Doyel interview on thebiglead.com

[Lester Bangs]

He is a good guy. He's found a schtick, plain and simple.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Don't know Gregg Doyel. But I have some serious problems with the "I'm not a jerk, but I play one on the Internet" concept. A columnist's opinions ought to be as true to himself as the facts he uses are true. Otherwise, he or she is a fraud.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Don't know Gregg Doyel. But I have some serious problems with the "I'm not a jerk, but I play one on the Internet" concept. A columnist's opinions ought to be as true to himself as the facts he uses are true. Otherwise, he or she is a fraud.

Shocker -- another thread about Doyel.

But Michael_Gee - don't you think most readers can see through the transparent schtick? Or maybe it's me looking through my journalistic glasses, but it seems obvious Doyel does what he does to get a rise out of folks.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

If they see through it, what's the point? If the purpose is to get a rise out of the ones too dumb to see through it, that strikes me as meaningless cruelty.

It may be, hope not, but may be, my columnizing days are done. I can live with this epitaph, "He never forked anyone over just for fun."

 

[da man]

That's outstanding Michael. I, too, have never met Mr. Doyel, so his column persona is the only thing I have to judge him by. And that says he is a first-class ass. If people believe that's what he's really like, he has no one to blame but himself. Your column should tell me what you believe. Otherwise, it's a clown show.

 

[Lester Bangs]

That's outstanding Michael. I, too, have never met Mr. Doyel, so his column persona is the only thing I have to judge him by. And that says he is a first-class ass. If people believe that's what he's really like, he has no one to blame but himself. Your column should tell me what you believe. Otherwise, it's a clown show.

I think he would hope you'd differentiate between his column and his mailbag.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

That's outstanding Michael. I, too, have never met Mr. Doyel, so his column persona is the only thing I have to judge him by. And that says he is a first-class ass. If people believe that's what he's really like, he has no one to blame but himself. Your column should tell me what you believe. Otherwise, it's a clown show.

I think he would hope you'd differentiate between his column and his mailbag.

Why?

 

[Lester Bangs]

Just from reading, he appears to actually write standard columns, without the snarky stuff. Then there is his mailbag ...

 

[dooley_womack1]

Don't know Gregg Doyel. But I have some serious problems with the "I'm not a jerk, but I play one on the Internet" concept. A columnist's opinions ought to be as true to himself as the facts he uses are true. Otherwise, he or she is a fraud.

Shocker -- another thread about Doyel.

But Michael_Gee - don't you think most readers can see through the transparent schtick? Or maybe it's me looking through my journalistic glasses, but it seems obvious Doyel does what he does to get a rise out of folks.

OK, there's gotta be a story behind that sidesaddle.

 

[joe king]

Don't know Gregg Doyel. But I have some serious problems with the "I'm not a jerk, but I play one on the Internet" concept. A columnist's opinions ought to be as true to himself as the facts he uses are true. Otherwise, he or she is a fraud.

Shocker -- another thread about Doyel.

But Michael_Gee - don't you think most readers can see through the transparent schtick? Or maybe it's me looking through my journalistic glasses, but it seems obvious Doyel does what he does to get a rise out of folks.

OK, there's gotta be a story behind that sidesaddle.

At least I'm hoping there is ...

And that thread would be useless without ... you know

 

[dooley_womack1]

Streaming video?

 

[Space Monkey]

I thought Doyel came off as an OK guy from that interview — even with the gangsta-pose picture of him and his dog.

The mailbag stuff is just mean-spirited and childish. He could be the best writer out there, and I'm not going to read his stuff because of the mailbag.