Thin-skinned columnist SLAMS me in the local paper!

[Zomby Woof]

This guy means well... he is the lone liberal columnist in a local bird-cage liner here in L.A. County called The Daily Breeze. Nini's mom spotted this today and now allow me to share it with you... :evilgrin:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/columnists/bogert/articles/2205322.html

Excerpt:

But what disturbed me were two comments, one from somebody called Zomby Woof stating, "The Torrance Daily Quease. I don't read that rag."

Well good for you, Mr. Woof.

-snip-

:bounce: Thanks for the plug there, Mr. Bogert. ;-)

This guy is usually on our side, but it must get old being a voice in the wilderness on that staff...

[Libby2]

1. LOL

[Thtwudbeme]

2. Well, good for you Mr. Woof!

now that's funny!

[Zomby Woof]

4. I am STILL laughing my ass off

Nini just called me to tell me her mom spotted this in the actual paper copy... and so I found it online!

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

3. So now DU is a "blog"?

Meanwhile, this same column got picked up by a Web blog called demo-craticunderground.com. A blog is, of course, reporting without any oversight at all. In fact, I'm not certain that it is legal for this site to use my column without permission.

Two words, dude: fair use. And since when is DU a "blog"? Am I going to have to start coming to work in my pajamas now? Criminetly.

[JuniperLea]

8. Some newspaper guy he is!

Doesn't even know the laws pertaining to his own profession!

[sakabatou]

17. She can't even get our URL right!

:grr:

[KamaAina]

30. The hyphen got put in there in the copying process

but he's still a :dunce:

[JuniperLea]

5. I grew up in Lomita... and on The Daily Breeze

It used to be a great paper. I think you are probably right in your assumption that being a voice in the wilderness can wear and tear.

[nini]

39. I grew up in Wilmington.. the DB NEVER liked Wilmington

Even before it started to go downhill. I resented that paper even before it turned to the right.

[Name removed]

40. Deleted message

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[nini]

41. The labor power in Wilmington is one reason the DB doesn't like it

The heart of the labor force in the south bay is based in Wilmington and in San Pedro. The working class union types are just an annoyance the pro corporation Daily Breeze enjoys pumping up. We're talking about a paper who covers areas that has corporations such as Ratheon and all those other defense type companies.


Wilmington does have soul. I grew up there so it can't be all bad. :D


:hug:

[Inland]

6. Gee, maybe the guy should stop googling himself if it upsets him so.

That's one way to keep from wondering how much free content he's providing.

[Scout1071]

7. If he spent any time at all on DU, he would see that we strictly

follow copyright laws and encourage others to do so.

[JuniperLea]

10. Did he purposely misspell the DU address?

demo-craticunderground.com?

We should go check those guys out!

heh

:)

[sakabatou]

20. URL doesn't go anywhere...

[CatWoman]

9. LOLOLOLOL

"Mr. Woof"????

:rofl: :rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

12. From now on, EVERYONE calls me that

:P

[northofdenali]

18. What?

Not Monsieur Woof?
:rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

21. Mister Woof to you!

:hi: :D

[GOPisEvil]

11. Greetings, Mr. Woof.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

13. Nini's mom DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS ME!

How priceless is THAT??? :spray:

[GOPisEvil]

15. LOL!!

I bet she starts introducing you as Zomby now! :D

[XanaDUer]

14. Now THAT is too funny!

;) ;) ;)

[RagingInMiami]

16. I'm afraid I'm responsible for that, Mr. Woof

A good friend of mine is a reporter at the DB so when I saw that thread, I e-mailed it to him, not because of your post, but because the thread was mentioning the DB. And I've met John Bogert before at my friend's wedding a few years ago, so I was able to place a face to a byline.

So anyway, my friend, who is a member of DU but never posts and rarely logs on, posted for the first time in defense of the DB on that thread. I think his username is "Edsway" or something like that. And I guess he sent that link to Bogert.

