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• GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Inquiring Minds, 17:01:17 11/10/15 Tue [9]
  Facebook status updates seem to indicate that the Greensburg edition of the Trib is closing! Anyone have any insight?
  

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  • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Curb your enthusiasm, 18:43:14 11/10/15 Tue
    • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- BadNews, 22:06:48 11/10/15 Tue
  • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- The trouble with Tribbers, 19:12:37 11/10/15 Tue
    • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Tribulated, 23:59:05 11/10/15 Tue
      • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Shopsifting, 06:48:34 11/11/15 Wed
      • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- The trouble with Tribbers, 14:46:43 11/11/15 Wed
  • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Less than Four Estates, 00:09:12 11/11/15 Wed
  • Re: GREENSBURG TRIB CLOSING? -- Buried Lede, 08:46:43 11/11/15 Wed

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• P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Block Bugler, 05:50:52 10/28/15 Wed [13]
  From Jim Romenesko:
  
  http://jimromenesko.com/2015/10/27/toledo-blade-kills-most-holiday-print-editions/
  
  The Toledo Blade -- which has already shut down its printing press and is printing in Detroit -- will stop printing editions on all major holidays except Thanksgiving (when the advertising and circulars are highest) starting this Christmas.
  

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  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, 22:03:29 10/28/15 Wed
    • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Holiday In, 09:07:55 10/29/15 Thu
      • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Grantland Grinch, 17:13:38 10/30/15 Fri
  • P-G is doing it too -- Bingo Bob, 04:18:09 10/29/15 Thu
    • Re: P-G is doing it too -- Scrooge, 03:27:19 10/30/15 Fri
    • Re: P-G is doing it too -- Holiday Out, 17:51:07 10/30/15 Fri
  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Et tu, PG?, 07:13:45 10/29/15 Thu
  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Donald, 01:54:11 10/30/15 Fri
  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Charles Foster Kane, 11:52:32 11/01/15 Sun
  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- Universal Desk, 07:23:27 11/03/15 Tue
  • Re: P-G's sister paper kills print holiday editions -- All in Perspective, 00:18:03 11/11/15 Wed

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• The mess that doesn't go away -- Think Tank, 06:07:02 11/07/15 Sat [8]
  http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/11/06/Scaife-children-say-they-were-kept-in-dark-about-trust-as-it-was-drained/stories/201511060165
  
  Reader comments are amusing. One obvious Trib fan leaves a remark they PG shouldn't report this because it's a waste of time. Bet the Trib would be on top this if any similar problem involved the Blocks. They reported each PG contract negotiation as if war was going to bust out any second. The well-off Scaife kids get hell for pushing this, but it's a mater of law. The courts will decide if any impropriety happened and act accordingly. And not many understand estate law, judging from some posts.
  
  One rightly blasts the idea of Scaife's bogus "media empire" using his fortunes to expand and cover oceans of red ink for his own childish amusement. That person adds if it wasn't for Scaife money the Trib would be "a little insignificant newspaper operating near Irwin." No. the original Trib he bought was out in Greensburg but a rich guy's toy is exactly what it was to him.
  
  Behind the facade, the growing shakiness of Trib Total is clear to everybody. Of course PG is doing the same thing. Not publishing Xmas and New Year's is just the beginning. The bigger question for both papers is, how many readers care if they publish or not?
  

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  • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Perry Mason, 11:45:10 11/08/15 Sun
    • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Lt. Tragg, 16:18:20 11/08/15 Sun
      • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Jenny Say Qua, 09:33:48 11/09/15 Mon
        • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Lt. Tragg, 20:34:28 11/09/15 Mon
      • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Perry Mason, 18:52:00 11/09/15 Mon
    • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Dan the Taxman, 13:42:42 11/10/15 Tue
  • Re: The mess that doesn't go away -- Trust Me, 11:04:10 11/10/15 Tue

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• Breaking Steelers News -- Reds Myth, 08:52:42 11/02/15 Mon [9]
  Did you ever notice how we seem to have 30 guys in this town who all claim to be Steelers insiders and/or Steelers experts -- yet when was the last time any of them actually broke a story about the Steelers?
  
  Every single breaking story involving the Steelers comes from one of the national guys, the latest being Leveon Bell's injury.
  
  Perhaps all of the "Steelers insiders" in this town should spend less time chasing every dollar available on TV, radio and the internet and more time chasing stories!
  

