are lucky to get binders for our stack of training material with no page numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-74287825140887869412009-03-20T22:06:00.000-07:002009-03-20T22:06:00.000-07:00what you dont understand is that the majority of r...what you dont understand is that the majority of readers of this blog is newspaper employees. Without us this blog is dead. your too stupid to see that.<BR/><BR/>---------------<BR/>This blog was here and doing just fine before you all started getting canned and found a place where you could actually find out what was going on with your own company. It will continue to do just fine with or without you. In fact, before current employees showed up and decided the blog belonged to them it was a rather peaceful place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-75272894303720162522009-03-20T21:26:00.000-07:002009-03-20T21:26:00.000-07:00I posted a comment on Fresno Bee layoffs early tod...I posted a comment on Fresno Bee layoffs early today, and now all I see are rants about baboons and chimps and tirades and nazis and racism and turds.<BR/>There's a thoughtful post here and there, I'll allow.<BR/>I don't find my comment posted. That's okay. Fresno "don't get no respect," never has.<BR/> I don't usually waste time commenting at blog sites.<BR/>I was hoping to find some insight into McClatchy Woes here but there is a lot of bitching and going off on tangents.<BR/>You all can blow hard on your east coast McClatchy papers.<BR/>I'm done with McClatchy Watch, and disappointed it's loaded with a bunch of tweeters rather than insight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-65143081877654762092009-03-20T21:20:00.000-07:002009-03-20T21:20:00.000-07:002:24: It's not racist because you disagreed with a...2:24:<BR/><BR/> It's not racist because you disagreed with a liberal. It's racist because you compared a black man to a baboon.<BR/><BR/> I grew up in the South and can say from experience: racism must always be challenged. Nothing good will ever come of it.<BR/><BR/> Please talk to somebody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-68991526720990615512009-03-20T19:44:00.000-07:002009-03-20T19:44:00.000-07:00how sweet it is :) Im so happy that all the crap t...how sweet it is :) <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Im so happy that all the crap these anti liberal fools spout on this blog is worthless because obama won and america actually has a chance now. <BR/><BR/>Go USA GO OBAMA <BR/><BR/>8 years of lies, fear mongering and overall ignorance is done thanks god, and god bless America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80997265778713019182009-03-20T19:23:00.000-07:002009-03-20T19:23:00.000-07:00The Dems have an overwhelming majority of ignorant...The Dems have an overwhelming majority of ignorant voters. It's the party of inner-city poor, the uneducated and those ineligible (illegals and unregistered). ACORN made sure the illegals and unregistered could vote anyway. Even dead guys somehow rose from the grave to vote - two or three times in some cases! If you're talking IQ points, it's the Dems that are short on numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-38624520993391207182009-03-20T18:33:00.000-07:002009-03-20T18:33:00.000-07:00Excuse me please, but you don't seem to understand...Excuse me please, but you don't seem to understand that this is not an INDUSTRY blog. <BR/><BR/>It's an Anti-Industry blog hence the name...Cancel the Bee? Get it? <BR/><BR/>"I understand that you work at a newspaper and you feel that you have a divine right to dictate the message, agenda and content. You're not the first and undoubtedly not the last, so please take a second and read the very top of the man's blog so you can educate yourself. (as ya'll like to say)"<BR/><BR/>what you dont understand is that the majority of readers of this blog is newspaper employees. Without us this blog is dead. your too stupid to see that. Moreover, your hatefull and ignorant comments are so stupid most of us look at you like a child trying to get attention. Stupid is stupid does.<BR/><BR/>we all got it, obama is a racist and leftest are pigs, now go play with your friends and let us adults talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-58036702130993960452009-03-20T17:53:00.000-07:002009-03-20T17:53:00.000-07:00To get the severance, you have to sign a waiver th...To get the severance, you have to sign a waiver that says you will not sue the company! So.....5:21 "legally-vetted and consistent processes"; "every selection pool is carefully considered"<BR/><BR/>Right! carefully considered to determine if they might buck up & NOT take the severance - a court case could take years - but by then, MNI will be bankrupt anyway.<BR/><BR/>Consistent? Where I'm at, the names changed day to day, and the Publisher was the one that had the final say. <BR/><BR/>6:54 "The main method seems to be last hired, first fired." Our 1st round was low paying clerical positions (to meet the FTE #s?) This time around, it's seasoned, high paying staff (read between the lines - the ones that have taken on many of the day-to-day tasks of prior layoffs). <BR/><BR/>Myrtle Beach is also losing +-78 positions due to outsourcing of printing operations to Charleston. (Not FTE, since most work less than 40 hours per week)...<BR/><BR/>Knight Ridder was a great company to work for and I appreciate the many years we've spent together. MNI? well, all I can say is...God Bless You (a Southern term)<BR/><BR/>I'm relieved to be on the list -and proud to be with the other 20+ folks on it. I couldn't be going out with a finer group of people.<BR/><BR/>At least now I can get on with my life.<BR/><BR/>To those left behind? "God Bless You"<BR/><BR/>"Captain, Permission to Abandon Ship?" Gladly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496024224279403742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-46718922195652504822009-03-20T17:09:00.000-07:002009-03-20T17:09:00.000-07:00All I am saying is that I have begun to loathe the...All I am saying is that I have begun to loathe the whole "woe is me" exemplification of the issue.<BR/><BR/>This doesn't hinge so much on the survival of the product as it does hinge on the survival of the PEOPLE that care about the product and bring it to the newsstands every single friggin' day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-34513431215261396032009-03-20T17:08:00.000-07:002009-03-20T17:08:00.000-07:00Obama is the racist for hanging out with Rev. Wrig...Obama is the racist for hanging out with Rev. Wright for 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-74866688489084166912009-03-20T16:55:00.000-07:002009-03-20T16:55:00.000-07:004:37 said...Remember the readers, remember the adv...4:37 said...<BR/><BR/><I>Remember the readers, remember the advertisers</I><BR/><BR/>That would have been a far better motto than "Speaking Truth To Power".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-48584783316491821172009-03-20T16:45:00.000-07:002009-03-20T16:45:00.000-07:004:15 pm? Apolgies, my post was made to you~4:15 pm? Apolgies, my post was made to you~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com