Did we need to know what PR is being called in another blogging area?

I think not. Unless we also want to start trouble.

As usual, there are two viewpoints.

#1 Wrong viewpoint
#2 Danny’s viewpoint

The blog post here at P&T on Bush visit to Erie and media bias brought a plethora of Topix commentors here. I viewed a lineup and saw them in a row, read none, and visited another blog for the day.

P&T is NOT compared to Topix.

I DID request that you not let it happen.
There is a difference.

And my request was motivated by seeing posts by Topix regulars, now showing up at your venue. I considered it a “heads up”, not a critique.

In retrospect, I would make one change and post that paragraph on the Bush Blogpost, where the Topix commenters commented here (politely, I add), instead of linkage to this article.

I regret that error.

I will also point that as moderator, you are witnessing a lot of your audience attribute a quote “hatefully racist” to me, when MY comment gives clear attribution to the true source, and why he made it.

Reading, digesting, and responding to commentary is different than reading a telepromter.

I stand by my comment that PR made the statement.
Edgy1 took him to task on it.
And this audience can not tell an attributed quote when clearly attributed.

My apology to you Joel if there was a scintilla of thought on your part linking P&T to the dreaded Topix Forum.

Now, all can scroll up and attribute the comment line “hatefully racist” to its source…..
edgy1 at Erie Blogs in a rebuttal to PR. I thoroughly agree with edgy 1 in his assessment.

You are attributing the call to me; not true. And if you read the PR opinion that made edgy 1 state the phrase, you have to pretty much agree.

Not one comment here (after mine) acknowledges the plusses of Gallagher either. I weighed both PR and Gallegher in my comment.

As for media sports favoritism, I was a Prep boy dating McDowell gals, so it means diddly to bring that slanted reports into this discussion.
NOWHERE is Gallagher seeking accolades as a mentor.
I brought that up as a recall of my own.

Do not doublespeak that Gallagher is seeking accolades.
If that is in this thread, I have not spotted it.

Last, as I typed, PR and his yawn was above me. No one else. By the time I submitted comment,
The Captain in Comment 3, sucinctly said the same as me. He disagreed with PR in a most fashionable way.
Had his memo to PR appeared before I typed, I would likely have deferred comment, as the point was made.

But the quote from Erie Blogs made by PR speaks for itself. And if you have not read it, or scrolled by to spit venom before reading, then reread or comprehend.

Whoever edgy 1 is, I agree with HIS classification that the comment was “hatefully racist”.

And Tim needs to go to Community College to enroll in Comprehension 101. READ the quote by edgy 1 and comprehend the souirce of the line.

READ the quote by PR that elicited the determination by edgy 1.

Flailing me for pointing PR-isms occurs everywhere, does not stop the pessimistic opinion. I was happier with The Captain wording to PR, but since my quote is directly from Erie Blogs, either there is a misquote, or I have accurately reported what PR said there, and what another called him for saying it.

You media boys flunk reading.

And Chris, this is Joel’s baby.
Let Jack rest in peace, eh?

Please guys, take the personal attacks out of your comments. Everyone gets a chance to post their views here.

Danny, comparing P&T to that cess pool Topix is a real insult.

(frustration)

Good grief! I guess I will probably be attacked by Danny Lucas for my defense of PR? Oh well, guess ad hominen attacks are back in vogue?

I found nothing offensive with the “yawn” remark.

Here is one of my own: Danny Lucas…..”yawn!”

If you want to ban me for my commentary and defense of my friend than so be it. Nice blog!

I don’t think “hatefully racist” is a respectful comment – but it is a personal shot. PR is a friend of mine. I had the great pleasure of working with him while we were both at a local Tv station here in Erie. PR taught me a hell of a lot about shooting news video and then editing – when others were either unwilling or unable to “show me the ropes.”

Mr. Lucas, I respect your First Amendment rights to free speech. However, I am DEEPLY offended at your remark of my friend as “hatefully racist.”

To Joel: maybe it is time to review and edit comments a little more thoroughy? Whatever happened to courteous and respectful? “Hatefully racist” is neither.

Thanks – now off my soap box