Comments on: Michael Moore Won’t Return to Madison Square Garden http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/michael_moore_wont_return_to_madison_square_garden/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:17:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: carpeicthus http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/michael_moore_wont_return_to_madison_square_garden/comment-page-1/#comment-23061 carpeicthus Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:31:36 +0000 /?p=7350#comment-23061 OK, thanks. It seems to have been a two-way street (her experience with NRO shows how well she responds to editing) but your comments are valid. There clearly was editoral incompetence at USAT on this issue, and it began the moment they thought it would be a good idea in the first place. OK, thanks. It seems to have been a two-way street (her experience with NRO shows how well she responds to editing) but your comments are valid. There clearly was editoral incompetence at USAT on this issue, and it began the moment they thought it would be a good idea in the first place.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/michael_moore_wont_return_to_madison_square_garden/comment-page-1/#comment-23060 James Joyner Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:25:00 +0000 /?p=7350#comment-23060 Well, they <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000586007">"spiked" the column and then decided not to run more of them</a>. That's essentially a firing rather than her quitting. Coulter isn't a reporter who would have an supervising editor but an opinion columnist who would be expected to have free rein. The basic artist/craftsman distinction. I <a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/7030">thought the column was awful</a> but it is typical Coulter. Clearly, they changed their minds about having a Coulter column after hiring her. Well, they "spiked" the column and then decided not to run more of them. That's essentially a firing rather than her quitting. Coulter isn't a reporter who would have an supervising editor but an opinion columnist who would be expected to have free rein. The basic artist/craftsman distinction.

I thought the column was awful but it is typical Coulter. Clearly, they changed their minds about having a Coulter column after hiring her.

]]> By: carpeicthus http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/michael_moore_wont_return_to_madison_square_garden/comment-page-1/#comment-23059 carpeicthus Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:19:26 +0000 /?p=7350#comment-23059 Honest question: Isn't "quit after the editors requested many changes in her first submission" true? Do you want them to insert "stupid editors who didn't get her oh-so-brilliant humor?" Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought she walked. Honest question: Isn't "quit after the editors requested many changes in her first submission" true? Do you want them to insert "stupid editors who didn't get her oh-so-brilliant humor?" Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought she walked.

]]>