Megan McCarthy unhired by Wired - Valleywag Comments

Megan McCarthy unhired by Wired

awalt80 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:47:29 PDT

Fools! I would keep her just for that rack. That is about as good as it gets. Call me;-)

awalt80

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Ted Dziuba — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:03:41 PDT

Megan doesn't afraid of anything.

Ted Dziuba

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matto — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:27:46 PDT

She was way better on that MTV show, anyway.

matto

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godospoons — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:33:01 PDT

What's with the journalistic Maginot Line? Don't these turrets point in, as well? We want to know what's going on with a talented, attractive, interesting woman's life for a change!

godospoons

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Brian Lam — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:01:35 PDT

Owen, what happened? I want some facts. Now.

Brian Lam

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yanda — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:53:49 PDT

i've been a big fan of megan's writing both at valleywag and later at wired. i think she has a great knack for finding the interesting scoop (eg. sched.org @ sxsw), getting the complete story, fact-checks and all, and reporting it all in an engaging and creative way (eg. the "breathalizer" idea was awesome). in my opinion, it's wired's loss and other news concerns should be looking at this departure as an opportunity to hire some phenomenal talent. that and she's got a great personality to boot.

yanda

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QADude — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:08:48 PDT

That's awful. Owen, hire her now!

QADude

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sample032 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:06:28 PDT

@andyfox1979: It's people like you who are why Valleywag doesn't have an HQ.

sample032

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rex — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:56:46 PDT

I blew a .23 into that breathalyser. Someone should've fired me.

rex

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andyfox1979 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:31:46 PDT

you call this a story? one more like this and im coming to valleywag HQ with a flamethrower

(moar words pls)

andyfox1979

Megan McCarthy unhired by Wired

Jeremy — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:52:09 PDT

Stay classy, San Francisco.

Jeremy

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Tnuc — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:09:22 PDT

@Mithel: After reading your post, I perspired.

Tnuc

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Mithel — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:59:43 PDT

I hope she's not tired after getting fired. Personally I think the magazine staff conspired. This can't have been desired, and seems truly uninspired. Has anyone inquired?

Mithel

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MATIC — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:53:05 PDT

Weird. Would love to get the inside scoop-- even in journalism, that's a fast exit.

MATIC

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Figaro — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:04:30 PDT

Hope she comes back to us here!

Figaro

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DaveMcClure500Hats — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:44:51 PDT

whaaaa? wtf happen? that's a bummer :(

DaveMcClure500Hats

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CaliforniaCajun — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:14:33 PDT

If I can make an observation...I never read more than one or two paragraphs of anything Megan wrote, because I wasn't ever able to find anything she wrote that was any longer than that. Combined with the fact that her career seemed to hinge upon "how cool, where, and with whom" (not to mention hedging against cirrhosis), I can say I'm only surprised at how short her career at Wired was, not that it ended.

Of course, maybe I'm getting this all wrong, so feel free to correct me.

CaliforniaCajun

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Ivan Ivanobrockovich — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:02:32 PDT

That's a bummer, not surprising though. Most publishers are socially maladapted tyrants. Not a fun business to be in.

Ivan Ivanobrockovich

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Tiki Tonga — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:49:20 PDT

I'm too entranced by her boobs to make an intelligent comment. Gotta jump in the snow now..

Tiki Tonga

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DonV — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:28:40 PDT

@sarahm: So she's the David Hasselhoff of journalists?

DonV

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sarahm — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:16:09 PDT

@aedwards000 yuck!

Megan is a talented writer with an awesome career ahead of her. The best part about Megan is that she is a journalist who does not try to make herself the story. She's quite famous in Germany too.

sarahm

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shenanigans — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:35:44 PDT

Well folks, we can see here that Wired management has there head up there ass. Just look at that rack to waistline proportion. Even with the partial photo, you know she's got that Miss New Booty in back. Let's be real, we'd all hit it.

shenanigans

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Blackjack — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:18:56 PDT

Conde Nast must have a problem with their staffers doing street breathalyser tests.

Blackjack

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Benoit — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:30:44 PDT

OOoooh that sucks. I thought she seemed bothered tonight :( I hope that things will get better soon!

Benoit

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Matt Schlicht — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:13:07 PDT

What happened?

Matt Schlicht