Comments on: Going Postal: Reporters Reportedly Throw Punches in Press Room at the Washington Post http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Takoma http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88702 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:58 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88702 @ Vince Treacy:
Thanks for the link and the info. I went to check out the blog of the Allen dude. And with the tidbits you give above, I’m a total fan of the man. Looks like a guy I’d smoke a joint with!!! And to hell the two younger colleagues who “de-constructed” and “dis-located” the a Civil War battle…

]]> By: Vince Treacy http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88665 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:25:02 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88665 There is a need for fuller coverage here. First of all, there is a picture of Manuel up top, but how about equal time for Henry in the form of his own self-portrait:

http://henryallenstudio.blogspot.com/2008/03/picture-of-my-face.html

In his own words, “Intense. Mercurial. Bald. Bearded. (See “Picture of My Face.”) Artist: 2008 group shows in Truro, Mass. (“Celebrating the Hopper Landscape) and Takoma Park, Md., Boathouse Gallery Christmas show; upcoming solo show June 2009 at Strathmore Hall, N. Bethesda, Md. Marine veteran of Vietnam. Backpacked to India, the whole ’60s show. Journalist, poet, novelist. Critic in New York Review of Books, New Yorker. Editor, staff writer at The Washington Post. Pulitzer Prize for criticism, 2000. Studied English and art at Hamilton College, art at Montgomery College, Corcoran Gallery. Taught cultural analysis in U. of Maryland honors program. Currently playing with idea that contrary to modernist dogma, essence resides not in simplicity but complexity.”

Note entry as Vietnam Marine Veteran AND Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Not too many resumes with that double.

Next, in answer to a question, Henry is 68, and due to retire in weeks, so he had clearly moved into the “Take this job and shove it” zone.

The “worst story” was an error-filled piece about Paul Robeson that never saw the light of day.

Allen does not seem to suffer fools gladly, especially one who A) calls him a dick, B) reaches over and grabs his paper, and C) calls him a c.s. Manuel did not pick a good target for his mouthing off, and as a result executed a face plant into Allen’s fist. Provocation. Luckily at age 68, it is doubtful that a punch can cause any harm.

Finally, Allen picked a good time to retire from the Post formerly known as a newspaper. The Post site has yet to print a word about this story.

]]> By: Rich http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88641 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88641 The Post’s journalism has deteriorated over the past decade, although they’ve always been weak in a variety of areas like local news (much love of former Mayor Williams, fear of Marion Barry, general ignorance of the DC area), Sports (DC is no sports town and the slavish devotion to the Redskins laughable) and health (general stupidity, esp. if a number is present in the story). Putting a civil war battle in the wrong state is pretty egregious.

]]> By: Takoma http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88632 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:48:56 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88632 I don’t get it. If this Allen guy just saw this horrible article “in 43 years,” how old is the dude? If he’s that old, then he needs to retire and leave these two younger younger journalists cavort in the pressroom. If I got it wrong, then does this Allen dude have nothing better to do in his spare time than reread the archives of the Post dating back from when, I don’t know, Elvis was stoned on stage? On the other hand, in defense of the Allen dude, why and how on earth would a Post journalist “misplace” the location of a Civil War Battle? Have all journalists turned into “entertainers” like Glenn Beck???

]]> By: Mike Spindell http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88622 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:22:59 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88622 I grew up within a NY Times reading family and I read it every day for at least forty years. Then I began to notice that as the days went by I was less and less interested in each edition and my reading time became less and less. I saw the editiorial and op ed pages as repositories of either Beltway or corporatist leanings. Finally, the only thing I looked forward to was the crossword in the Sunday Magazine and the Book Reviews. After a time it became apparent that even the book reviews were done in a way that screwed the books that weren’t on someone’s approval list for literature. I haven’t subscribed to or read papers for ten years and I get my Sunday Crosswords from available compendiums of Sunday Times Crosswords. I get my news mainly from the net and I am better informed now than I ever was. It is a sad truth that newspapers are about to become extinct.

]]> By: Elaine M. http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88619 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:04 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88619 BIL–

I guess you might be suggesting a new nickname for the newspaper then? Maybe WaPoo???

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88600 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:36:07 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88600 This is exactly what I’ve come to expect from WaPo. Low quality . . . something. It’s rarely news, but it is something. I’m no more surprised by this than if the report read “Shepard Smith Bites Off Ailes’ Ear In Watercooler Deathmatch”. When one works with poo flinging monkeys, one should expect to get a little on them.

]]> By: Jill http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88599 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88599 Well I never. This is a respected journalistic magazine that I look to every day for important life guidance. For those of you who are fashion challenged I give you the pick of the day:

“SCARLETT JOHANSSON

WHAT SHE WORE
A peek-a-boo vintage Givenchy couture dress with pewter satin Dior heels and DeBeers jewelry

WHERE
The Tribute to Cinema hosted by Moet & Chandon in Tokyo

WHY WE LOVE IT
Johansson looked red hot in a slim sheath with a sexy cleavage-revealing cutout. Try the peek-a-boo trend without having to amp up your workout by showing off your decolletage.

]]> By: Vapidnator http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88588 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:02 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88588 “Allen told her that it was “the second worst story I have seen in Style in 43 years.” Ok, you got me, what was the worst story?”

I suppose he would know the worst story ever written, I suppose he wrote it.

]]> By: Dredd http://jonathanturley.org/2009/11/03/going-postal-reporters-reportedly-throw-punches-in-press-room-at-the-washington-post/#comment-88587 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:38:47 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16862#comment-88587 The Washington Postal breaks new ground once again …

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