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This is how you know you made it, y’all. I got hate mail.

Now, granted this guy didn’t have the testicular fortitude to address me on his own, but, hey, whatever. It’s just as awesome, nonetheless.

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Without further ado, from Putnam County’s leading source of news and information … my first real piece of hate mail (from someone who isn’t brave enough to take me on himself.)

Putnam County Doesn’t Care About GOW

An open letter to “GOW:”

We don’t care what you think. You’ve never been a reporter, just a copy editor. Now you’re a fluff “Entertainment Editor” in another part of the country. We don’t care what your phony “radio announcer” thinks. We don’t care what Lee in Kentucky thinks, and we don’t care what some sunshine state chick thinks.

Putnam County didn’t have daily local news coverage until PutnamLIVE.com, and it didn’t have any reporters with the gonads to call out our sham politicians for their stupidity and hypocrisy.

If you had a 24-hour Walmart built across the street from your house, you’d be raising hell louder than Mark Hallburn. God knows you scream enough at him with your ignorant rants that make no sense now!

Mark Hallburn has done more for this county than all of you put together.

We’ll keep reading PutnamLIVE.com because it covers Putnam County. Go about your business complaining about the lack of Diet Mountain Dew and leave us alone. You don’t live here and you don’t matter.

John T. Reed
Scott Depot

Alrighty, then. Here’s where a little fact checking comes into play.

1. I was a statehouse reporter at The State Journal before becoming managing editor in 2003. If you’d like to verify that, you can definitely use your master skills and find the information. Also, you can read my reporting in The Washington Examiner. I’ve also been a news editor (that’s a copy desk chief) at the Wheeling News-Register, a copy editor at The Daily Mail and I ran a newspaper, you know, The State Journal (oh, but here’s where you tell me it’s not a real newspaper, just a Chamber of Commerce newsletter) for six years. I’m in the tenth largest media market in the country now as an editor. And, I’m sorry that you think what I do is “fluff.” If I were making PDFs of police reports, I’m sure that’d be much more hard-hitting and suitable to your tastes. Really, you should have fact checked yourself before you spouted off, because now you just look like an ass.

2. Tyler Hollywood is not “my” announcer. He’s his own man. Does his own thing. Just because he finds Mark fascinating doesn’t mean that anybody’s put him up to it. Give him credit for being his own man. Not a good argument.

3. I can think of a lot of reporters in West Virginia who have done more for investigative journalism that you could wrap your mind around. I’d explain it, but it’s pointless.

4. No, I wouldn’t be raising hell louder than Mark Hallburn because I don’t really think being an unmitigated maniac is any way to solve problems. Also, since when is fact checking someone on being less than honest screaming at him? I’ve been a hell of a lot less harder on him than half the people on that thread. But then again, I’m sure you took the time to read and research that, too. Ass.

5. You can read PutnamLive.com every day. I do. I’ve made no secret of that. But what you’ve shown me is you’re reading my site and you’re making me money doing it, so keep coming back. And, since it’s my site, I’ll write about anything I want. That’s what a blog is. I don’t know why it’s so hard for some people to understand the difference. You’re clearly one of them. Look up blog. Please. Just do me that favor.

6. You don’t live here. You don’t matter.

Ass.

Now, if you think you’re man enough to actually address me, my e-mail’s on the site. Otherwise, thanks for playing.

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