Ah, I find that
very interesting David! That means that by your own definition
YOU are a BS'r and full of crap. Indeed, based on your own "
news" site -
Chicago.us - and what you said about it when it was launched
months ago , I would say you are one of the
biggest BS'ers in this entire industry. You are concerned about everyone else's credibility but obviously have
no regard for your own which, as I am about to show - is
non-existent.
Since you spend so much of your time
telling other people how things should be done, I naturally assumed
you had to be one heck of a domain development/media expert. I mean what kind of a jerk would spend every waking hour criticizing other people unless they had some pretty impressive credentials
of their own? No one would do that, right? I mean wouldn't they spend at least
some of that time putting
their superior knowledge to work for
themselves? In your case,
obviously not.
I decided to take a look at just exactly what
you have accomplished, so we can all benefit from
your expertise and success and maybe one day measure up to
all that you have achieved, but unfortunately it turns out
you are all hat and no cattle.
Here is the dossier:
Subject: David Corish (alias Broe-foe) Hometown: Rancho Mirage, California Website: http://www.Chicago.us (Chicago’s News Cog!) Occupation: Blame Everyone Else for My Own Shortcomings Job Description: Spend workdays trolling forums lecturing successful publishers on what they are doing
wrong even though I don’t have
a clue what to do with
my own “news” site, "launched" months ago. Advise them that their site is a “
joke” even though my own so-called “news site”,
despite what I promised months ago, has
no original news or commentary at all –
zip, zero, nada. Stay so busy telling others
how it is done that there is no time left for me to write
even one word of original content for my own “news” site (which may or may not be a joke but is certainly a ghost town). Why do that when I can spend all day
writing flames on forums that do no one (especially myself) any good. Ignore my own
complete failure while ridiculing others. (In another thread here -
http://bit.ly/6qJCqp - I told Ron Jackson - "Your "news" journal is a poor excuse for a "news" anything" - but then I speak from experience - as you can all see from Chicago.us, I am obviously a news and publishing expert - though the news part and the publishing thing are giving me a few minor problems.)
Favorite past time: Asking people if they need another tissue. Why? Because I
love that line – used to slay them with it in
3rd grade! Also because I keep plenty of tissues around. Comes in handy with my constant
crying and whining that someone else is doing well while
I am stuck in a ditch (through no fault of my own of course – I’m
way too busy criticizing everyone else to spend
any time on
fixing my own house! It is all Adam Dicker’s fault and of course Kevin Ham, Monte Cahn and Ron Jackson all share the blame for
my complete lack of effort too).
Comments: Let me tell you, having a full time gig
tearing down everyone else is
exhausting! This
forum blowhard/crybaby/bully gig (I am a multi-tasker) is no walk in the park! Thank God I have a hobby – this
pissing, *****ing and moaning relieves some of the stress from
my heavy workload! (though the Kleenex is getting a little expensive).
****
Having set the stage with that tongue in cheek (just barely) intro, I'll pick up the narrative from here. Based on
his own news site, David is clearly a person who believes in the
“Do as I say, not as I do” principle. He apparently never heard the old axiom “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”.
David launched Chicago.us –
Chicago’s News Cog! around the middle of 2009 declaring
in his own words that “Chicago.us will be a current, relevant, transparent, important, and useful site for Chicagoans and others. We are inspired in this venture by the obvious decline and inevitable collapse of most printed news media.” With the collapse of printed news media, David determined that former
Chicago Tribune and
Sun Times readers would flock to a “current” site that
hasn’t been updated once since it was launched (hey, when one is in charge of telling everyone else in the media business
how it is done, who has time to actually, you know,
write anything!).
His idea of fresh content is to stick an automated news feed in every single section of his “important and useful” publication. I probably should point out that it is really Adam Dicker’s fault that this “relevant and transparent” site is just a template with someone else’s feeds on it – nothing original of his own.
Now certainly David
could have spent a
little of his own time on his
own site, but why do that when you could try to
sucker a bunch of college kids into producing all of the content for you and have them
do it for nothing – not even gas money while they run all over town covering stories for you. Check out
David’s ad on the SIUC School of Journalism’s Facebook page in
January 2009 (
http://bit.ly/53D556 - fourth post down):
"We need the talents of writers, editorialists, columnists, reporters, and photographers for content. In return we offer
a window in which the work of those individuals will be displayed and highlighted" (
Editor’s note: Wow!, who wouldn’t rather have exposure on an
undeveloped, unknown site than useless stuff like money! After all college kids are so
well-heeled they have no need for trivial things like “
minimum wage.” David would have been a good sweatshop operator but he hates investing
his own sweat in anything and there is little time to exploit others because he is too busy pointing out how lame everyone is,
other than himself of course).
