From chessdiscussion:
by SusanPolgar on Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:06 am
This is the latest comment from Mig Greengard on his Chess Ninja site:

"My homeboy and regular ICC Chess.FM pilot Joel Benjamin is guest
blogging over at the NY Times Gambit blog. Perhaps a permanent gig? I
stopped reading it when it started treating the moronic Sloan lawsuit
and similar USCF-related idiocy as regular chess news. Anyone can sue
anybody. If someone wins or loses, that might be news. (Might.) Feeding
a troll is feeding a troll whether it's in an obscure message board or
the New York Times. I'd be happy to see a focus on bringing more chess
to the masses instead of waving dirty laundry around every time a USCF
politician soils his drawers. "
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McClain, the JOURNALIST, is back. Stay tuned for more Suzie
Chesspiece/USCF Follies.

On Feb 11, 10:26 am, Brian Lafferty wrote:
From chessdiscussion:
by SusanPolgar on Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:06 am
This is the latest comment from Mig Greengard on his Chess Ninja site:

"My homeboy and regular ICC Chess.FM pilot Joel Benjamin is guest
blogging over at the NY Times Gambit blog. Perhaps a permanent gig? I
stopped reading it when it started treating the moronic Sloan lawsuit
and similar USCF-related idiocy as regular chess news. Anyone can sue
anybody. If someone wins or loses, that might be news. (Might.) Feeding
a troll is feeding a troll whether it's in an obscure message board or
the New York Times. I'd be happy to see a focus on bringing more chess
to the masses instead of waving dirty laundry around every time a USCF
politician soils his drawers. "
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McClain, the JOURNALIST, is back. Stay tuned for more Suzie
Chesspiece/USCF Follies.

But... but... that can't be true! I read something else from P Innes
at Chessvile:

"New York Times have fired one correspondent of their chess blog and
hired GM Benjamin as replacement. I think the last entry to the
'Gambit blog' was by this Parrot who pointed out a few details,
chessically speaking, about what was reported and what not."

Note the twin P Innes themes in these sentences:

- mistakes and distortion in his reporting;
- a claim, either implied or stated outright, that P Innes was
responsible for the event reported.

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'

The Historian wrote:
On Feb 11, 10:26 am, Brian Lafferty wrote:
From chessdiscussion:
by SusanPolgar on Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:06 am
This is the latest comment from Mig Greengard on his Chess Ninja site:

"My homeboy and regular ICC Chess.FM pilot Joel Benjamin is guest
blogging over at the NY Times Gambit blog. Perhaps a permanent gig? I
stopped reading it when it started treating the moronic Sloan lawsuit
and similar USCF-related idiocy as regular chess news. Anyone can sue
anybody. If someone wins or loses, that might be news. (Might.) Feeding
a troll is feeding a troll whether it's in an obscure message board or
the New York Times. I'd be happy to see a focus on bringing more chess
to the masses instead of waving dirty laundry around every time a USCF
politician soils his drawers. "
------------------------------------------

McClain, the JOURNALIST, is back. Stay tuned for more Suzie
Chesspiece/USCF Follies.

But... but... that can't be true! I read something else from P Innes
at Chessvile:

"New York Times have fired one correspondent of their chess blog and
hired GM Benjamin as replacement. I think the last entry to the
'Gambit blog' was by this Parrot who pointed out a few details,
chessically speaking, about what was reported and what not."

Note the twin P Innes themes in these sentences:

- mistakes and distortion in his reporting;
- a claim, either implied or stated outright, that P Innes was
responsible for the event reported.

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'

What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:13:57 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:


But... but... that can't be true! I read something else from P Innes
at Chessvile:

"New York Times have fired one correspondent of their chess blog and
hired GM Benjamin as replacement. I think the last entry to the
'Gambit blog' was by this Parrot who pointed out a few details,
chessically speaking, about what was reported and what not."

Note the twin P Innes themes in these sentences:

- mistakes and distortion in his reporting;
- a claim, either implied or stated outright, that P Innes was
responsible for the event reported.

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'

What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.

Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:13:57 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:


But... but... that can't be true! I read something else from P Innes
at Chessvile:

"New York Times have fired one correspondent of their chess blog and
hired GM Benjamin as replacement. I think the last entry to the
'Gambit blog' was by this Parrot who pointed out a few details,
chessically speaking, about what was reported and what not."

Note the twin P Innes themes in these sentences:

- mistakes and distortion in his reporting;
- a claim, either implied or stated outright, that P Innes was
responsible for the event reported.

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'
What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.
It looks like it's been pulled off of Mig's site.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:30:42 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:


These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'
What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.
It looks like it's been pulled off of Mig's site.

Well, then, I guess denial will be the order of the day.

THE LAWSUIT IS NEWS

Mig Greengard is wrong. He argues like a
philosopher here, not like a journalist. What's news
is what interests people on the jour. The Sloan suit
may be derided; you may consider the personalities
unworthy of our attention; but a lot of chess people
are unquestionably interested in the legal action,
whether they are pro-Sloan or pro-Truong, pro-Polgar.

Yours, Larry



Brian Lafferty wrote:
From chessdiscussion:
by SusanPolgar on Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:06 am
This is the latest comment from Mig Greengard on his Chess Ninja site:

"My homeboy and regular ICC Chess.FM pilot Joel Benjamin is guest
blogging over at the NY Times Gambit blog. Perhaps a permanent gig? I
stopped reading it when it started treating the moronic Sloan lawsuit
and similar USCF-related idiocy as regular chess news. Anyone can sue
anybody. If someone wins or loses, that might be news. (Might.) Feeding
a troll is feeding a troll whether it's in an obscure message board or
the New York Times. I'd be happy to see a focus on bringing more chess
to the masses instead of waving dirty laundry around every time a USCF
politician soils his drawers. "
------------------------------------------

McClain, the JOURNALIST, is back. Stay tuned for more Suzie
Chesspiece/USCF Follies.

Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:30:42 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:


These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'
What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.
It looks like it's been pulled off of Mig's site.

Well, then, I guess denial will be the order of the day.

It is back up on Mig's site this morning. :-)

On Feb 12, 7:40 am, Brian Lafferty wrote:
Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:30:42 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'
What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.
It looks like it's been pulled off of Mig's site.

Well, then, I guess denial will be the order of the day.

It is back up on Mig's site this morning. :-)

There's been a glitch on Mig's homepage for some time. One can
retrieve "lost" posts via the monthly archives on the left.

On Feb 12, 7:40 am, Brian Lafferty wrote:
Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:30:42 GMT, Brian Lafferty
wrote:

These are the hallmarks of P Innes' 'journalism.'
What are the odds of a retraction at Chessville?

Why retract when you can deny saying it?

Or, perhaps "don't retract, attack".

Depends on the phases of the Moon, I suppose.
It looks like it's been pulled off of Mig's site.

Well, then, I guess denial will be the order of the day.

It is back up on Mig's site this morning. :-)

There's been a glitch on Mig's homepage for some time. One can
retrieve "lost" posts via the monthly archives on the left.