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  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Steelers Fan, 18:41:49 11/02/15 Mon
  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Reality Check, 11:54:06 11/03/15 Tue
  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Jay LaconShefter, 17:00:58 11/03/15 Tue
    • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Rah Rah, 04:42:33 11/04/15 Wed
  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Lunatic, 07:34:27 11/06/15 Fri
  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- A Casual Observer, 06:43:00 11/10/15 Tue
  • Re: Breaking Steelers News -- Cyron Mope, 10:03:48 11/10/15 Tue

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• The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper -- Necktie Bag, 09:33:08 11/10/15 Tue [1]
  As reported by PBT on 11.10.15 (Sidenote and FWIW: Former Press and Trib reporter and long-time PBT health biz man Kris Mamula was recently hired by the PG. One of the good guys.)
  
  Trib Total Media on Tuesday said it will lay off more than 10 percent of its workforce and consolidate three publications— the Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Valley News Dispatch — into one paper, the Tribune Review. It will also close its Greensburg printing operations and reducing home delivery in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
  
  The newspaper company said in a statement on its website that it is laying off 153 employees. Trib Total Media employs 1,100 full- and part-time. If buyers aren’t found for The Valley Independent in Monessen and The Daily News in McKeesport within the next 60 days, an additional 91 layoffs will be required. Both could close by January.
  
  http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/financial-district/2015/11/trib-total-media-consolidating-publications.html?ana=twt
  

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• P-G recycling business page content? -- Bingo Bob, 08:54:09 11/02/15 Mon [9]
  Reading this story in the business section of the Sunday P-G and I thought it sounded familiar:
  http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2015/11/02/Workzone-Need-a-reference-Know-what-your-former-employers-are-saying/stories/201511010009
  
  Maybe because they ran nearly the same story a year ago:
  http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/04/13/negative-references-can-hurt-job-seekers-employers/201404130021
  
  This isn't an annual event that needs to be covered every year. Why didn't the writer do a search of the P-G website to see if the topic had been covered? That's assuming he could get the awful search engine to return any results, I suppose.
  

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  • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Three Arrows, 20:19:04 11/02/15 Mon
  • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Same Time, Next Year, 00:09:55 11/03/15 Tue
    • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Once a Subscriber, 06:51:58 11/03/15 Tue
      • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Pittsledo, 17:55:13 11/03/15 Tue
    • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Funk N. Wagnall, 18:55:32 11/03/15 Tue
      • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Niel's Son, 13:43:24 11/04/15 Wed
      • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Clickbait, 17:32:32 11/04/15 Wed
    • Re: P-G recycling business page content? -- Grassroots, 23:43:20 11/03/15 Tue

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• Columnist Kengor on the Trib's late gossipmonger -- Page Six 3/4, 07:50:13 11/01/15 Sun [2]
  Grove City prof Paul Kengor, the Trib's sour family values mouthpiece, weighs in on a recently departed Trib retiree.
  
  http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/9327211-74/doris-front-stories
  
  Whatever she achieved in Cleveland, Doris's sole claim to fame at the original Trib [Greensburg] was an early version of the sleazy Sunday "Whispers" political gossip column, taking shots at Richard M.'s real or imagined political-personal enemies solely to keep him amused.
  

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  • Re: Columnist Kengor on the Trib's late gossipmonger -- Hoppa Hedder, 06:08:05 11/02/15 Mon

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• Jenny Graham will scold and scold until you agree! -- Lady Frances Bacon, 00:39:04 10/31/15 Sat [3]
  http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2015/10/29/Jennifer-Graham-It-s-one-thing-to-eat-carcinogens-it-s-quite-another-to-feed-them-to-your-children/stories/201510290021
  
  Her columns don't add conservative balance. She unbalances the P-G opinion section with her haughty hall monitor lecturing. If Rev. Moon was alive he'd be trying to entice her to join the Washington Times. If Dick Scaife was alive, he would laugh her off as another example of Block posturing. She wouldn't be libertarian enough for him.
  

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  • Re: Jenny Graham will scold and scold until you agree! -- Jack Linked, 18:20:29 10/31/15 Sat
  • Facts vs. Jenny's simplemindedness -- Phatback, 03:31:23 11/01/15 Sun

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• PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Bingo Bob, 06:39:11 10/24/15 Sat [8]
  Mark Rochester has been named The Herald’s new editor, succeeding Paul Osmundson, who rejoined The (Columbia) State in August.
  
  Rochester, 51, had been deputy managing editor at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, overseeing digital strategy and content, as well as investigations.
  
  During his tenure in Pittsburgh, the Post-Gazette was cited by national industry groups and publications, including Editor & Publisher, for its digital innovation and online narrative storytelling projects. Watchdog journalism under his direction has resulted in state and federal legislation, regulatory changes and Congressional hearings.
  
  http://www.heraldonline.com/news/business/article40931256.html
  
  Not even sure where to start with this one. And what the hell is a "deputy managing editor" anyway?
  

