Comments on: Hobgoblins Of Typography

By: Paul Marks

Paul Marks — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:22:18 +0000

I’m truly glad the passionate Mr. Owens was persuaded to remain at the Courant, but part of me wishes we could have seen the kind of job he’d be doing as a police dispatcher … can you imagine?

By: Paul Stern

Paul Stern — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:30:58 +0000

Frank, fine.
Personal, not so fine.
As for this site being largely critical of The Courant, that would be my fault, I think, and I do not intend for it to be a bash-The-Courant arena. Unfortunately, The Courant is in a time of great change and turmoil, and, unlike the government, has no established watchdog to reflect on its failures and successes. I offer whatever criticism I do in the same spirit that The Courant comments on the government. That is, in the hope that an additional perspective will inspire those inside to steer away from some of the rocks in the shoal. I do not think of it as fun, but as my obligation as a longtime member of the journalistic community to give a voice to some of my colleagues who cannot comment without fear of reprisal.

By: Linda Case

Linda Case — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:57:54 +0000

Thanks, George.
I do have compassion for those still left on the staff. Also, awareness about the larger forces that have changed the industry.
That being said, there is still something notably haywire about the present Courant.
For months, this site has been almost nothing else but criticism.
Certainly, frank discussion should still go on.

By: george gombossy

george gombossy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:57:45 +0000

Come on Paul, obviously some people have a lot of time on their hands and its entertaining.

By: Paul Stern

Paul Stern — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:25:25 +0000

Okay. Everybody’s had a couple shots. Game’s over.

By: Dave Owens

Dave Owens — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:36:05 +0000

That’s a cryin’ shame, Linda.
Try doing something other than pissing and moaning, then.

Dave Owens

By: Linda Case

Linda Case — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:17:20 +0000

I may be old-fashioned, but I really do not like the word “piss” in written form.

By: David Owens

David Owens — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:12:19 +0000

Actually Linda, there is a mission — to inform. I’ve spent 12 hours a day the last couple of weeks doing that. So have most of my co-workers.

Heck, you might call that our ethos too.

I’m sure you’ll now find something else to piss and moan about.

If we’re not informing you, at least we’re irritating you.

Thank you,
Dave Owens

By: Linda Case

Linda Case — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:43:07 +0000

Paul: I am pleased you spotlighted the graphic treatment. That’s the arena that most annoys me about the present paper–such jumpy, hysterical presentation. The core issue is that there is no ethos at all to the enterprise, no underlying mission.

Also, as I pointed out before, the consumer check mark design is similar to the logo of Price-Rite supermarkets.