Comments on: An Open Letter To KOMO And Fisher Broadcasting

By: John DeRosa

John DeRosa — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:31:42 +0000

Bonnie, that’s an ugly thing for someone to say, whether about Burien or anyone’s town. They’re saying far more about themselves than they are about your town.

By: Bonnie Taub

Bonnie Taub — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:18:19 +0000

I went on Komo’s Burien Blog and this is what I said:

I LOVE the B-Town Blog! I live here in Burien and I read it every day! I also look at Komo’s news every day. What is the beef here? I don’t understand KOMO’s or any one that has made stupid comments about the B-Town blog. It is a wonderful local resource for my husband and I.

Go pee in someone else’s sandbox!

The response I got:

Hey Bonnie,

Are you against free speech?

Maybe you should go live in China instead of the cesspool of illegal immigrant crime that is Burien.

Now I don’t think this person lives in my town! Yes, we have our share of problems like any of the communites in the south sound, but to call my town a cesspool?

These folks are taking this whole thing way too far!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:03:09 +0000

Boo Ya! Nice Job

By: Tom Bourdage

Tom Bourdage — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:53:25 +0000

I believe you’ll find Mr McGuire down at the lake washing his bloodied shanks that you have been so expertly chewing up. Good work! I always applaud the ‘scrappy’ little dog chasing the big dog down the street with tail between the legs.

By: John DeRosa

John DeRosa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:12:36 +0000

I wouldn’t say it’s “interesting.” I’d say it’s “to be expected.”

By: Scott Schaefer

Scott Schaefer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:46:18 +0000

Isn’t it interesting that Troy suddenly stopped commenting when I reminded him about the whole placeholder/unauthorized Advertising issue?

“I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such films as ‘Ethics…Schmethics!’, ‘Fakeinator 4: Revenge Of The Small Burien Business Zombies’ or “The Fisher Fishes With Fake Bait!”

By: John DeRosa

John DeRosa — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:10:50 +0000

Since the time and mail server IP of “Derek Smathers”‘ email are known, it should be trivial for Troy McGuire to ascertain who sent that email, and report back on what disciplinary action was taken, if any. And/or have the individual comment here on why they sent it.

By: Scott Schaefer

Scott Schaefer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:59:59 +0000

Mike – Using the term “plagiarism” to define using other news sources as “inspiration” is wrong, as long as the words aren’t copied exactly (it’s defined as “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”). Now while I definitely take a stand against it, the “borrowing” of news is so common that I’m not going to attack KOMO for that (until of course they steal one of our exclusive stories without attribution/linking).

No…the thing I’m taking a strong stand against is the unethical business practices they’re doing with local businesses and our Advertisers. Troy says they were “in contact” with the businesses used as dummy Ads? Hmmm…I can name at least two who were totally surprised that their logos were used in an UNAUTHORIZED way. How did you “contact” them Troy?

I’ve written a lot of comedy in my life, so I’d love to hear that explanation…ha.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:29:07 +0000

So, the gist is that you are not upset over plagerism by a media mogul, your upset that one employee stated you had “Junk Ads”?

By: Troy McGuire

Troy McGuire — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:07:14 +0000

One more thing… no one from our company should have sent that note to you. I’m sure they were thinking that they were just sticking up for us but we don’t want to play that way.