My issue with Bogert's column is this statement: "What am I, content provider to the slacker world?"

The real slackers are the MSM, including the DB, for they haven't even made an attempt to report the truth about this administration. At least we do that here.

So I'll probably fire an e-mail off to tell him that.

[Zomby Woof]

19. Well, it made my day!

It's not only amateurish, it's mawkish and dull.

My little blurb was a random MAD magazine send-up - not worthy of the umbrage with which it was taken.

And if he knew what my day job was, he would retract that slacker comment with his lip marks freshly affixed to my ASS. :D

[XanaDUer]

23. And this guy is a liberal?

If so, you'd think he'd be used to being kicked around! :D

[Zomby Woof]

25. He defended Helen Thomas in a decent column recently

But truly, he peaked with that one.

It's one of those sad little local papers with Bob Boudelang-style LTTE's. :D

[XanaDUer]

27. Poor guy...

Well, he gave you some ink! :D

[RagingInMiami]

32. He can rag on DU all he wants, but check this out

Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA)

Daily Circulation: 73,209
Sunday Circulation: 71,492

Democratic Underground
83,103 user registrations and 20,625,713 posts since January 2001

[Zomby Woof]

35. Factor in sockpuppets and banned users

And we have a draw.

But we beat them in quality if not quantity.

[Catherine Vincent]

22. You hurt his widdle feelings!

LOL!

[Johnyawl]

24. I guess we just can't take you anywhere, can we?

you are such a little trouble maker. Maybe you should invite him out to dinner some time, to make it up to him.

Hell, the little weinie might even enjoy being kicked out of a resturaunt.

:evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

26. I just shot water out of my mouth!

JOHN! You sly devil. :evilgrin: :loveya:

:hug: to you and Geni!

Just know I am keeping Los Angeles County safe for "slackers" everywhere! :toast:

[bridgit]

28. how to be winning friends & influencing people, ZW...

:thumbsup: :rofl: :patriot:

[ismnotwasm]

29. Geez

I'm sure he's written some excellent stuff, but dude need to quit whining.
And congrats on your fame, Mr. Woof

[Lefty48197]

31. Who's he callin' a slacker?

"Meanwhile, this same column got picked up by a Web blog called demo-craticunderground.com. A blog is, of course, reporting without any oversight at all. In fact, I'm not certain that it is legal for this site to use my column without permission. What am I, content provider to the slacker world? Still, my stuff drew several immediate responses."

[hfojvt]

33. that is a SLAM?

"Well, good for you, Mr. Woof"

Seems to me he slammed the whole of DU more than he did you.

[Zomby Woof]

34. Not my fault you missed the sarcasm

:eyes:

[hfojvt]

42. I did not miss any sarcasm

But this is what I would consider a SLAM - "It is obvious from even a cursory reading of that site that Mr. Zombywoof hasn't read much of anything since his days of Dick and Jane." or words to that effect. Shirley, you have been slammed harder than that. :evilgrin:

I know I have :eyes:

[hfojvt]

43. ah, the worst kind of slam

is when you step on a rake

or is slipping off a bicycle seat worse?

It seems likely you were talking about YOUR sarcasm, which I missed rather than his, althoug his "good for you" is clearly a sarcastic remark, and yours is not. Should it have been obvious? Reading the thread up to my post, it does not seem like many of the other responses caught your sarcasm.

[Zomby Woof]

44. Let it go

Seriously. It's not healthy to obsess.

[nini]

36. In case Mr. Bogert sees this.. let me explain

I grew up in Wilmington - part of the area this paper covers. As Mr. Bogert states, there aren't many papers that cover local issues in this South Bay area of L.A. - the other one that comes to mind is the Long Beach Press Telegram.

I grew up seeing slanted coverage in the Daily Breeze of the town I grew up in. My town wasn't affluent like other cities in the area. My town deteriorated over the years and as it did it became more of a target in this right wing paper. I tired of the negative stories only as they didn't bother writing about anything good happening in the area.

