Comment 40793

By highwater (registered) | Posted May 18, 2010 at 10:34:11

An endorsement from the Spec is gold. It is validation. It could also be the thing that puts him over.

There was virtually no chance Mahesh would have got any serious attention from the Spec as he doesn't fit into their pre-set narrative. I do think his initial response to the column was a misstep, but it's not like he had much to lose. At this point, if the Spec continues to marginalize him as they did with the McKay cartoon, it could backfire as they will start to look like bullies, and as remember noted, their endorsement of DiIanni was unsuccessful. They are an important component of the local media scene to be sure, but they don't have nearly the clout they used to, and it's largely because people have become skeptical of their motives and associations, and no longer take anything they print at face value.

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