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  • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Nor'Shor', 06:47:44 10/25/15 Sun
  • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Wiki Speedia, 07:54:31 10/25/15 Sun
    • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Sceptic, 05:03:36 10/26/15 Mon
      • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Laurie G., 08:13:57 10/26/15 Mon
        • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Master Inquisitor, 03:28:58 10/27/15 Tue
          • Re: PG deputy managing editor heading to South Carolina paper -- Laurie G., 10:34:21 10/27/15 Tue

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• Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Wastebrook Pegler, 21:49:07 10/20/15 Tue [11]
  http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/9295941-74/trib-center-park
  
  How nice. Part of the Scaife legacy will be to encourage more Trib-style biased journalism masquerading as the real thing. Imagine the Trib-kiddie talents who can teach the naive youngsters still convinced journalism has a future the way to land jobs at the Washington Times and Fox News. First lesson: how to get "facts" from the Heritage Foundation.
  

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  • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Professor John Birch, 08:29:41 10/21/15 Wed
  • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- New Business Model, 10:59:18 10/21/15 Wed
    • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Recovering Kiddie, 13:41:56 10/22/15 Thu
  • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Dittos, 15:08:40 10/21/15 Wed
  • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Ett E, Mology, 16:34:16 10/22/15 Thu
    • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Show Me the Money, 21:17:14 10/22/15 Thu
      • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Show us the overdone joke, 04:40:54 10/23/15 Fri
      • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Pickle Slicer, 08:27:23 10/27/15 Tue
        • Re: Call it "The Center For Right Wing Journalism" -- Benediction, 20:21:30 10/27/15 Tue

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• Trib Greensburg's short memory -- Golden Dome, 01:49:00 10/25/15 Sun [3]
  The Greensburg Trib's endorsements for Westmoreland County Commissioner would have Dick Scaife turning over in his grave.
  
  http://triblive.com/opinion/editorials/9257246-74/anderson-cerilli-county
  
  Anderson is an ex-Marine and that makes him competent. Controversies about the GOP majority spending down the surplus, doing questionable outsourcing, etc. seem not to matter. Cerilli is young and declared she would prefer working with him over a fellow Democrat. All that justifies endorsing these two. End of story.
  
  Trib coverage of Cerilli in 2013 when as "spokesperson" for the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, the former Miss Pennsylvania's response to a water emergency came under scrutiny. It even notes family history.
  
  http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/5009664-74/authority-advisory-cerilli
  
  Now, it's like it never happened. Trib feels she deserves being elected commissioner when she couldn't even handle her own PR job less than two years ago.
  
  http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/9314759-74/campaign-campaigns-anderson
  
  $200k spent by Cerilli since January. Even Bill Green comments on it. Cholodofsky who wrote the 2013 story, seems unable or not willing to dig into the "who's" and "why's" of her donations. He cites almost no specific donors to any other candidate. It was a superficial story not worth running.
  
  Greensburg Trib = Beaver County Times. They offer shallow coverage and won't dig deep so as not to upset anyone. Boosterism rules. It's community journalism that doesn't serve the community. Bob Pellegrino, Greensburg editorial editor, is relentless going after obvious misdeeds like thievery or vandalism. Otherwise, forget it. His endorsement is another of his dumber-than-dumb editorials.
  
  Yes, Dick would turn over in his grave.
  

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  • Their other priority -- P. Casso, 12:13:29 10/26/15 Mon

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• PG writer discovers people lie on the internet -- Laurie G., 20:41:43 10/18/15 Sun [7]
  Len Boselovic has uncovered the shocking truth that disgruntled employees may not be totally honest when they review their workplaces on Glassdoor.
  http://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2015/10/18/CEO-awful-Great-culture-Pittsburgh-area-firms-among-those-graded-on-Glassdoor/stories/201510180050
  
  Big, if true.
  

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  • Re: PG writer discovers people lie on the internet -- really dumb question, 07:19:04 10/19/15 Mon
    • PG & Glassdoor -- Not surprised, 22:20:05 10/19/15 Mon
      • Re: PG & Glassdoor -- Unbelievable, 05:53:13 10/20/15 Tue
        • Re: PG & Glassdoor -- Smudged Glass, 11:07:44 10/21/15 Wed
          • Re: PG & Glassdoor -- Pretty funny, 01:16:56 10/22/15 Thu
  • Re: PG writer discovers people lie on the internet -- Mbobcat1990, 07:39:25 10/19/15 Mon

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• DK loses another writer -- Bad boss, 10:55:23 10/15/15 Thu [8]
  what happened to the no-name that was covering the steelers for DK's blog? Why do so many writers leave his blog?
  

