http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/06/01/more-revisionist-crap-concerning-journalists-salaries/ Useful Resources for Some, Useless Rants for Others Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/06/01/more-revisionist-crap-concerning-journalists-salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 John Zhu Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:06:14 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=1226#comment-5160 See, I was living the high life -- one powder packet per meal, and sometimes I even threw in that little clear plastic bag of onions/green stuff. See, I was living the high life — one powder packet per meal, and sometimes I even threw in that little clear plastic bag of onions/green stuff.

]]> http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/06/01/more-revisionist-crap-concerning-journalists-salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-5159 Cory_Frye Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=1226#comment-5159 John: Again, thanks for the continued perspective. Your Ramen notation especially hit home. I remember how ecstatic I was once to discover I hadn't poured ALL the powder on the noodles. Second meal! John: Again, thanks for the continued perspective. Your Ramen notation especially hit home. I remember how ecstatic I was once to discover I hadn't poured ALL the powder on the noodles. Second meal!

]]> http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/06/01/more-revisionist-crap-concerning-journalists-salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-5129 gypsy_cat Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:15:30 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=1226#comment-5129 Ah, the old bourgeois-bashing shtick. Ehrenrich's been writing for elite magazines so long that she's forgotten what it's like to be working for the local paper. Just because journalists have laptops and sit in cubicles doesn't mean they don't work as hard as auto workers, or that they don't suffer as much as when they get laid off. (In fact, auto workers have become the face of the recession, thanks to--guess who?--the media.) Ah, the old bourgeois-bashing shtick. Ehrenrich's been writing for elite magazines so long that she's forgotten what it's like to be working for the local paper. Just because journalists have laptops and sit in cubicles doesn't mean they don't work as hard as auto workers, or that they don't suffer as much as when they get laid off. (In fact, auto workers have become the face of the recession, thanks to–guess who?–the media.)

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