Some citizens weighed in on social media and pointed out that maybe if the Columbian didn't lean so hard to the left in everything it does it wouldn't in in danger of falling down. Of course, in a society which is based on fake boobs, fake food and fake money, nothing gets the hate going like a dose of reality, and the hate-fest flowed. Lew swung into this affair, stating that ". . . it saddens me even more to see so-called conservatives, Madorons in reality, expressing such glee and spewing vitriol towards her, as if she [Katie Gillespie] has anything to do with running the paper."
Lew has a new word for anyone who doesn't subscribe to his brand of reality: "Madorons." Well done, Lew, you're living up to your liberal masters expectations, employing Rule 5 from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. But your ridicule is meaningless, coming as it does from someone ridiculous. There was nothing in the discussion that expressed "glee." There was just a simple observation that the Columbian is hardly a "watchdog," as Gillespie termed it, but a mouthpiece for the local democratic party. Gillespie isn't innocent in this, as her byline is frequently biased to the left, towards bigger, bloated government, higher spending, higher taxes and general incompetence. Some of her stuff has been pretty good, but it doesn't excuse the stuff that isn't. It's hardly vitriol to point out the truth, that the Columbian is not an objective, unbiased news source, and is floundering financially partially as a result of this, and the loss of respect it's earned from the community.
It would be in everybody's best interest to see the Columbian return to objective, "just the facts" journalism. The community would benefit, and the paper's demise would be slowed. But it's unlikely. No one takes pleasure at seeing people lose their jobs. But the marketplace is the ultimate arbiter of value, and the marketplace seems to put a discount on what the Columbian is peddling. None of the employees at the Columbian should have been surprised by this, and I'm sure they will do fine in the long run, as they move to new careers that more effectively address what the Market demands. It's been the experience of this author that unemployment is a temporary condition that usually results in better opportunities.
But Lew was just getting warmed up. David Madore posted a personal observation that (correctly) detailed some of the things that exacerbated the Columbian's difficulties. He summed up why the market is rejecting the Columbian's flavor of journalism. Lew gets all high and mighty and starts quoting scripture from Matthew 5:43-48. Nothing David said was a personal attack, or derogatory. It was constructive criticism. Look, Lew, when an alcoholic loses his job because he's a drunk, you don't put your arm around him and say, "That's tough, buddy, have a drink!" No, you get real with him and say, "Look, stop drinking, it's ruining your life!" This is what Madore was doing, giving the Columbian's owners and editors some tough love: Stop pandering to the politicians that promote your leftist agenda, stop lying and smearing politicians you disagree with. Tell the news, fair and balanced, present the facts, and try to give equal ink to both sides, and you wouldn't have these problems.
For Lew to suddenly get Jesus and start quoting the Bible is a laugh and a half. Maybe Lew wouldn't come across as such a vindictive, hateful old bastard if he paid more attention to Ephesians 4:31. Maybe Lew should have considered Proverbs 6:16-19 when he started spewing his vitriolic lies about PCO's committing the heinous crime of *gasp* recruiting people who were ideologically aligned with them. Maybe Lew should have cracked the good book and reflected on Leviticus 19:16 before he publicly suggested that Lisa Ross sleeps with her campaign staff.
Lew quoting Bible verses just puts me in a biblical frame of mind, and the first verse to come to mind in a situation like this is Matthew 12:34, "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. "
Carolyn Crain had to pipe up and demonstrate that she doesn't understand basic mathematics or Euclidean logic by stating that it wasn't illegal for the County Council to award the bid for the public notices to the Columbian, in spite of a smaller circulation and higher costs. Of course, Crain has no need to think about such proclamations: she's reactionary, seeing what her enemies do and then doing the opposite. The thing about Crain and Waters is that their list of enemies is constantly growing, and unless you're one of their boot-licking sycophants, your place on their shit list is just a matter of time. The amazing thing is that with this kind of public idiocy, Crain still deludes herself that she's a viable candidate for state representative. "I care about you!" What a crock. Only as long as you're in total agreement.
On a completely unrelated note, I ran across this today and felt it was a perfect commentary on Lew's propensity for silencing those who disagree with him, without which there would be no need for this blog.
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