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>I took an NBC Universal Studio tour out in in June. I >ought to see if Rob might want to profile me, too. >Just think! I'd be the envy of my neighbors. > >>Rob is the one with the bizarre obsession. My nephew >>got a walk on extra part in an independent film. Think >>Rob might want to do a full page feature? >> >> >> >>>Feel better now? >>> >>>Talk about "bizarre obsessions." >>> >>>>I know he has to report. The PG is spending plenty >to >>>>send Rob-O to La-La Land to play celebrity reporter >>>>and do his unpaid cheerleading for locally produced >>TV >>>>shows, his bizarre obsession. But he crossed a line >>>>that should bring down the wrath of his superiors. >>>> >>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedi >n >>/ >>>a >>>>rchive/2009/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx">h >t >>t >>>p >>>>://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/ >2 >>0 >>>0 >>>>9/07/28/press-tour-coverage-begins.aspx</a> >>>> >>>>Since when is it proper for the TV critic to say >>"Vote >>>>for Wendy Bell" in a blog? Owen has been critical of >>>>Bell's on camera mugging and egocentrism in the >past. >>>>He is right to report this event. But in THIS >>MANNER? >>>> >>>>It's one more nauseating manifestation of Rob-O's >>>>"rah-rah" mentality for the hometown team. It is >>>>unethical and unprofessional. PG Editors should >>ponder >>>>what to do. Maybe if Shribman knew who Owen was he >>>>might be concerned. He damn well should be. Owen's >>>>actions prove he's not even fit to work for Trib >>Total >>>>Media or the BCT. >>>> >>>>He proudly hypes his membership in Television >Critics >>>>Association. But he is not a TV critic at all. Based >>>>on "work" of this sort, he comes off a a shallow, >>>>showbiz-dazzled youngster with a travel budget and >an >>>>ego, nothing more. >>>> >>>>It's time the PG began acting like the "great >>>>newspaper" it claims to be and put a stop to his >>>>blatant promotional blurbs disguised as journalism.

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