The paper's owners are right wing hacks who play the right wing media role to a 'T'. They're so right wing they would never be accused of being part of the 'liberal media'. They have propped up this immoral administration the last 5 years with the best of the right wing media such as Fox news. I refused to continue to give my dollars to this paper after repeatedly seeing them endorse all republican candidates and the wrong side of local issues, in addition to them being part of the media in the right wing's pocket.

While Mr Bogert is more liberal than not, I wish he would call out his employer before calling out anonymous posters on the internet. His paper may be one of the few to report on local issues in this area, but they also ran the little guys out of business. Being the only paper in the area does not make its opinions and coverage legitimate in the eyes of true journalism. They are biased and on the wrong side. As long as that paper continues to tote the line for a corrupt administration and right wing agenda they will not get my attention or money.

To hell with them. I'm done supporting those corporations.


Mr. Woof - good for you.

:patriot:

[Zomby Woof]

37. Marry me

That was resoundingly brilliant!

While Mr Bogert is more liberal than not, I wish he would call out his employer before calling out anonymous posters on the internet. His paper may be one of the few to report on local issues in this area, they also ran the little guys out of business. Being the only paper in the area does not make its opinions and coverage legitimate in the eyes of true journalism.


:loveya: Be still my WD heart!

[nini]

38. OK

:loveya:





I can make sense when I want to. :D

[JI7]

45. never cared for that piece of crap paper

la times was the one i always read. but even that has recently turned right wing.

if not for the internet i'm not sure where i would get my news from these days.

[Zomby Woof]

46. The LA Times is but a shadow of itself

I hear you.

[antigone382]

47. Mr. Woof, may I have your autograph?

Seeing as you are now a bona fide celebrity and all...

How silly of that guy to get up in arms about something so benign.

[Zomby Woof]

48. Sure!

:-)

Yeah, I have to admit I was speechless, before breaking into laughter.

If I knew saying something unflattering about his paper would have elicited such a reaction, I would have prepared an essay that he could have quoted out of context. :evilgrin:

As it stands, he quoted me accurately. :D

[Stephanie]

49. you left out the best part - if they weren't the only source of local news

he would hate them too!

To be honest, if I didn't work here I too would use against it a word coined to describe the lurid fact-free tabloids of another era. I would also boast that I don't read the only South Bay daily covering city government, schools, fire departments, police, courts and local sports wrapped in a color package featuring national and international news, local personalities and culture at a cost of 25 cents.

We'll even deliver the paper to your house, just like 100 years ago.

[Zomby Woof]

50. The irony is staggering

I think the reason I struck a nerve is because I hit too close to home, and I am not talking about the Torrance City Council Chili Cook-Off and Crayola Festival. Or whatever cutesy community event they see fit to cover when they aren't defensively taking swipes at some anonymous bastard on an internet chat forum.

[Tsiyu]

51. Mister Woof! Mister Woof!

Calling Mister Woof!

This guy sounds like a nutcase. :freak:

Write something else about him so we can read about DU some more!



:bounce: :bounce:

[Peter Frank]

52. Reinforce his previous positions...

;)

[Stockholm]

53. Ltte time!

Send the paper a letter explaning your position. Welcome DB readers to participate at DU!

[Zomby Woof]

54. For the morning crew

:D

[RagingInMiami]

55. So here the e-mail I sent him (Bogert, if you're reading this, join us)

If it weren’t for Democratic Underground and other political “Web blogs”, unconscionable liberals like me would have nowhere else to read about the crimes, corruption and constitutional desecrations committed by the Bush regime over the last five years.


Their popularity is fueled by the mainstream media’s unwillingness to report the fact that our president is a naked idiot who won on fraud.


Twice.


The real slackers are the mainstream media who have turned the Fourth Estate into a presidential public affairs agency.


My DU username is RagingInMiami. Or if you prefer, Mr. Miami.

[Zomby Woof]

56. Thanks Mr. Miami

Sincerely,
Mr. Woof