"Our intuitive URL draws random traffic and inquiries from domestic and foreign individuals expecting to see
something important about Chicago at
www.chicago.us." (
Editor’s note:
they’re still waiting). "Approximately 12% to 15% of that traffic has international origin. Chicago.us will be basic in structure with a format similar to any major metropolitan newspaper. We need reporters/writers/photographers, etc., in the following categories:
1) Chicago Headlines
2) Entertainment
3) Environmental/Green Issues
4) Health
5) Business
6) Politics (including political cartoons)
7) Sports
8) International Headlines
9) Editorials/Opinions
Chicago issues and headlines will be the main focus.
Chicago.us is now "under construction", with a developer
building the site." (
Editor’s note: could have fooled me.
Nothing has been built since this template went up months ago – the big goose egg, not one word, not even a “
boo!” to alert people that someone is even
breathing at Chicago.us,
let alone “building”).
"This is not a "mom and pop" developer, but rather a current,
cutting-edge team" (
Editor’s note: Whoa! If this
do nothing team is
cutting edge I have to wonder what you would call a team that actually did something –
anything!). "Every bit of cash is being dedicated to site construction, to enable as many site capabilities as possible" (
Editor’s note: I see – and with all that cash going to the incredible amount of work that has been done on the site it’s no wonder there was nothing left to pay those
ungrateful college kids who refused to do your work for you
for nothing!).
"We envision future revenue streams coming from the usual types of classified ads and local retailer advertisements" (
Editor’s note: How is
that working out for you?). "We will not be charging money for subscriptions. The whole site will be viewable for free" (
Editor’s note: I’m
shocked. Who would
give away this kind of compelling, “current, relevant, important and useful” stuff? Please re-think your strategy here David. If people will pay for a Wall Street Journal subscription, surely they will pay for something truly “cutting edge” like Chicago.us)
"We want to compete with the major Chicago newspapers, while at the same providing a professional showcase for student talent and those professionals in need of a
serious outlet for their work" (
Editor’s note: All good, except for the “
serious” part. You might have a little problem convincing people on that point David).
"Plans include launching Chicago.us in
Spring 2009" (
Editor’s note: Well, that little deadline slipped by didn't it - but hey, when a guy is so busy lecturing other people on how to run
their business, and about how they are "
full of crap" if they don't follow up on what
they said, who has time for following through on
their own commitments!)
"We welcome your suggestions and comments" (
Editor’s note: Just a suggestion, but you might try taking a few days off from the forums and actually doing something constructive for your own business. I know it isn’t as much fun as
tearing other people down all day but I think youl may see better results from your own site – not that that appears to be anything you are really
interested in. I’m sure a pre-occupation with what other sites are doing is
far more important to your family than producing a useful site of your own).
*****
Well, who could pass up such a deal? Apparently
everyone since this
January 2009 appeal resulted in
not a speck of new content on Chicago.us. David could do what I and many others in this industry do and work 6-7 days and 80-90 hours a week to produce the content
himself – but who would show an ounce of respect for someone
that foolish? Heck no – much better to sit in the forums all day ridiculing and reviling people like that. Better to wait on those hated “major players” to clean up their act before starting to work on your own. Once they do that then of course everything that is wrong with your site and business will be
magically fixed without you having to invest
any time, money or energy of your own.
The truth is most of the players, large
and small, have gotten ahead by actually
doing something for themselves. I know it is a wild concept David, but you really should
give it a try. There is an old saying, “Those who can do,
those who can’t criticize.” Judging from the above, you obviously
can’t do, so you resort to criticizing.
If you are going to continue to let Chicago.us –
Chicago’s News Cog! languish while you berate everyone else’s work, the least you could do to maintain some shred of credibility is
change you slogan to
Chicago’s News CLOG. Clearly
the drain is stopped up and visitors aren’t seeing any real content getting through there.
By the way, why after all of these months are you portraying yourself online as
something you are not – Chicago’s News Cog. Surely, there must be
something going on in the Windy City – I mean that is pretty good sized town. Didn’t the governor up that way,
Blagojevich, do a few things that might have warranted a word or two from Chicago’s News Cog? You accuse others of "turning a blind eye" so why did you turn a blind eye to that? How about all of the other corruption in Chicago that is harming your readers (I mean reader)? Where are
your articles and editorials spotlighting those problems? Oh right, no time for that –
too busy being a complete hypocrite and telling others who actually
do write, how it’s done. But then it always has been
a lot tougher to build up something of your own than it is to
tear down something that belongs to someone else.
Summary: What kind of jerk puts up a
dead on arrival “news” site like Chicago.us then has the
unmitigated gall to tell other people with real sites that theirs is a joke? My site is in your words a “poor excuse for “news” anything”? Are there
no mirrors in the Corish household? What makes you think you are William Randolph Hearst with your abandoned site and its invisible news? Sorry, I forgot your
business plan - it's coming as soon as you can get some kids to do all of the work for you at
their expense). Can you say
delusional? Any clue bells going off yet? The fact is, I am sorry to say, the real joke is on you and worse yet, it
is you.
I finally decided to take your advice David and as
the BS-ing spokesperson for your company I am holding you accountable.
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