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  • Re: DK loses another writer -- ProbablyThisTweet, 23:11:49 10/15/15 Thu
    • Re: DK loses another writer -- Hit By Pitcher, 07:44:01 10/16/15 Fri
      • Re: DK loses another writer -- Buddy Dial, 21:44:10 10/16/15 Fri
      • Re: DK loses another writer -- Blocked By DK, 08:48:07 10/19/15 Mon
        • Re: DK loses another writer -- MBobcat1990, 05:25:20 10/20/15 Tue
  • Re: DK loses another writer -- Bye, Bye Birdie, 22:30:11 10/16/15 Fri

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• Salena Zito writes the same crap over and over -- Barney, 10:22:46 10/18/15 Sun [2]
  I've seen Jennifer Graham at the PG pummeled over here and generally the criticisms are valid since she comes from the same elitist mindset as the paper's owners and Executive Editor.
  
  Salena over at the Trib is even worse. She keeps rambling around small town and backwoods America writing about how the real values are here and not the Democrats' values. She writes this over and over and over and over. She has a third rate mind as a pundit. And she handles PR for the GOP in the Trib's pages. These columns are something else. It's like she's writing them for Scaife's ghost.
  
  http://triblive.com/politics/salenazito/9274960-74/america-baltimore-church#axzz3ovvpy2mB
  

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  • Re: Salena Zito writes the same crap over and over -- State Red, 15:29:13 10/19/15 Mon

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• Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Growler, 13:25:21 10/05/15 Mon [12]
  http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/beerme/allegheny/just-a-pizza-shop-with-big-ambitions/
  
  What the...? Do they want to snare brewpub advertisers? Pound is not only dorky ("Hey, guys!") he's inarticulate and unwatchable, a bad Guy Fieri imitator trying to audition for Food Network. I can't believe Snobman--I mean Shribman--went along with this.
  
  And with the stupid music in between scenes and watching him gorge on pizza at the end? Tacky!!!
  
  I guess he came from BCT. Figures.
  
  Hey yourself, Mikey.
  

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  • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Wort Hog, 00:20:54 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Make Up Your Mind, 17:47:18 10/06/15 Tue
      • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Simple truth, 21:16:05 10/06/15 Tue
  • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Berky, 05:13:23 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Wyatt Burp, 06:35:18 10/06/15 Tue
  • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Clydesdale, 13:21:53 10/16/15 Fri
    • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Busted, 19:35:47 10/16/15 Fri
      • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Clydesdale, 21:55:37 10/16/15 Fri
      • Re: Mike Pound-The future of the PG. REALLY? -- Another view, 08:22:38 10/18/15 Sun

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• Cheer up Tribbers! -- Reverend Moon, 05:51:21 10/15/15 Thu [2]
  If this is any indication, it should only take another decade before the Pittsburgh Trib turns a profit.
  
  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/14/washington-times-reaches-profitability-after-33-ye/
  

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  • Re: Cheer up Tribbers! -- Redd Inke, 09:12:42 10/17/15 Sat

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• Smizik signs off -- Bingo Bob, 05:43:09 10/14/15 Wed [5]
  End of an era or way past due?
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/smizik-on-sports/2015/10/14/Bob-Smizik-Time-to-say-goodbye/stories/201510140145
  
  Wonder how hard the PG eds tried to get him to stick around
  

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  • Re: Smizik signs off -- Berky, 02:09:32 10/15/15 Thu
    • Re: Smizik signs off -- Never, 17:31:48 10/15/15 Thu
  • Re: Smizik signs off -- Horace, 14:10:02 10/15/15 Thu
    • Re: Smizik signs off -- TonyB, 20:38:06 10/16/15 Fri

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• Religion plus hotcakes = mediocre reporting -- Bingo Bob, 03:13:08 10/16/15 Fri [2]
  http://www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/2015/10/16/Dor-Stop-Restaurant-29-years-of-family-food-service-and-friendship/stories/201510160034
  
  "The Lawhornes attribute their 29-year career to their hard work coupled with God’s blessings.
  
  Their Christian beliefs are on display at the restaurant on a sign in the front window advertising the daily specials. The bottom of the sign includeds a daily scripture verse."
  
  A more astute writer would have been aware of how charged these statements are, and asked if this couple turns away customers whose beliefs don't mesh with theirs. If so, it's a whole different article. If not, it's worth clarifying. But let's focus on how many kinds of hotcakes they have instead.
  It looks like this is what passes for suburban "coverage" at the post-buyout P-G. Editors didn't even bother to fix the "includeds" typo.
  

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  • Re: Religion plus hotcakes = mediocre reporting -- Waffle House of Worship, 05:17:30 10/16/15 Fri

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• Neal Coolong Out at DKOPS -- AndyK, 05:12:08 10/15/15 Thu [2]
  "We’re searching for a new Steelers beat writer at DKPittsburghSports.com, as we’ve parted company with Neal Coolong. Most media companies don’t share even that much information about internal moves, and that much will have to suffice here. We wish him the very best."
  
