Chicagoist: Mike Downey, Trib Obsessed with Drunken TV Woman's Rant

anonist

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:25:03 -0600

They keep reporting on it -- and we keep reading about it on here. Chicagoist, why do you keep calling attention to how bad/inadequate MSM is? What's the point?

huckeyes

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:10:23 -0600

I agree, not offensive- but I'd imagine many of the same people snearing at the stupid one liner would be deriding her if she said the same about Mohammed.

Prescott Carlson

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:22:09 -0600

I wouldn't fuck Jesus with Bea Arthur's dick.

discountsounds

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:02:33 -0600

I loves me a woman with a filthy mouth.

spookhatespuppies

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:29:00 -0600

I dunno, considering how tight of an anus ESPN is anymore, this makes me like her all that much more. I alway get a kick out of woman that can out dirty men. Sarah Silverman... Lisa Camanelli... Any of the fine ladies currently tearing up shit at the local stand-up scene. (Emily Dorezas and Fay Canale for example)

mike_thoms

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:25:41 -0600

The Tiger Woods thing was ridiculous too.

bombast

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:02:44 -0600

I agree with you, Slaphappy. This shouldn't be newsworthy at all, but for some unreasonable reason it is. This whole thing is just ridiculous.

Slaphappy

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:44:04 -0600

Some lady that no one knows said something sort of offensive at a roast that no one saw -- why the fuck is this newsworthy?!

mike_thoms

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:36:54 -0600

Good call Bombast...can you imagine what would happen if every person at a Friar's Club Roast was reprimanded for what they said? Or even worse the televised COmedy Central ROasts. Way worse is said on those shows that are TELEVISED!

bombast

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:32:48 -0600

In the context of a ROAST, which this was, what's said and JOKED about is SUPPOSED TO BE OFFENSIVE! There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with what she said in this context of a roast. If these people have ever seen a roast (which I'm guessing many of them haven't), everything and everybody - Whites, Blacks, homosexuals, Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, Christians, Jews, etc. etc. etc. - are all fair game in the context of a roast. This is absolutely not the same as Imus or any other hate speech that people are claiming this is. If she said that in an interview with a newspaper, magazine, television reporter, or if she said it most other contexts, then I can see how she'd be in hot water. In this case, she should not be disciplined one bit because she did absolutely nothing wrong in the context of the roast. This uproar is just another example that we live in a country full of simple-minded folks who have little to no reasoning ability.

xlprq

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:23:26 -0600

Mike Downey is by far the worst columnist the Tribune has to offer. Nothing he says is interesting, newsworthy or even expresses much of an opinion. And his attempts to use pop culture are ridiculous.

mike_thoms

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:12:51 -0600

I think people are most upset because Notre Dame got bashed. This country still isn't over it's love affair with that school, many many years after it's last bowl win.