Updated at 8:23 a.m. ET: In fact, his column appears in print; it wasn't online when I first checked. It's now here.Earlier: My favorite retired Gannett CEO's weekly column in USA Today wasn't published today -- odd, given Al Neuharth's expressed reluctance to take a vacation. I've searched USAT's website, but can't find any mention of his absence. I've e-mailed two people at the No. 1 printed daily, plus one of his associates -- but no replies yet.
Earlier: Plunging stock prices can be fun!
What are you talking about? Al is right there on page 10A.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it didn't get posted online? But he's in the paper.
Correction -- Neuharth's column is on Page 9A. But it is there. To say it "wasn't published today" is pretty irresponsible.
ReplyDeleteNeuharth writes that Steinbrenner should get more credit in Yankee history, adding that the new Yankee Stadium should be called The House The Boss Built.
This is a good example why people who take themselves seriously shouldn't pay attention to more important topics -- like stock price analysis -- from a hack like Jim.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. A guy in Europe can't find Neuharth's column online, wonders what's up, writes a short post about it, asks for info. In other words, doing some reporting.
ReplyDeleteYou point out which page it's on in the print version -- oops! got it wrong the first time! -- concede that it might not be online, then anonymously call him a hack.
I know which one of you I'd take stock analysis from.
No. It's the worst side of blogging.
ReplyDeleteGo with something fast without even checking it fully.
So meanwhile there's a headline up for more than three hours now that's just plain wrong.
(And I'm not the one who called anybody a 'hack.')
Just expect a little more diligence from such a widely read blog.
Thanks for stopping by, Craig.
ReplyDeleteGee, I wonder why Little Al(HE HE HE), column, IS not "ONLINE". Perhaps, Little Al, is "AFRAID OF COMMENTS" made online by someone, not AFRAID, of discrediting his words(he,he,he). Gee, I WONDER, who has GUTS, to make this happen(lol).
ReplyDeleteJim is a hack. After not finding the column, he e-mails two people at USA Today plus one of his associates for a reply. Of course, he also could've opened up the newspaper. This is like the young reporter who scours the Internet for a half-hour searching for a phone number, when all he had to do is open the phonebook.
ReplyDeleteJim, folks, is someone who has deluded himself into believing one story line about Gannett. He truly believes it so much that he can only see facts through a distorted prism. He's not trying to be one-sided. He just is incapable of seeing things any other way because he's been so affected by his own past experiences. Those of us who've worked in newsrooms know reporters like this. We also know that good editors can bring those reporters back down to earth.
So please, I beg of you good editors out there: Help Jim become a better reporter. Allow him to understand he's hurting his own cause by not being able to see things from any perspective except his own.
Yikes! My readers in the Death Star are SO cranky today!
ReplyDelete@9:50 am: USAT in print isn't available here on Ibiza.
ReplyDeleteHow about simply changing the headline or removing the erroneous item entirely?
ReplyDeleteOh, wait. It's the Internet. The truth doesn't matter.
"USAT in print isn't available here on Ibiza."
ReplyDeleteThen why not have waited to check it out before going with a gee-is-he-dead type of teaser headline...?
Sorry, Jim. You know that no editor would accept that as an excuse for going with something that was wrong. Even partly wrong.
ReplyDeleteWho IS this obnoxious scold who is intruding on our fun and frolic?
ReplyDeleteI wonder, when and if Big Al does go to the great USAT office in the sky, if the media will offer him for sainthood as it did for Russert and Snow?
ReplyDeleteThanks for adjusting the headline and copy, Jim.
ReplyDeleteAppreciated by all.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder, when and if Big Al does go to the great USAT office in the sky, if the media will offer him for sainthood as it did for Russert and Snow?
Why would Al settle for sainthood? Based upon the ginormous Bronze "Al head" in the alcove in Brevard isn't he already a deity?
Sainthood would be a demotion.
I love how Jim is a "hack" who "believes only one story line about Gannett."
ReplyDeleteI've been in the company 10 years now and most of the story lines I see around here are true, pathetic and in need of exposure.
Again, Craig, thanks for stopping by!
Anon 9:50 AM
ReplyDeleteDo you plan to correct your comment now that you have more of the facts, or will you stick with your assumption that Jim could have opened up the paper?
Thanks.
Right on, @8:43 AM. Dude is totally right about this being an example of "the worst side of blogging." Jim, I think this one case is a compelling indictment of an entire medium. Sort of like:
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