tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post200495442965707198..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Mail | Attacks on managers just as 'rude and crude'Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81984338789324982502011-03-04T22:45:44.736-05:002011-03-04T22:45:44.736-05:0010:43 You can't just call someone a liar.10:43 You can't just call someone a liar.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10090092166493044922011-03-04T22:43:49.392-05:002011-03-04T22:43:49.392-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57273497065404617802011-03-04T22:37:58.331-05:002011-03-04T22:37:58.331-05:00http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bruce-dewar/12/987/315...http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bruce-dewar/12/987/315Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18516591706062579822011-03-04T12:06:15.055-05:002011-03-04T12:06:15.055-05:00Jim: Yes, Mary Kay Blake. She was highly effective...Jim: Yes, Mary Kay Blake. She was highly effective in the old Gannett regime. Why do you think she has hung on as a highly paid VP at The Freedom Forum/Newseum despite the constant blood-letting there? She knows so much about Overby and Paulson that they leave her alone. As is obvious now, Marymont and her Gannett crew have little power. Guys like Silverman used to run amok carrying a Louisville Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73878295374811653522011-03-04T11:10:03.093-05:002011-03-04T11:10:03.093-05:00What does the Holocaust has to do with what the se...What does the Holocaust has to do with what the sentence actually says? Just because a Holocaust victim wrote this? <br /><br />Just because this person doesn't see through the rose-colored glasses you seem to have put on? Last time I've checked there is a fundamental law allowing free speech in the U.S.<br /><br />BTW: How all of you know that this person is working for Gannett? <br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50731278959804319882011-03-04T11:07:28.242-05:002011-03-04T11:07:28.242-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55215222969848271532011-03-04T09:52:57.919-05:002011-03-04T09:52:57.919-05:00Agreed, 9:47. Unless NNCO is now putting people to...Agreed, 9:47. Unless NNCO is now putting people to death instead of offering the severance package, comparing our situation to the Holocaust goes beyond the pale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83316544810877023412011-03-04T09:47:18.989-05:002011-03-04T09:47:18.989-05:00Oh for God's sake. Yet another totally over th...Oh for God's sake. Yet another totally over the top comparison to a group of people who TRULY were oppressed. Because you didn't get a raise or work in a industry that is shedding jobs or have a boss who (gasp) may be hard on you isn't "oppression." Grab your things and walk out the door. And here's another point: don't come back here, because it's not doing you,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54370834871710550322011-03-04T09:05:19.182-05:002011-03-04T09:05:19.182-05:00a well-written post. you are calling out the immat...a well-written post. you are calling out the immature, and, at times, silly.<br />i'm being nice calling them silly. <br /><br />3/03/2011 6:50 PM <br /><br />This looks totally like an enablers post.<br /><br />Really? Here's food for thought:<br /><br />I swear never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83982919421724588252011-03-04T08:19:34.326-05:002011-03-04T08:19:34.326-05:00People are extremely frustrated at USAT. I can'...People are extremely frustrated at USAT. I can't condone the attacks on the characters of Hillkirk et al. My hope is that he and others are alerted to the moods and frustrations of his employees and he tries to address them. Ignorance may be bliss, but not in the media business. And certainly not in an organization that's supposed to focus on communication. Right now, there just isn'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66002199281131144452011-03-03T23:35:33.896-05:002011-03-03T23:35:33.896-05:00Blake = Mary Kay Blake?Blake = Mary Kay Blake?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71272957031886063692011-03-03T23:23:30.394-05:002011-03-03T23:23:30.394-05:008:59 is correct. In the newsroom, once you become ...8:59 is correct. In the newsroom, once you become a top editor, the company owns your career and soul. May not be the case now, but the top editor got paid relocation expenses ans sometimes their houses were bought by Gannett as were bounced from town to town. There were bonuses for diversity hires, bonuses for keeping positions unfilled, along with bonuses that the publisher could dole out to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84165937586598314602011-03-03T20:59:50.144-05:002011-03-03T20:59:50.144-05:00There are a lot of good managers. Most of them are...There are a lot of good managers. Most of them are at the managing editor position and below. It's when some get up to the executive level that things seem to change.<br /><br />I really have to wonder if it's the company culture that produces this change.<br /><br />I don't don't think anyone was slapping all management, but certainly a visible portion of it, the "top dogs&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65192574158673213042011-03-03T18:50:28.804-05:002011-03-03T18:50:28.804-05:00a well-written post. you are calling out the immat...a well-written post. you are calling out the immature, and, at times, silly.<br />i'm being nice calling them silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23640968515746689742011-03-03T17:19:46.599-05:002011-03-03T17:19:46.599-05:00I couldn't have said it better myself! Thank y...I couldn't have said it better myself! Thank you for a much needed reminder that on bad apple doesn't ruin the bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com