tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post5960850324981725369..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: "We probably need to start wondering why this keeps happening."Ché Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-12605396207205304352011-08-03T07:00:22.334-07:002011-08-03T07:00:22.334-07:00Really, the story is comic-dramatic enough for a s...Really, the story is comic-dramatic enough for a screenplay treatment, or maybe a Broadway musical. <br /><br />And I, too, find Matt Taibbi's writing -- and his approach -- to be bracing, entertaining and highly informative.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-88001557655826345832011-08-03T06:37:35.309-07:002011-08-03T06:37:35.309-07:00There was a Vanity Fair article about it:
Lost Ex...There was a Vanity Fair article about it:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/02/exile-201002" rel="nofollow">Lost Exile:<br />The unlikely life and sudden death of The Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper. </a><br /><br />Now, I take things like this with a grain of salt, but I still think that there may be some hard feeling between Taibbi and Ames.<br /><br />I knew about Taibbi being a "journalism blueblood" he even brings it up himself sometimes. I like his writing though, and I have to think he had some positive exposure to real journalism from his Dad. (In fact, I think Taibbi would like to see more journalists come up through the ranks, himself. One of his reasons for founding the Buffalo Beast, I suspect.)<br /><br />There actually was a movie proposed for the story of <i>The Exile</i> but it is probably just as well as the summary of the script I read sounded "Hollywood silly."vampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660319794133128873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-31354122261294146922011-08-02T20:39:43.453-07:002011-08-02T20:39:43.453-07:00One reason Matt Taibbi gets the fancy chair at Rol...One reason Matt Taibbi gets the fancy chair at Rolling Stone is because he's Mike Taibbi's son, which is not in itself a bad thing, but it does bring up the whole Legacy Hire issue. I mean, let's not forget Little Luke Russert's gig as Capitol Hill correspondent.<br /><br />Bad blood? Could be. The whole situation would make a great media gossip novel or movie.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-84665242094787551922011-08-02T20:11:14.822-07:002011-08-02T20:11:14.822-07:00I try to read Ames, Levine, Dolan and Zaitchik reg...I try to read Ames, Levine, <a href="http://dolansdaily.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Dolan</a> and <a href="http://www.zaitchik.com/" rel="nofollow">Zaitchik</a> regularly. <br /><br />Often that means rereading old posts that I've read 1,000 times before.<br /><br />Taibbi has a paying gig at <i>Rolling Stone</i> so he does regular updates.<br /><br />I think there is some bad blood between Ames and Taibbi, and that's probably why we don't see Ames as a regular contributor to <i>Rolling Stone</i>. Which is a pity.vampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660319794133128873noreply@blogger.com