  Could it be the tweet re: Bautista ??
  

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  • Re: Neal Coolong Out at DKOPS -- Hypocrisy, 23:21:10 10/15/15 Thu

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• What the...? -- Slider, 04:30:09 10/06/15 Tue [11]
  The Pirates are about to start the playoffs, and Ron Cook thinks that's a good time to serve up a column about which players won't be on the team next year. Makes no sense.
  

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  • Re: What the...? -- Philipp, 13:12:06 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: What the...? -- Jamison, 18:50:03 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: What the...? -- Slider, 23:48:10 10/06/15 Tue
      • Re: What the...? -- Stroll in, 20:52:31 10/08/15 Thu
  • Re: What the...? -- Totally disagree, 16:35:29 10/08/15 Thu
    • Re: What the...? -- Slider, 01:11:53 10/10/15 Sat
  • Re: What the...? -- Stroll in, 22:19:16 10/10/15 Sat
    • Re: What the...? -- Walk Out, 03:05:06 10/11/15 Sun

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• What's missing from this review? -- Laurel Dartboard, 08:49:50 10/06/15 Tue [7]
  http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2015/10/04/The-First-Queen-of-Journalism-Columnist-Mary-McGrory-captivated-America-s-political-elite/stories/201510040014
  

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  • Re: What's missing from this review? -- Sin of omission, 02:17:12 10/11/15 Sun
  • Re: What's missing from this review? -- anybody else, 16:57:46 10/11/15 Sun
    • Re: What's missing from this review? -- Mr. Courtesytitle, 15:59:13 10/12/15 Mon
  • Re: What's missing from this review? -- Helena Montana, 21:16:01 10/12/15 Mon
    • Re: What's missing from this review? -- Icabod, 06:36:14 10/13/15 Tue
  • Re: What's missing from this review? -- Cheap Booze or Die, 04:42:52 10/13/15 Tue

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• Robert Hill -- K-Serve, 06:19:14 09/09/15 Wed [8]
  Nice takedown of Pitt's former head flak
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/09/09/Former-Pitt-spokesman-was-heavy-handed-in-guarding-information/stories/201509090131
  
  As part of it's ongoing precipitous editorial decline, the PG has seen fit to give Hill a big op-ed platform twice in recent weeks.
  

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  • Re: Robert Hill -- Foot in Mouthpiece Disease, 22:32:27 09/09/15 Wed
    • Re: Robert Hill -- Cathedral of Hubris, 23:33:29 09/09/15 Wed
      • Re: Robert Hill -- Former PGer, 00:31:01 10/04/15 Sun
        • Re: Robert Hill -- Pitt Grad, 00:52:08 10/04/15 Sun
          • Re: Robert Hill -- Penelope Pittstop, 17:24:57 10/10/15 Sat

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• No "gotcha questions" at Trib Westmoreland "forum" -- Ms. Firecracker, 09:21:47 09/27/15 Sun [5]
  What a joke.
  
  http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/9074951-74/forum-county-questions
  
  The Trib is trying to present this as a serious forum. In the article, the head of the Chamber of Commerce co-sponsoring the event says they want to avoid "gotcha" questions. In other words, forget about tough lines of inquiry, though that's exactly what these candidates need to face. Don't want to make those politicians uncomfortable.
  
  All four candidates have baggage. One is a member of a long-controversial Westmoreland political family. Another was involved in a widely-reported public altercation with a County row officer earlier this year. One presided over the collapse of his party's power base and another supported outsourcing some county functions ignoring assertions this actually costs taxpayers more.
  
  Will any of this come up? Not with carefully chosen questions and not with Greensburg Editor McFarland moderating. It's sure to be a dull, bland sideshow. Once the Trib did tough investigative stories about governments in Westmoreland County. Under McFarland, it's mostly "don't make waves" coverage packaged as "community journalism."
  

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  • Re: No "gotcha questions" at Trib Westmoreland "forum" -- Yawn, 16:58:15 09/28/15 Mon
    • Re: No "gotcha questions" at Trib Westmoreland "forum" -- Dome of Gold, 04:31:08 10/01/15 Thu
  • Re: No "gotcha questions" at Trib Westmoreland "forum" -- Whispers, 01:02:57 10/09/15 Fri
    • The other candidate forum -- Back 2 Hannastown, 01:20:39 10/10/15 Sat

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• Dick [Scaife] Tales -- Peoples' Court, 04:55:38 10/07/15 Wed [3]
  http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/9212234-74/scaife-million-estate
  
  You gotta feel for ol' Wereschagin having to cover and write this. I bet EVERY word and punctuation was vetted and vetted again before this ever saw print.
  
