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Matthew's avatar

Parker: Saw you quoted in the Reader re Dennis Rodman, that was fun and nice to see.

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Cameron M. Bailey's avatar

I hope that you get to feeling better very soon.

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Kevin Castro Riestra's avatar

Wishing you a full recovery!

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce's avatar

Even socked with COVID, you put out this great piece, Parker.

And this is one of the many reasons you're one of the best in our biz.

Get well soon, and when you're up to it, come on back to the bar. Let us know, and we'll have you back anytime.

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Joseph Mangano's avatar

Sorry to hear you got COVID, but glad you're still sharing content and hope you can avoid any debilitating long COVID symptoms.

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Frank Lee's avatar

"What makes Legum's approach work is that he's not chasing clicks"

Of course he is. He rarely leaves the comfort of his left subscriber base... very unlikely and unwilling to even concede any rational point or perspective not meant to please that base and keep them captured and paying.

You can see those Substack writers that are truly objective and balanced journalists... they tend to have fewer subscribers because most of the money spent on subscriptions is from the upper class left.

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SteveB's avatar

Well, that's a roundabout way to say "Right-wingers don't read." But we can all see that's true from your example.

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TooLateToBeBad's avatar

As your subscription count drops, you get more balanced. If it goes up, you panic and get worse.

Wait, is this why you buy your staff so many subscriptions? To make the journalists worse? You inconsiderate cad.

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