If you don't know what "City Pages" is, don't worry. It's the pre-internet "what's going on in Minneapolis" weekly that you would consult to see...well..what was going on in Minneapolis every week in the early 90's. Of course, they wouldn't just leave it at that. That would be providing a genuine service to society with no pain nor cost nor sermoning. So they attracted a bunch of wanna be, journalistic failures who write (wait wait for it!!!!) LEFTIST (amazing, I know) skewed "articles" so they could feel like they're achieving something.
Never mind the platform was merely advertising. And never mind the only people who read City Pages for the articles are the same Minneapolitan dippy hippy dipshits who fashion themselves intellectuals. No, "City Pages" keeps going on like a zombie because hipsters in our "Uptown" need to read something when waiting for their organic coffee.
So when they came out with an article about Trump visiting Minneapolis, it was, as predicted, soaked with "sarc/snark/talk to the hand/oh snap" level writing. But it was also curiously closing the comments section.
Of course, this is what happens when old, obsolete, outdated, baby boomer media that is used to preaching to the choir comes full head onto the internet which is much more democratic and representative of the people. I guarantee you City Pages was used to its cozy echo chamber of spoiled brat trust funder baby readership, but when it made it into the real world via teh interwebz, the comments were just too "triggering" for its editorial staff to handle. And since we wouldn't want to upset these precious liberal arts majoring failures, the comments section was closed, and their little imaginary journalistic fiefdom was maintained.
Anyway, this is the only time I'll write about the "City Pages" because like the Star Tribune, for 20 years I had to tolerate their leftist slop as it was the only thing available. But now, thanks to the interwebz, City Pages is going down in history for what it truly was:
An advertising platform for bars, clubs, and museums to support the otherwise unsupportable and never-demanded journalistic hobbies of talentless, leftist hacks.
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When I read this great article, I thought of you and your no nonsense advice. Keep up the good work. Teach these young men to toughen up mentally b/c so many are on anti-depression medication and often have break downs during rough times - tell them to move through it and move forward. Correct their expectations in this crazy society.
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An advertising platform for bars, clubs, and museums
Every city has this rag (they're always square, too). They're supported mostly by the advertisements for hookers, phone sex and massage parlours.
George Orwell described advertising as "the rattle of a stick inside a swill bucket". That's always been my description of City Pages. The self-described urban young and hip, those who want to sell to them, and those whose only status comes from being the annointers. In the Eighties, it was understandable, because the young and hip had actually achieved something - they were the new doctors, architects, lawyers. Proud, Obnoxious, perhaps Mercenary, but balanced by the fact that they had to produce. By the aughts, the economic doldrums and the self-imposed insularity had created a bubble whose inhabitants existed to signal their virtues. Sure, we all have nothing jobs and vapid lives, but isn't Bush a doodyhead?
We have a similar publication in Raleigh called The Independent (or Indy Week, if you're hip). It will occasionally have some interesting articles, but even then there's the whole back-handed liberal talking points that creep into an otherwise informative article. But at least it's free, providing something for the homeless in Moore Square to snuggle up with on cold nights....
As Daniel said above...it seems that EVERY city I've ever lived in above a certain size has one of these hipster papers. And why are they *always* square?
These are all owned by the same company,
3 times over 2 different publications I have tried to purchase add space with these places.
The last project was going to be a 3 week half page buy ending with a full color page on the 4th week.
I Filled out the online form,
I sent emails
I left a minute long voice mail detailing in depth what I wanted and the days I wanted it. (projected 4 months in advance) and that I was working for a well known local entity.
Not a Damn response at all.
daniel_ream said...
An advertising platform for bars, clubs, and museums
Every city has this rag (they're always square, too). They're supported mostly by the advertisements for hookers, phone sex and massage parlours.
Which can bite the rag in the butt. About 10 years ago Orlando Weekly (Orlando's version, of course) got nailed by the cops for running lots of hooker ads. Regardless if you think prostitution should be legal (I do) in FL it's a crime, they treated it as ''illegal business = illegal advertising'' and put them out of business for a while.
Soldier of Fortune magazine got sued (and lost) a few times for contract killer ads.
I've always found it humorous that these leftist publications can only make money by taking it from advertising that objectifies and subjugates women.
When worlds collide.
I have not read city rag yet that is not leftist in its bent on almost any issue, even local ones. Too bad to because some of the reporting on city and county issues is usually good enough since that kind of stuff does not sell papers, but they can't seem to leave their biases out of that either.
Your local rag has nothing on Seattle's "The Stranger" ...
Most people know of it through the infamy of the reverse drag queen who is responsible for the advice column.
the leftist rag of Toronto is suffering the reality of digital media:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/torstar-cuts-52-jobs-drastically-reducing-staff-working-on-tablet-edition/article31334549/
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