Bristol editor gives one-fingered salute to Washington Post

He mentioned it in the column.

 

See, I've got no problem with him mentioning that he used to write for People magazine, even if he does it all the time -- just like I wouldn't care in the least if somebody always mentioned that they used to work for Entertainment Tonight, or Disney or, to draw parallels related to this business, CBS Sportsline, or the N.Y. Daily News, or, um, the Washington Post.

It's a name-recognized entity, simple as that, and therefore something to which people can relate and connect, easily, quickly and without further explanation. It also probably just indicates he took pride in it, and that, to him, it was a substantial part of his life.

It is, quite naturally, also what somebody's going to talk about, first and most, in "the first 10 minutes" if it was a significant part of the their career. It's human nature to mention that you worked at People magazine, or the NYT, or Boeing, or whatever "name" brand instead of the fact that you once worked at the Podunk Press, the No Name News or Plane & Simple Airlines.

Er, where?

Whatever it may say about us as a population, it also is what other people are more likely to care about in reference to your life, especially upon first glance or first meeting.

 

Also I bet that working for People magazine you gather a lot more interesting anecdotes than working a regular beat.

 

Todd has acted childish before. I dunno, maybe its his MO.

 

Two things:
-the column wasn't very well-written, which leads me to think that perhaps, in fact, he did peak at 38.
-if the WashPost came a callin' right now with a good gig, I have a funny feeling he'd blow off the Bristol Bingo-Caller and its Pulitzer in a heartbeat.

 

This has been my experience. At one place the guys moistening their shorts the most over the Pulitzer were the suits who had as little to do with breaking the story in question as the Pulitzer judges.

 

Yeah, and didn't he hire Cnockaert?

 

That would be correct, Tarheel.

 

He should just be humbled by the award and take a swift dose of STFU.

 

I agree completely.

 

If The Washington Post offered me a job tomorrow, I'd turn it down.

Not everyone in this business aspires to be the next Michael Wilbon.

I aspire to work and live in Podunk and actually get the occasional weekend off. Perhaps this editor feels the same way and couldn't give two shits what The Washington Post thinks.

 

Apparently that's not the case. To me, it seems as if this editor thinks he should've been at the Post. Maybe he wasn't good enough or lucky enough to be there. Either way, his paper getting a Pulitzer is outstanding but he comes off like a kid saying I told you so. He should just STFU.