http://nypost.com/2016/07/21/male-escorts-are-making-crazy-money-at-the-rnc/
Oh you mean am I surprised that they are self-righteous morons who are homophobic and hide in the closet? Oh I'm shocked to death. But gay issue aside, I am sure they have hookers and pimps aplenty there too. This is like Soddom and Gomorrah with the Lord of the Flies at the helm. I know I spelled it wrong but I'm in a hurry right now.
WOW!
Must be a LOT more paid Democrat protesters in Cleveland this week than was anticipated. Now we know how they're spending their stipends. The boost in business for the "entertainment" industry explains why that presence hasn't been reported on the news all that much.
Hear, hear.
@Stu B -- Of course the Usual Suspects are making s**t up that they can't back up.
If they were forced to stick to empirical reality, they'd very quickly make themselves look as stupid as they are...;-D...
I'm shocked...SHOCKED...;-D....
Yeah, you know, I actually read the story. I also actually used to work in a newsroom and know how that kind of crap gets to air (or printed, in this case; come on, it's the New York Post for crying out loud, one notch below the National Enquirer). Need more proof that they print organic fertilizer? Have a look at this little bit of sensationalism from that rag.
http://nypost.com/2016/07/18/with-kids-away-at-camp-parents-revel-in-drug-fueled-sex-parties/
It linked from the page you referenced. But don't worry . . . a LOT more to come next week from Philadelphia.
Well, that's the "Usual Suspects" at the New York Post for ya. Stretching the truth all the time to sell more of their rags; worse than the National Enquirer. Can't wait to see what they publish next week from Philly.
And they wonder why print media is dying . . .
@S and RP -- What you just did was the rhetorical fallacy known as A Red Herring.
Because you do not have a winning argument (e.g. You KNOW that your "It was paid Democratic protesters using the male escorts in Cleveland" claim was complete made-up bulls**t), you shout out, "Hey, look over there! It's a red herring! Pay no attention to what we were talking about before!")
Or maybe you don't know. Perhaps your intellectual shortcomings prevent you from realizing what you are doing.
That would be consistent with your behavior in the thread yesterday where you claimed to have no knowledge of ever insulting anyone on Answermug....;-D...
Either way, you're not fooling anyone with the tactic (or, at least, not fooling anyone smarter than you)...;-D...
Why can't females be using these male escorts? Sexist much? Way to go StuBs.
@Stu B -- I think Bromide was making a joke. That's kind of his style of humor.
Doesn't surprise me, just as it wouldn't surprise me that hotels and bars and restaurants and limo drivers and caterer's and regular prostitutes and convenience stores and pick pockets and drug dealers and the Rock and Roll hall of fame and bunch of other people are rakin it in now. Im sure the same things gonna happen in Philly next week, and in Rio during the Olympics and the next super bowl and so on and so on.....
I don't hate the Post. I'm just pointing out that it's an "entertainment" rag, not a real newspaper.
As to endorsing Trump . . . that's fine. I would expect a New York City newspaper to endorse a hometown boy.
And I'm no more a fan of the GOP than I am of the Republicans. I'm just calling it like I see it.
StuBs is humourless.
You forgot to mention the protesters who have been shadowing the entire event. You know? The ones who lob urine bags and hire gay escorts.
And the attendees? Yes, perhaps some of them have such tendencies. What is your problem with that?
Humourless StuBs is humourless.
I'm not sure I'd easily believe anything I read in a tabloid. Then again, I do understand how the big pictures and eye catching headlines appeal to the simple minded population of America.
Typical New Yorker defense of a hometown paper and a defense of your own lack of knowledge of the news business. Truthfully though, I would be disappointed in you if you hadn't tried to launch a credible defense for the hometown team. (And yes, I know that "conservative" Murdock owns the Post, but what does that have to do with making money?)
Virtually every print news operation in the USA is on the rocks these days. The Washington Post had to sell their real estate holdings and still lost the company to Amazon's largess. The Boston Globe is now a mere wisp of its former self. The New York Times is bleeding money and probably stays afloat only because of the independent wealth (from other sources) of its current ownership. Tribune (Chicago and LA) ended up in bankruptcy, now starting to emerge after divesting itself of its TV broadcasting operations. (Broadcasting, especially TV, was always a cash cow, until Wall Street destroyed it, although TV is still doing OK). The list goes on, and on, and on . . So no, there are no real, credible daily newspapers left.
As to your claim of the Post having real reporters . . . they don't exist anymore, real reporters, that is. Now all we have are faux "Journalists" who think that their job is to change the world, not report on it. [I knew the business was in trouble 20+ years ago when I overheard a newly hired "reporter" in a major television network newsroom exclaim that she was so happy to have landed the job as she could now start paying her college loans; (an EEOC hire, experience be damned when you can check off two boxes on the hiring form and only have to pay AFTRA "scale", no PS contract needed) . . . ]
And while it's true that I was broadcast, not "print", I do know news operations and I know how deadlines work and I know what eyeballs looking at the screen or page means to the bottom line. And I know that virtually ALL the news operations have fabricated stories in an effort to increase those numbers. That includes the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, probably Fox (although I have no personal knowledge of them having done so in the States). Hell, even Murdock's operation in the UK was caught indulging in illegal activities to for the sake of profits.
To your referenced story in the New York Post . . . perhaps you have personal knowledge of the New York Post's Cleveland Bureau actually researching the story before going to print? (Hint, they don't have a bureau in Cleveland.) Maybe they did send "journalists" out to actually canvas the gay brothels of the Cleveland area and those reporters actually witnessed conventioneers coming and going from those locations. Maybe they also actually followed the gay male "escorts" to conventioneers' hotel rooms to be sure of their facts, but I seriously doubt it. So all they have is a made-up story based on "hearsay" at best, a "gossip" piece designed to boost circulation so much like many of their other stories. Nothing verifiable about it (although it may well be true), no real reporting to see here.
