People are paying attention to me!

Just for the record, my wig comment was referring more the her devil horns being covered…. okay, maybe I was making fun of her hair, too, but the child in me loves insulting the hair of others.

I have no problem with her being a her, I DO have a problem with her snide remarks. But like I said in the linked post, I’m sure she gets tired of the same stupid questions over and over. In fact, this is what I said:

Anyone ever tried to get information from her? I’m sure she gets stupid questions at a rapid pace, but I’ve seen legitimate questions get blasted in her droll, unhumorous way entirely too often. And I could deal without her speculation being passed on as "fact" or even "hearsay".

I think that is clearly criticizing her writing rather than her aesthetics.

…I made a bad joke based on her appearance. (Wouldn’t be the first time…about the bad joke, I mean.) I also defended her in the previous “devil in a bad wig” thread. I’d point out that I’ve also teased Paul Sullivan about his pasty appearance. And it’s hard not to notice what a bizarre lookin’ dude Mike Quade is. I think if you’re in the public spotlight, a certain amount of teasing about one’s personal appearance comes with the territory. I agree that outright sexism is wrong.

As others have mentioned, Carrie Muskat draws a lot of fire here and elsewhere because she’s often vague, sometimes flat-out inaccurate and many of her reponses to mailbag inquires are curt and snippy. She does pass along some interesting tidbits on her blog, and she does an adequate job of writing game and news stories for mlb.com. But she leaves a lot of room for improvement – and that has nothing to do with her gender. Phil Rogers leaves so much room for improvement, you could build a subdivision on it.

Did you send the same type of message under the comment section where, you know, they actually HAD the overtly sexist comments?

…that Paul Sullivan has taken much more abuse here than Carrie has. But Carrie is terrible, I stopped reading Mailbag YEARS ago and have used this place more than anything for news since.

And hey, if we were to bash Sullivan’s appearance to get at him, I’d say we have every right to do the same to Miskat, male or female. Shouldn’t make a difference just because she’s a woman. Is it right? I disagree with it and will not be the first to use that against someone, but if someone else wants to use it for their argument, I don’t see why not.

I think she draws a much higher level of hate than any other writer

I have two words for you.

Jay Mariotti.

you’re right. Just as theoretically Erin Andrews got her just because she’s a great reporter, not because she’s smoking hot. So if it’s okay to post a bunch of pictures of her in game threads (not that I’m complaining) it’s pretty hypocritical for someone to take issue with someone calling another journalist ugly.

and I read something like that I’d be pissed, of course. But that stuff just comes with the territory. You don’t put your face in front of hundreds of thousands of readers and not expect people to look at your picture and judge.

Again, it’s pretty low to comment directly on her article where she’ll probably read it. But I don’t see the issue with people saying whether she’s hot or not on an entirely unrelated Cubs blog.

…if you wanted to comment about the “sexist comments” of BCB, then that should have been your whole point in the first place. It appears from your comments and research that that may have been your point all along. I don’t like being lumped together with an obviously more sexist group like those on mlb.com. That’s why I’m acting “defensive”. And anytime you throw an idea up in a fanpost, you should expect some differing opinions. So, no, I won’t “let it go”.

And Kanderber brings up a good point: Erin Andrews being lauded for her looks instead of her journalistic skills is “sexist” as well, no? Are you up in arms about that as well? Because a helluva lot more of that happens than bagging on the looks of Muskat.

You don’t find the monthly cartoon in the letters section to be insightful, humorous and well-drawn? I wait each month with baited breath for the latest edition. I sure miss “Aisle 426” . . . I wonder what Scorecard Whutzhizname and Budman are up to.

Actually, VineLine used to be about 2X as thick with 1/2 the ads. It’s still worth reading (IMO), but it’s a shadow of what it used to be.

But I’m special.

but I am thinking that might be sexist. LOL

I don’t even remember what the topic was, but I was discussing with Mizzou fan (nji232) something. He and I josh back and forth (he’s @ MU, I’m @ KU), and we have a pretty good relationship. I don’t recall or rmeember being offensive towards him, and I think (correct me if I’m wrong), you thought I was. I probably could have done without the “hell”, but yeah, him and I joke around a bit, and out of context it can probably look like we are arguing. We weren’t. Sorry if I offended you.

Dan

Looks like a parody to me.