  It's not Mike's fault, but here's what Trib Totally Mediocre doesn't want you to know.
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2015/10/06/Scaife-inheritance-tax-return-gives-glimpse-of-lavish-life/stories/201510060160
  

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  • Re: Dick [Scaife] Tales -- Rusty the Bailiff, 15:45:56 10/08/15 Thu
  • Re: Dick [Scaife] Tales -- Ghost of Dick Scaife, 16:09:23 10/09/15 Fri

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• Farewell....to whom? -- GB, 00:23:15 09/26/15 Sat [9]
  The Guild posted Facebook photos of a P-G farewell party for those who have accepted the buyout. Who is on the list?
  
  From the photos, it looked like Mackenzie Carpenter, Len Barcousky and Jon Schmitz were among the departing.
  

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  • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Bingo Bob, 08:18:50 09/26/15 Sat
    • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Bon "Voy"age, 12:07:06 10/01/15 Thu
  • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Helena Montana, 20:39:59 09/26/15 Sat
  • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Bingo Bob, 06:53:53 10/05/15 Mon
  • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Donald Ducky, 14:28:26 10/05/15 Mon
    • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Tasty Water, 08:11:34 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- Thinning of the Herd, 13:14:31 10/06/15 Tue
    • Re: Farewell....to whom? -- The Count, 17:45:51 10/06/15 Tue

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• Trib misses an "Angle" -- Pew Litzer, 17:47:34 09/20/15 Sun [16]
  Regarding the murder in Dormont:
  
  http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/9125991-74/angle-police-according
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/olympics/2015/09/20/Husband-charged-with-homicide-after-wife-found-dead-in-their-Dormont-home/stories/201509200234
  
  Funny what the Trib left out. Way to go, Rick Wills. Kudos, "fastest growing paper in America."
  

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  • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Clarify, 02:00:22 09/21/15 Mon
    • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Jack Link's, 05:17:28 09/21/15 Mon
    • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Charles Foster Kane, 10:38:48 09/21/15 Mon
      • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Real world, 21:27:17 09/21/15 Mon
      • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Say what?, 01:33:03 09/22/15 Tue
        • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Xanadu, 06:11:26 09/22/15 Tue
        • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Joe Welch, 10:34:31 09/24/15 Thu
          • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Xanadu, 19:23:01 09/24/15 Thu
  • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- LB, 20:39:02 09/24/15 Thu
  • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Jiminy Olsen, 14:22:08 09/29/15 Tue
    • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Clark Kent, 19:37:20 09/29/15 Tue
      • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Jiminy Olsen, 07:26:20 10/01/15 Thu
        • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Elements of Smarmy, 04:36:34 10/06/15 Tue
          • Re: Trib misses an "Angle" -- Equation, 12:54:43 10/06/15 Tue

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• DK's Next Hire -- Marty, 19:00:01 09/29/15 Tue [26]
  thought about subscribing to DK for a good bit, seemed like a cool alternative to the usual Sports Section
  
  but with the way DK handles himself on Twitter, decided against it. Maybe his next hire should be a PR director?
  

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  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Ed E. Torial, 04:54:04 09/30/15 Wed
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- WhatTheColumnSaid, 12:49:36 10/02/15 Fri
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Blocked By DK, 12:07:24 10/06/15 Tue
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Tweet delete, 05:27:21 09/30/15 Wed
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Tony C, 07:35:01 09/30/15 Wed
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Comma Chameleon, 00:14:01 10/01/15 Thu
      • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Tony C, 14:25:46 10/04/15 Sun
        • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Comma Chameleon, 03:53:37 10/05/15 Mon
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Seriously, 08:43:21 09/30/15 Wed
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Comma Chameleon, 12:27:44 09/30/15 Wed
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- I'll never understand it..., 12:32:06 09/30/15 Wed
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Randall, 20:54:41 10/01/15 Thu
  • Hired! -- Jake, 00:39:26 10/02/15 Fri
    • Re: Hired! -- Media Club, 08:53:15 10/02/15 Fri
    • Re: Hired! -- Comma Chameleon, 10:13:39 10/02/15 Fri
    • Re: Hired! -- Fitting, 08:22:59 10/04/15 Sun
    • Re: Hired! -- Blocked By DK, 12:00:20 10/06/15 Tue
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Fashion Plate, 03:09:37 10/03/15 Sat
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Your Name or Company Imprint Here, 12:36:02 10/04/15 Sun
  • Re: DK's Next Hire -- BackToThePast, 08:34:29 10/04/15 Sun
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- News Flash, 17:16:12 10/04/15 Sun
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Kreskin, 18:02:13 10/04/15 Sun
    • Re: DK's Next Hire -- Crystal Ball, 20:44:26 10/04/15 Sun

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• PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Mike H. (upset), 12:08:42 09/30/15 Wed [9]
  I received a letter in my PG today saying the PG will no longer deliver the paper to my house as of October 1. To quote them "today's challenging economy has forced us to make a difficult decision about where we provide home delivery of the print paper. Your area is one in which the print edition will no longer be available thru home delivery."
  
