Friday, May 29, 2009

The TVA Disaster and the Clean Coal Myth, By....Um, GQ

Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM

click to enlarge In between writing about what kind of styling paste this guy uses in his hair, GQ covers complex environmental issues.
  • In between writing about what kind of styling paste this guy uses in his hair, GQ covers complex environmental issues.
So, finally, a national, well-known and branded publication decides to take a hard look at one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in the history of the United States. It's GQ, but I mean, seriously, because it happened in Appalachia it's like the national press deigned it too out of the way to cover in any comprehensive, investigative fashion.

The story's well-written, well-researched and well-sourced, in fact, with many of the same aggrieved Roane County folks the Scene spoke with in early January. If you've been following this story closely, you probably won't learn anything new. But it's certainly the best effort so far by any magazine or newspaper with a national readership to tell this story.

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I'm pretty much pro-GQ. They have fairly solid political articles (like the Rumsfeld profile I wrote about a couple of weeks ago)and are far less annoying than Men's Health. Or Cosmo. Hell, sometimes they're less annoying than The Economist, especially if I'm in the mood to stare slack-jawed at sparkly young British vampire actors who brood with brooding and nice cheekbones, wait what?

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Posted by Ashley on May 29, 2009 at 4:36 PM

I've always just read GQ for the articles.

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Posted by Mary Mancini on May 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM

This guy should find a taxidermist to see if he can get that hair mounted on his living room wall.

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Posted by Pete Kotz on May 29, 2009 at 6:29 PM

Dude, can you really make fun of anybody's "news chops" when your Swimsuit issue is still on the newstands? Don't dis GQ, other than to note that they err on way too many photos of men. It's like an International Male catalog, but with articles.

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Posted by Mr. Roboto on May 30, 2009 at 7:54 AM

Not sure the Scene can so much as make fun of N Focus' news chops. Original reporting on the city once every six weeks don''t cut it.

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Posted by Good Point on May 30, 2009 at 9:10 AM

Although short, this thread is hillarious. Good one, Mary Mancini. Damn good point, Mr. Roboto.

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Posted by LOL on May 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM

Don't diss GQ! I, um, buy it for the articles all the time.

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Posted by Southern Beale on May 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM

Who's dissing GQ here? I'm giving props for taking on this story. Am I the only one who finds it at least humorous that the only major publication to really take this story on is GQ?

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Posted by Hargrove on June 1, 2009 at 10:28 AM
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