Comments on: Ben Smith of the Journal Gazette is a big fat idiot

By: tim zank

tim zank — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:32:50 +0000

Regardless what Ben Smith’s personal feelings are, he’s not very bright to reiterate and re-print false quotes about anybody in a newspaper. Don’t they have a freaking editor over there or are their lawyers that good they don’t give a shit?

By: Douglas B Pritchett

Douglas B Pritchett — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:42:50 +0000

Dan, stick to the decaf…..

By: Dan Spalding

Dan Spalding — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:57:52 +0000

There are so many lines being attributed to Rush (some true, some not). Which line did
Ben refer to? Bone in the nose? Or Another? I read Ben’s column and could not find it.

Suffice to say, Rush has made enough racially insensitive comments over the years that he does fall into the category of being a racist as far as I’m concerned. The Magic Negro song Rush played repeatedly was racist as hell. There are dozens of other incredibly insensitive comments uttered by Rush that are absolutely indisputable.

I might lean left, but I listened to Rush for more than six years on a daily basis and I firmly believe he is a racist, a feminist and a gay-baiting bigot.

By: John G.

John G. — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:43:47 +0000

Douglas B. said:

“Ben, while once a halfway decent sports writer, has somehow been allowed to speak editorially for the Journal Gazette, and, like Nall, has wasted whatever intrinsic talent he had on trying to impress his editors/owner, and neglecting to realize he’s regarded by readers as only a sportswriter masquerading as a polished journalist.”

I agree and the same could be said of Keith Olberman. They’re both a joke and an embarrassment.

By: cw martin

cw martin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:18:38 +0000

I was going to say something along the lines of, don’t be suprised, you know AWB is the only real news in Ft. Wayne. But all your previous comments remind me I’m being redundant.

By: Douglas B

Douglas B — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:12:06 +0000

A failure on 2 fronts. Ben’s a horrible writer, and he’s also a partisan fool. The newspaper bosses at the News Sentinel made the same mistake with Nancy Nall – they saw a small spark of talent and then POOF! made her a “columnist”. At that point all journalistic sense left her body and she eventually became a caricature of her self spewing, ego-driven, opinions out to an audience who could have cared less – driving one of the most noted declines in readership and subscriber numbers this town has ever seen. I was one of them and I worked there. Ben, while once a halfway decent sports writer, has somehow been allowed to speak editorially for the Journal Gazette, and, like Nall, has wasted whatever intrinsic talent he had on trying to impress his editors/owner, and neglecting to realize he’s regarded by readers as only a sportswriter masquerading as a polished journalist.

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:35:54 +0000

Bob G.,

I’m not EVEN going to tell what I do with Tracy Warner’s section. It’s to close to lunch time.

By: Bob G.

Bob G. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:34:31 +0000

Mitchell:
LMAO…I do the SAME thing for my CATS (and the Sports section)…!

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:41 +0000

Ben Smith is the resident warthog at the Journal Gazette. I get the paper sometimes, and I let my gerbils piss all over his picture.

By: Bob G.

Bob G. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:34:45 +0000

Dan:
You REALLY nailed this one.
I don’t agree with Rush on everything, but when he’s RIGHT…by God, he is RIGHT! It’s about POLITICS.

And when you also have Black civil rights people IN DEFENSE of Limbaugh countering with the plethora of “professional” players that exhibit LESS than professional behavior in their lives (Where is Johnny Unitas or Joe Greene when you need ‘em?) that says it all.

But it’s OK to have thugs buy into other teams…it’s just SO “politically-correct”.

(but that’s just MY opinion)

By: Outsider

Outsider — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:42:55 +0000

This viewpoint is the reason I don’t get the local newspaper and why newspapers are swimming in red ink.

Rush seems to be doing well for himself.