  I live less than 20 miles from their printing plant. Perhaps it time for the Post Gazette to throw in the towel. When you can't even deliver the paper within a reasonable distance, the party is over!
  
  Trib here I come!
  

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  • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Whirly Pool, 17:31:08 09/30/15 Wed
    • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Murray, 06:05:54 10/01/15 Thu
  • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Routie Kazootie, 22:51:02 09/30/15 Wed
  • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Tom (The Original Tom), 06:31:13 10/01/15 Thu
    • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Mike H. (upset), 04:53:34 10/02/15 Fri
      • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- J. Jonah Jameson, 10:56:10 10/03/15 Sat
        • Re: PG drops home delivery in some areas -- Paper Here, 04:01:40 10/05/15 Mon

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• Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Mett Recal, 10:01:22 10/01/15 Thu [6]
  http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2015/10/01/Fat-fixing-vs-fat-shaming-nbsp/stories/201510010034
  
  Well, she stirs everyone up over Caitlyn Jenner, then praises the late wingnut novelist Taylor Caldwell, and now Jenny defends a comedian who mocks people with weight issues.
  
  P-G editorial management is hard to fathom. Having a third conservative pundit to balance out Simpson, Norman and Henry is fine, but why Graham? Her stuffy, smug, full-of-herself attitude shines through everything she writes. She lacks intellectual curosity or any sense of empathy. Her main skill seems to be talking down to her readers. That gives them a bellicose fire-breather (Kelly), a clueless theocrat (Dailey) and a insular, elitist theocrat in Jenny.
  
  Way to go, Post-Gazette. Keep it classy.
  

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  • Re: Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Arbuckle, 18:36:06 10/02/15 Fri
  • Re: Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Outsider, 03:12:04 10/03/15 Sat
    • Re: Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Cardio, 05:05:10 10/03/15 Sat
    • Re: Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Mett Recal, 00:55:24 10/04/15 Sun
  • Re: Meet Jenny Graham, the P-G's Town Scold -- Sansabelt, 08:12:40 10/03/15 Sat

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• Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Izzit Rigged, 07:54:35 09/21/15 Mon [12]
  What do people here think about former PG staffers who either quit or take a buyout offer, then return soon after to do their old jobs as freelancers, at a fraction of the pay? These same former staffers for years used the union to protect their jobs, demanding that union members be given opportunities and seeing outsiders, such as freelancers, as threats. Now that they’re on the outside themselves, they’re eager to cut deals that allow them to remain involved and keep some pocket money, and give no thought as to how it impacts on younger members.
  
  I don’t necessarily blame PG management. They have an interest in getting the most/best copy for the least expense. If they could make staffers walk on treadmills to generate electricity while they type they would. And I don’t know if I blame the former staffers. It’s natural they’d like to remain involved.
  
  But what is union leadership’s responsibility here? They collect union dues with the promise they will protect not only salaries (to the extent possible) but also career opportunities for members. By agreeing to allow former union members to do this, they’re making exceptions for old buddies that hurt current, dues-paying members. Not only do these former staffers decrease demand for copy from staffers, it takes away opportunities for advancement for younger members. Pretty sure Rob Owen was excited to get the opportunity to be the TV writer at the PG, and probably got it when the previous person moved on. When he moves on, though, he sits on the slot, doing the job for pennies on the dollar. Some younger staffer who might have had a goal to take that role can’t move up. Owen is just an example, and there are others who continue to hold slots as freelancers (think Ruth Anne, Samantha Bennett, Reg Henry) and some more in the works with the new buyout round.
  
  Point is, these long time members moved on, to either retirement or outside opportunities, and instead of letting current dues-paying members have a shot at the big time, they hang on and give it away for almost free. I know people will cringe at any of these slots being called big time, but for a younger aspiring journalist, the goal is often to move into a position of prominence.
  
  Why, exactly, are these younger members paying dues, anyway?
  

