Comments on: Big Changes for Style? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:44:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Fred Buch http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/comment-page-1/#comment-520413 Fred Buch Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:09:40 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/#comment-520413 What happened to today's (Saturday Quote-Acrostic and last week's answers ????? What happened to today's (Saturday Quote-Acrostic
and last week's answers ?????

]]> By: nogoatee http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/comment-page-1/#comment-149076 nogoatee Wed, 07 May 2008 23:52:11 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/#comment-149076 What they're not doing is writing about The Way We Live Now-- online life, videogame life, struggling to make the mortgage payments life. I swear to god, they placed a request for feedback from younger women-- a demographic they're not reaching-- in the Food section a few months ago. Is it a function of a whole lot of over-40s approving story ideas? A function of a whole lot of spooked, scared people not knowing what's going on in the world? Who knows. Oh, and the same complaints can be lodged against city paper-- a shadow of its former mediocre self, courtesy of the same kind of corporate owners whose attention is not whlly focussed locally. It's sad. What they're not doing is writing about The Way We Live Now-- online life, videogame life, struggling to make the mortgage payments life.

I swear to god, they placed a request for feedback from younger women-- a demographic they're not reaching-- in the Food section a few months ago.

Is it a function of a whole lot of over-40s approving story ideas? A function of a whole lot of spooked, scared people not knowing what's going on in the world? Who knows.

Oh, and the same complaints can be lodged against city paper-- a shadow of its former mediocre self, courtesy of the same kind of corporate owners whose attention is not whlly focussed locally. It's sad.

]]> By: On the Fence about Steuver http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/comment-page-1/#comment-148985 On the Fence about Steuver Wed, 07 May 2008 18:42:57 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/#comment-148985 Yeah, agreed on Steuver. Some pieces were great. Then there was his ode to the neon liquor store signs on Georgia Ave. Booooo. Yeah, agreed on Steuver. Some pieces were great. Then there was his ode to the neon liquor store signs on Georgia Ave. Booooo.

]]> By: thefrontpage http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/comment-page-1/#comment-148927 thefrontpage Wed, 07 May 2008 15:23:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/06/big-changes-for-style/#comment-148927 A number of folks out here aren't necessarily thrilled with Steuver's pieces, it should be noted. They often lack news, they are always full of inaccurate stereotypes and generalizations, and they often seem to be stream-of-conscious ramblings about Steuver's warped view of things, rather than news stories or news features. And his attempted takes on popular culture filled with stereotypes, inaccuracies, his own selfish views and a lack of news don't exactly conjure up the past writings of Mansfield, Quinn, McPherson and Darling---not in any way, shape or form. Also, where's the contemporaries of Gary Arnold, Alan Kriegsman, John Carmody and Richard Harrington? No one--no one--on the staff now matches them in any manner, on any level. A number of folks out here aren't necessarily thrilled with Steuver's pieces, it should be noted. They often lack news, they are always full of inaccurate stereotypes and generalizations, and they often seem to be stream-of-conscious ramblings about Steuver's warped view of things, rather than news stories or news features. And his attempted takes on popular culture filled with stereotypes, inaccuracies, his own selfish views and a lack of news don't exactly conjure up the past writings of Mansfield, Quinn, McPherson and Darling---not in any way, shape or form. Also, where's the contemporaries of Gary Arnold, Alan Kriegsman, John Carmody and Richard Harrington? No one--no one--on the staff now matches them in any manner, on any level.

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