MacKay pulled from role as temporary columnist

MacKay takes ProJo buyout; fires parting shots

Not For Nothing — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:14:40 GMT

Scott MacKay, a lyrical writer and a guy with a deep and broad knowledge of Rhode Island politics, is

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joe bernstein — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:12:42 GMT

Rhody-if someone named you "Froma" wouldn't you be generally pissed off?

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rhody — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:09:36 GMT

If she were liberal, the Dallas home office would've had her drummed off the editorial board many moons ago.

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joe bernstein — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:19:33 GMT

Yeah Rhody-guess what-there are liberals who are still angry with Obama for dethroning Queen Hillary.

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rhody — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:20:30 GMT

If they were so liberal, Belo management would've cleaned them all out by now. The big decisions are made in Texas, not on Fountain Street.

Harrop liberal? She has been a one-woman jihad against Obama while doing her Hillary-to-McCain dance.

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joe bernstein — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:33:35 GMT

The editorial board isn't liberal.Just that columnists Harrop,Bakst,and Kerr,not so much Patinkin-and worse,reporters Peoples,Needham,ZINER,MacKay and sometimes Milkovits.That's all.They are left leaning where most people pay attention.

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rhody — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:19:15 GMT

The righty view that the ProJo is a liberal institution has just been exposed again as a canard.

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KinkyKathy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:13:23 GMT

Scott needs to crop the goatee just a bit. I know he's full-figured and uses it as a crutch...but I'd tap him even if he sported the chubby, fresh-faced cherub look...and I'd love him too...and I'd put it in the paper...and I lick anything not nailed down...

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joe bernstein — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:18:14 GMT

Mackay,according to Dan Yorke who was at a conference or gathering of some type with him was disturbed by the use of the word "alien".That is the legal term for someone not a citizen or national of the US.It is in the Immigration and Nationaltiy Act.It is not a pejorative term,any more than "respondent"is;which is the term for someone undergoing deportation proceedings

If Yorke is not the one I heard say this,I apologize,but I am certain it was.

MacKay used the poll results in a misleading way.Yes,only 4% of those polled thought immigration was THE major issue facing Rhode Islanders.However 75% approved of the Governor's Executive Order,so it is clear that more than 4% of Rhode Islanders are concerned with immigration issues.

Mybe the Projo is beginning to realize that having two columnists who are advocates for illegal aliens is enough.I am sure their feedback and declining sales are having an effect.

In a column format I realize that objectivity is irrelevant,but the constant drumbeat for "immigrants"(undifferentiated as to legal or not)in these columns may begin to pall,and MacKay just was the one to take the heat.