Former Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Whines About Work Load

NewsBusters ^ | September 17, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. No, just make that the worst of times. That is how the vivid imagination of former lethargic Politico labor reporter, Mike Elk, paints his Dickensian visions of working conditions at that organization. Never mind that Elk wrote a grand total of five stores in his ten months at Politico, the last six of which were simply a paid vacation since he had no writing output during that time. In his mind the working conditions were horrible and the only solution is to unionize. 

Let us join Elk as he spins his fairy tale of working conditions hell for Pacific Standard magazine:

[PJ-Comix]

This clown makes a career out of avoiding work...and then complains of too much work.

[abb]

He may have to get a job with the post office, or something similar.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“This clown makes a career out of avoiding work...and then complains of too much work.”

As does every LibTard I work with. Every. D@mn. Day.

[WayneS]

“My day probably starts at around eight,” Isquith says. “That involves checking the news and trying to think about what I want to write for the day. I usually write one piece a day of about 700 - 1,000 words. I work on that in the morning and the afternoon.

I usually end up writing 700 to 1,000 words a day, and writing is only a very minor part of my job.

This guy is a whiny piece of crap.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"“My day probably starts at around eight,” Isquith says. “That involves checking the news and trying to think about what I want to write for the day. I usually write one piece a day of about 700 - 1,000 words. I work on that in the morning and the afternoon."

Well boo-friggity-freakin'-hoo. I think most high-school and college students would weep for joy if they only had to produce 700 words worth of writing per day.

[SunkenCiv]

The Mike Elk keyword:

• Lethargic Labor Reporter Apparently Fired by Politico [2015]
• Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Whines About Job to Bernie Sanders [2015]
• Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Demands Union Shop [2015]
• Did Lethargic Politico Reporter Pull a Dolezal With College Application Lie? [2015]
• Lethargic Politico Reporter: They Died at Haymarket So I Could Relax [2015]
• Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Goes MIA [2015]
• HuffPo Blogger Fired for Using Press Creds to Abet Union Protesters [2011]

[FredZarguna]

Not only does he only write 700 or so words a day, but, according to the article he does it at home.

If he thinks a company is going to pay him to work in his pajamas producing the equivalent of 3 or 4 pages per day once he joins a union and starts "sticking it to the man," he's in for a very rude awakening indeed.

[wideawake]

Precisely. He is being paid to sit at home and write 70 words an hour, and he thinks his work environment is unacceptable.