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RIP Pete Hamill

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Aug 5, 2020.

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  1. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    And if he annoys you enough to make the effort, you can go to Google Images and search "troll bridge" and there are hundreds of handy pictures you can copy/paste.
     
    Neutral Corner, Aug 5, 2020
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  2. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    For those who are interested, the documentary “Deadline Artists” on HBO is superb.

    Hamill books “A Drinking Life,” “News is a Verb,” and “Tabloid City” are great.
     
    Deskgrunt50, Aug 6, 2020
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Quote Of The Day: Pete Hamill On Donald Trump

    While I do think it's better that more voices are being heard, those days when cities had a "Voice" - Royko in Chicago, Breslin, Hamill - someone able to sort the wheat from the chaff - had their advantages.
     
    Last edited: Aug 6, 2020
    DanOregon, Aug 6, 2020
    #27
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  4. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Liut, Aug 6, 2020
    #28
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I remember reading the story about what Breslin thought about Trump. There was a quote from Hamill in it, recounting a conversation he had with Breslin from his retirement home, and I just loved it. I just found the exact line from Hamill:

    Watching Trump in the White House left Breslin “a bit sour with what’s going on in our country. Mainly because (Trump was) the kind of guy that in my neighborhood in Brooklyn and (Breslin’s) in Queens we despised    . The bullshit tough guy. The guy is all mouth and couldn’t fight his way out of an empty lot.”
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 6, 2020
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  6. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    There are certain writers who you just couldn’t wait to tear open the paper for their take. Hamill and Breslin were that for NYC. Those days are gone due to the rise of instant and free opinion, which isn’t a bad thing, but you have to wade through a lot of bullshit to get to a trusted voice.
     
    Webster, Aug 7, 2020
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