East Village proprietors versus the Internet
August 5, 2009 8:30 AM   Subscribe

EV Grieve is a blog that covers what's good and bad about the East Village, and they recently noted that "frathole" Aces and Eights was serving food. General manager Tom Michaelsen took offense to the coverage, and in a rare show, the Grieve let him have his say, excerpted below:

I know blogs don't have the same journalistic requirements that standard news media insist upon, but no one has ever come to us to talk or ask questions. No one wants our side of the story. If you'd like to do so now, perhaps to clarify some things, perhaps to see that we run a clean, friendly and accommodating operation. I would be happy to oblige.
posted by TrishaLynn (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This does seem pretty inside-baseball. -- cortex



 
They have fratholes in the East Village now? Back in the day, they were confined by statute to the Upper East Side, also known as The Land That Fun Forgot.
posted by exogenous at 8:37 AM on August 5, 2009


I know that the news is criticized for being too negative, too sensational, and too fear-mongering. So perhaps my opinion of what makes for news is slightly off from what it should be. However, it seems like the entirety of this post is as follows:

Blog takes easy pot-shots at local dive bar.
Bar Manager refutes a few of those pot-shots, proves upstanding citizen.
Blog apologizes.
Manager accepts apology.

Seems a little thin, to be honest.
posted by explosion at 8:40 AM on August 5, 2009


Local blog complains about local bar meeting legal requirements, then let bar owner post a rebuttal.

I'm really having a hard time seeing how this is best of the web.

[And I swore I'd never say that...]
posted by twine42 at 8:41 AM on August 5, 2009


Is this something I'd have to be a New Yorker to understand? Seriously, I don't get what's interesting about this. Neither the initial review or any of the comments are particularly charged. Is it that weird for a business owner to comment/respond to a review on a blog? Is it that weird for it not to be censored? I don't get it.
posted by Perplexity at 8:41 AM on August 5, 2009


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