Comments on: The fruit-pie front. http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fruit-pie-front one writer's daily download Tue, 22 May 2012 17:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-19938 Tom Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:26:24 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-19938 "Well, when I followed the links that the bloggers he cites based THEIR assessments of Nicole Manske’s romantic interests(!!??!) }snip{ Plus, one of the motor-sport bloggers refers to Ms Manske as an (ahem) “reporter�? which I took as a sour grapes, wrapped in sexism." Let me put this very bluntly as a former reporter (one who would never consider going back to newspapers): It is an absolute conflict of interest for a reporter to date one of the people he or she covers, and it is one of the most obvious examples of lack of professional ethics. Miss Manske's inability to keep her hands off the merchandise, so to speak, does not speak well of her. So it wasn't sour grapes. “Well, when I followed the links that the bloggers he cites based THEIR assessments of Nicole Manske’s romantic interests(!!??!)

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Plus, one of the motor-sport bloggers refers to Ms Manske as
an (ahem) “reporter�?
which I took as a sour grapes, wrapped in sexism.”

Let me put this very bluntly as a former reporter (one who would never consider going back to newspapers): It is an absolute conflict of interest for a reporter to date one of the people he or she covers, and it is one of the most obvious examples of lack of professional ethics. Miss Manske’s inability to keep her hands off the merchandise, so to speak, does not speak well of her.

So it wasn’t sour grapes.

]]> By: chcheese http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-14007 chcheese Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:47:28 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-14007 I'll see(saw) your "Lone Star" and raise "October Sky" I’ll see(saw) your “Lone Star” and raise “October Sky”

]]> By: Kevin Knuth http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13998 Kevin Knuth Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:54:28 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13998 If you like Chris Cooper- check out "LONESTAR". GREAT MOVIE! If you like Chris Cooper- check out “LONESTAR”.

GREAT MOVIE!

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13872 alex Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:10:21 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13872 Yes, Brian, Mitch is selective about whom he allows to post. A few times my remarks have been squelched, and I'd say it's been either on account of my bawdy sensibilities or liberal world view. But I don't see sexism in questioning how Nicole Manske can report objectively on racing when she's been around the, uh, track more than a few times. Yes, Brian, Mitch is selective about whom he allows to post. A few times my remarks have been squelched, and I’d say it’s been either on account of my bawdy sensibilities or liberal world view.

But I don’t see sexism in questioning how Nicole Manske can report objectively on racing when she’s been around the, uh, track more than a few times.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13860 brian stouder Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:55:37 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13860 Well, when I followed the links that the bloggers he cites based THEIR assessments of Nicole Manske's romantic interests(!!??!) upon, I found dead links to the IndyStar, and then links to Wikipedia! Wikipedia strikes me as no better than saying "lots of people think[fill in the blank] - it is simply not a worthwhile citation. Plus, one of the motor-sport bloggers refers to Ms Manske as <i>an (ahem) "reporter"</i> which I took as a sour grapes, wrapped in sexism. Full disclosure - I posted something like this response a few hours ago, and it never made it into the thread. Further full disclosure - I argued with Craig Ladwig (an old N-S guy) on another thread at FWOb, and whereas he got several posts, my last effort never made it past the approval stage. By way of saying - FWOb can be run however Mitch chooses....and if your nascent essay on that site makes the point that it has shifted from a more general-interest regional blog into a suburban Republican white guy blog...then I AGREE!! Well, when I followed the links that the bloggers he cites based THEIR assessments of Nicole Manske’s romantic interests(!!??!) upon, I found dead links to the IndyStar, and then links to Wikipedia!

Wikipedia strikes me as no better than saying “lots of people think[fill in the blank] – it is simply not a worthwhile citation.

Plus, one of the motor-sport bloggers refers to Ms Manske as

an (ahem) “reporter”

which I took as a sour grapes, wrapped in sexism.

Full disclosure – I posted something like this response a few hours ago, and it never made it into the thread.

Further full disclosure – I argued with Craig Ladwig (an old N-S guy) on another thread at FWOb, and whereas he got several posts, my last effort never made it past the approval stage.

By way of saying – FWOb can be run however Mitch chooses….and if your nascent essay on that site makes the point that it has shifted from a more general-interest regional blog into a suburban Republican white guy blog…then I AGREE!!

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13857 nancy Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:52:59 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13857 Brian, I'm going to say no. I think Mitch responds pretty well to your question in his own comments, so I'm not going to great lengths about it. I've been forming some other opinions about FWO, however, and may put them in a post somewhere down the line, maybe later in the week. Brian, I’m going to say no. I think Mitch responds pretty well to your question in his own comments, so I’m not going to great lengths about it. I’ve been forming some other opinions about FWO, however, and may put them in a post somewhere down the line, maybe later in the week.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13854 Dorothy Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:17:43 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13854 Okay if you insist. Maybe there will be fresh Christmas cookies by the time you come, though! Cheer up! Okay if you insist. Maybe there will be fresh Christmas cookies by the time you come, though! Cheer up!

]]> By: Danny http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13851 Danny Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:05:08 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13851 Dorothy, I will not be in the Greenville area until Christmas. Go ahead and let someone else have those two pieces. :-( Dorothy, I will not be in the Greenville area until Christmas. Go ahead and let someone else have those two pieces. :-(

]]> By: mary http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13848 mary Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:59:04 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13848 A big old loquat tree fell down this winter, and now my south and west facing windows are completely exposed. I never needed blinds before, but now all the windows have wooden blinds on them. The difference that tree made was huge, and I didn't realize how big that difference was until it was gone. A big old loquat tree fell down this winter, and now my south and west facing windows are completely exposed. I never needed blinds before, but now all the windows have wooden blinds on them. The difference that tree made was huge, and I didn’t realize how big that difference was until it was gone.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13846 brian stouder Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:56:45 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/08/14/the-fruit-pie-front/#comment-13846 So here's a question - Is Mitch Harper's treatment of Nicole Manske on his FWOb blog blatently sexist? I think it is. (he is now burying it with newer posts) http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/ So here’s a question – Is Mitch Harper’s treatment of Nicole Manske on his FWOb blog blatently sexist?

I think it is. (he is now burying it with newer posts)

http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/

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