Recent Comments
Re: “Op-Ed: Ruth Ann Dailey explains why you can't have nice things”
Confucius say: Argue with tofu, get egg foo young on face.
Re: “Note to Occupy Pittsburgh: Put on your Guy Fawkes mask before talking to the Trib”
Vidonic might be a good reporter, but his name is on this story, so he bears responsibility. I was in a perhaps similar situation once as a Trib reporter--my editor directed me to find out what I could find out about an organization that was apparently out of favor with Trib management. Similar to Glosser, the organization was a key element of a small group of stories that the Trib and other media had already published. I didn't agree with the apparent witch hunt, poked around half heartedly, got hassled about "where's the story", ultimately said I couldn't find anything, got some shit and eventually we all moved on to other things. Vidonic could have done the same.
Perhaps even City Paper scribes have faced similar ethical quandaries. Management-dictated stories and front page placement can be difficult to stomach, but it happens to the best of us.
Another possibility is that an editor handed Vidonic Glosser's public records file and said, "Do a story". If Vidonic felt uneasy about it, he could have declined or at least demanded that his name not appear on the story. Yes, that would have required some balls, but other reporters have done it--even some at the PG, I hear.
Or perhaps Vidonic dug it up himself and got a pat on the back that is now intended to motivate and satisfy him for the next calendar year. And for some reporter's, a page one, above the fold story is gold, no matter the circumstances.
Finally, Glosser bears some responsibility in this, and at least he recognized it and took action. It isn't right that he should have to work within the media atmosphere that poisons Pittsburgh and the rest of the country, but that's the reality and Glosser accepted it and did the right thing. I think we'll see more of him in due course.
Re: “Op-ed: Dialing up expectations for the new 90.5”
I think it's great!
Re: “Police accountability: those who don't learn from history ...”
Actually, I've seen men act that way too--"snippy" and "fed up". It just happened to be Council President Harris in the video link. No sexism intended, not even subconsciously ... I think!
Re: “Police accountability: those who don't learn from history ...”
Why is Darlene Harris so snippy? She always sounds like she's completely fed up. Charm, politeness and good manners would set a much better tone for council.
Re: “Gerontocracy”
Move Primary Election Day to a Saturday or Sunday in April--when college kids are still in town--and make voting mandatory. Other countries do both.
Re: “Past Perfect”
Yes, but, Candy-Rama ain't there anymore, despite Sebak's best efforts. And I'd love to have a big box sporting goods store Downtown, for instance. It would be easier for me to buy a pair of sweat pants for my son there than to schlepp to Homestead.
I read or heard a story recently about Irish ex-pats coming back to the old villages for visits and being a sort of embarrassment to those who stayed because they insisted on going to the same pubs that the frequented in high school and talking about people they knew 20 years ago who weren't around anymore. That's Pittsburgh, too, in a way, right? The Old Country.
For my money, I'll take Pittsburgh Dad over Sebak in the 21st century. A celebration of yinzerness, but also a recognition of its absurdity.