  Keystone Member Username: Keystone Post Number: 230 Registered: 10-2003 |
Looks like I'm not the only one that isn't a fan. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 10710 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sounds to me like somebody (Bryan Curtis) has manlove for Mr Albom. | ||
Amy_p Member Username: Amy_p Post Number: 716 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ouchy. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1211 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Albom is literally a teller of fables, a peddler of shallow morality tales for the masses. You can see it in his risible sports writing, and you can see it in his best-selling books... Albom's writing is deeply felt, and dimly thought. He's a huckster evangelist for the soccer-mom set." I'd say that's pretty accurate. | ||
Solarflare Member Username: Solarflare Post Number: 548 Registered: 11-2003 |
"Tugs at the heart and clouds the mind." | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 3808 Registered: 11-2004 |
Journalistic integrity went out the window when Mitch pulled that MSU stunt. He should've been shown the door if the Freep had any will & conviction. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 762 Registered: 11-2003 |
Scab | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 3820 Registered: 11-2004 |
That too. | ||
Commodore64 Member Username: Commodore64 Post Number: 234 Registered: 11-2003 |
I can't stand Mitch. I can't read his articles anymore. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 834 Registered: 01-2005 |
I got turned off on him over the flack on that MSU deal. Freep staff almost to a man (or woman) went on record as saying they didn't like him because he was a stand-offish prima donna. Pity, because he IS a good writer. | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 970 Registered: 04-2005 |
despite his whining demeanor, i listened to his show regularly on am 760...then i heard him one day challenging somebody on the importance of integrity. this remark came on the heels of "spartangate," and i'm sure the studio winced collectively along with many radio listeners. that was the end of the line for me. | ||
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2 Post Number: 1262 Registered: 03-2006 |
Me thinks him got too busy counting the money in his bank account and forgot about the truth but that's not unusual with his ilk! Besides, the truth doesn't sell as well as smaltzy fiction anyway!! But, I haven't noticed him doing any postings on DY so, "Say la vi!" He proly won't give a schitt what we say here. :-) But, it's fun to say it anyway. Besides, I've been getting a cramp on the "...Polish..." thread! :-) "Yakshemash?" :-) Livedog2 | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 518 Registered: 11-2003 |
It seems like people either love him or hate him, there's no in between. Me, I'm a hater. On the radio he's too condescending and preachy for me. He always comes across as if he's sitting on top of some mountain dispensing wisdom to what he sees as the dopes below him. I've never read any of his books and it's been years since I read one of his columns. (Message edited by rjk on October 02, 2006) | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 640 Registered: 01-2004 |
I dunno people. Everyone sounds pretty harsh on Mitch Albom. His journalistic error while wrong, seemed to be more a reflection of arrogance than of a liar or cheat. Pundits of his nature usually will have at least a small measure of arrogance. It comes with the territory of talk radio and in comparison to other talk show radio hosts, Mitch seems more placid. We all want to take down the big guy, but while never forgetting his jounalistic error coming from boldness, I think Mitch provides solid, idyllic views on the typical events of the modern, average man. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 3823 Registered: 11-2004 |
Regardless of WHY Mitch wrote what he did is still wrong. It harms not just his integrity but the paper that publishes it. It would've been one thing to write it as a story (that would have the outlet of possibly being fictional) but when he wrote that article, he wrote it as factual- as if he observed it himself. As a journalist, that is NEVER done because of the long ranging effects it can have. People are supposed to be able to pick up the paper and read facts. When Mitch stepped across that line- he tarnished his reputation as someone who can report the facts and be a witness to life. Being bold and being a journalist are almost at opposite ends of the spectrum; one can report the news boldly- one doesn't fabricate it in order to make it bolder. I don't doubt his writing ability and his ability to spin a wonderfully fanciful and wonderful yarn but keep that off of the newspapers. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1111 Registered: 12-2003 |
"Bold" ...to describe, in a newspaper, something that didn't happen yet? I guess you could call it bold. But it's also a prediction, a hope, a hallucination, even yes -- a lie ...it's everything but journalism, which is the (sometimes) boring truth. | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 641 Registered: 01-2004 |
He's not a journalist, he's a columnist. But he shouldn't write something as if he witnessed it. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1112 Registered: 12-2003 |
Columnists aren't journalists? Wow. That'll be news to a lot of people. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 319 Registered: 05-2006 |
quote  n the radio he's too condescending and preachy for me. He always comes across as if he's sitting on top of some mountain dispensing wisdom to what he sees as the dopes below him. ______________________________ ___________________ Who on talk radio is not preachy? The only difference between Mitch and others on the radio is he's not a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. As far a his skills as a writer, he is great at story telling. As a columnist, he is entitled to write OPIONIONS, however, his mistake was to pass off fiction as fact. Detroitej72 | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 590 Registered: 02-2004 |
Your mistake is thinking that was the only time Mitch has committed that particular sin. | ||
Ffdfd Member Username: Ffdfd Post Number: 14 Registered: 09-2006 |
Albom has not written anything worth reading in at least 10 years. And that god-awful radio show is beyond sappy. Bryan Curtis hit a lot of nails right on the head. |
