FAFO: Journalism Edition

[Regan MacNeil]

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

On the bright side: a job just opened in Seattle.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

On the bright side: a job just opened in Seattle.

You’re hired!

 

[DanOregon]

Hitler. He was a hero to some, but he never meant **** to me.

Or.

Never go Full Hitler.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I mean, moving from Squidbillies territory to Seattle, maybe be a fly on the wall for a few months before showing off your hot takes.

 

[maumann]

Delta is ready when you are.

 

[playthrough]

Good to know that Twitter is still a 280-character pink slip lying in wait.

 

[Vombatus]

Delta is ready when you are.

Always enjoyed Lewis Grizzard quoting that whenever talking about people, especially northern transplants, bitching about Atlanta.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

The guy has an impressive portfolio of international reporting, focusing especially on Asia, so I can see why The Times took him on. His bio says he's the son of immigrants; Volodzko is likely a Ukrainian surname. The Ukrainians suffered mightily under Stalinism/Leninism, and many viewed the Nazis as liberators in WWII.

I can't find the column online, but one of the Twitter posts indicates he went into some detail on the history of his family. That might have lent some interesting insight to his position. That the ensuing debate on Twitter would quickly go off the rails was inevitable. Mud wrestling is not his forte.

Judging from his work history, Volodzko will probably be OK despite this fiasco.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Will Geoff Baker be here to tell us he really has no idea why this guy was fired?

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I have no inside information from the Times, but from the overall picture it seems like he got fired because he tried to debate people on Twitter.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Delta is ready when you are.

 

[maumann]

Two things about flying out of Hartsfield Jackson Jefferson Washington Lincoln Aiport:

1. Good: Because it's a hub, you can fly non-stop nearly anywhere in the world.
2. Bad: There's a very good chance you could be missing your SkyMiles/exit row seat/suitcase/laptop/cellphone/car/the clothes you're wearing/birthdays and anniversaries by the time you get to where you're going. And don't even think about the return flight. It's already delayed until hell freezes over.

I've been on exactly two flights since 2012. We went to Gwen's brother's funeral in the Bay Area last summer and back home. That makes my streak of on-time service flying to and from Atlanta since 2001 ... two.

 

[SoloFlyer]

I have no inside information from the Times, but from the overall picture it seems like he got fired because he tried to debate people on Twitter.

No, he got fired because he tried to say, "Hitler wasn't really that bad!"

 

[HanSenSE]

Two things about flying out of Hartsfield Jackson Jefferson Washington Lincoln Aiport:

1. Good: Because it's a hub, you can fly non-stop nearly anywhere in the world.
2. Bad: There's a very good chance you could be missing your SkyMiles/exit row seat/suitcase/laptop/cellphone/car/the clothes you're wearing/birthdays and anniversaries by the time you get to where you're going. And don't even think about the return flight. It's already delayed until hell freezes over.

I've been on exactly two flights since 2012. We went to Gwen's brother's funeral in the Bay Area last summer and back home. That makes my streak of on-time service flying to and from Atlanta since 2001 ... two.

Reminded of the joke my stepmother told me once: In the South, when you die and go to heaven, you have to go to Atlanta first.

 

[Vombatus]

Reminded of the joke my stepmother told me once: In the South, when you die and go to heaven, you have to go to Atlanta first.

I thought it was the devil who went down to Georgia.

 

[Woody Long]

Two things about flying out of Hartsfield Jackson Jefferson Washington Lincoln Aiport:

1. Good: Because it's a hub, you can fly non-stop nearly anywhere in the world.
2. Bad: There's a very good chance you could be missing your SkyMiles/exit row seat/suitcase/laptop/cellphone/car/the clothes you're wearing/birthdays and anniversaries by the time you get to where you're going. And don't even think about the return flight. It's already delayed until hell freezes over.

I've been on exactly two flights since 2012. We went to Gwen's brother's funeral in the Bay Area last summer and back home. That makes my streak of on-time service flying to and from Atlanta since 2001 ... two.

When I lived down that way, you couldn't fly anywhere without flying through Atlanta, Dallas, or Memphis, depending on your carrier. I don't think I've flown via Atlanta in at least 10 years, but I certainly don't miss it.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I thought it was the devil who went down to Georgia.

The Devil went down to Georgia, played the fiddle with a whole band of demons backing him … and yet he lost to one kid.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

The Devil went down to Georgia, played the fiddle with a whole band of demons backing him … and yet he lost to one kid.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Devil was Bob Stoops?

 

[Regan MacNeil]

**** this guy.