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  • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Ever stop to think..., 23:05:43 09/21/15 Mon
    • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- M. Fluke-O, 05:06:12 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Izzit Rigged, 07:20:39 09/22/15 Tue
      • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Ever stop to think..., 15:40:16 09/22/15 Tue
  • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Bigger Question, 14:37:33 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Joe Hill, 08:32:36 09/23/15 Wed
    • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Mom Teresa, 12:10:06 09/23/15 Wed
      • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Dad Realworld, 20:46:53 09/23/15 Wed
      • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Bessemer, 05:55:14 09/24/15 Thu
  • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- More pizza plz, 14:52:14 10/01/15 Thu
    • Re: Are younger PG union members getting screwed? -- Dominoze, 05:11:24 10/03/15 Sat

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• Flowery Fireworks -- Bam Bam Boom Boom, 20:38:58 07/06/15 Mon [6]
  The post-fireworks story on the front page of the Sunday PG was terrible. The writing is mindful of an interns first attempt.
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/07/05/Fireworks-launch-over-Pittsburgh/stories/201507050163
  
  Trib copy is much easier to read.
  

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  • Re: Flowery Fireworks -- That Time of the Month, 22:25:47 07/07/15 Tue
  • Re: Flowery Fireworks -- Non-objective objectivity, 05:01:29 07/08/15 Wed
    • Re: Flowery Fireworks -- PT Barnum, 21:00:01 07/08/15 Wed
      • Re: Flowery Fireworks -- Amarillo, 19:20:50 10/02/15 Fri

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• Heard Samantha Bennett on the radio -- Helping Hand, 03:45:18 07/03/15 Fri [5]
  She was a guest with John McIntire on KDKA. I liked what I heard. She was funny, conversational and maybe even a little sexy. She could have a future doing a talk show. Really.
  

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  • Re: Heard Samantha Bennett on the radio -- Forgot 2 Laugh, 04:57:31 07/03/15 Fri
  • Re: Heard Samantha Bennett on the radio -- Time marches on except in the Burgh, 13:30:15 07/03/15 Fri

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• Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Susanne, 15:13:06 09/21/15 Mon [30]
  The coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers by DK on Pittsburgh Sports has been nothing short of amazing. With a small team and almost no budget these modest scribes have been able to top every other local sports media conglomerate. The power of the people is real, even in the corporate dominate sports arena.
  

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  • Amazing Advertising? -- Don Draper, 21:48:31 09/21/15 Mon
    • Re: Amazing Advertising? -- Shrill Shill, 14:52:25 09/24/15 Thu
      • Re: Amazing Advertising? -- Don Draper, 19:16:55 09/24/15 Thu
        • Re: Amazing Advertising? -- Buy her a coffee, 08:49:45 09/25/15 Fri
        • Re: Amazing Advertising? -- Shril Shill, 12:15:08 09/25/15 Fri
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Non-Believer, 01:34:08 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- ProgRock, 05:26:58 09/22/15 Tue
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Nonsense, 04:24:53 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- TonyC, 07:16:31 09/22/15 Tue
      • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Product Placement, 19:48:47 09/22/15 Tue
        • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- The Prof, 21:03:57 09/26/15 Sat
          • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Comma Chameleon, 18:53:41 09/27/15 Sun
      • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- NoDegree, 20:05:25 09/22/15 Tue
      • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Shrill Shill, 14:50:38 09/24/15 Thu
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Faux coverage, 04:52:53 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Johnny Sacks, 17:08:13 09/22/15 Tue
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Shill, 09:23:13 09/22/15 Tue
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Pay4Followers, 16:06:49 09/22/15 Tue
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Standard, 05:12:29 09/23/15 Wed
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Fuzzy math, 09:21:40 09/23/15 Wed
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Curtis Shilling, 15:41:09 09/23/15 Wed
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Buyer, 21:01:46 09/25/15 Fri
  • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- UTTER NONSENSE, 22:18:02 09/27/15 Sun
    • Re: Amazing Steelers coverage by DKoPS -- Ed E. Torial, 08:15:44 09/28/15 Mon
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• Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Father Flanagan, 08:44:29 07/12/15 Sun [10]
  The new bishop is definitely a news story, at least in Greensburg, but the graphic accompanying the story is really a bit much.
  
  http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/8422082-74/malesic-bishop-diocese
  
  They must think their readers are really ignorant about such things to go this far into overkill.
  

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  • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Monsignor, 18:01:21 07/12/15 Sun
  • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Holy water, 13:32:04 07/13/15 Mon
    • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Guido Sarducci, 20:03:21 07/13/15 Mon
      • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Nunsense, 14:28:27 07/15/15 Wed
        • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Guido Sarducci, 07:32:45 07/16/15 Thu
          • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Not sure what the issue was here, 14:25:52 07/17/15 Fri
            • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Clarifier, 18:25:36 07/17/15 Fri
  • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Just Curious, 20:09:44 09/27/15 Sun
    • Re: Trib news educates readers about Catholicism -- Confessional, 04:00:31 09/28/15 Mon

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