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The compliments heaped on her for the spitefully written piece about the repaved parking lot might be the indication that she, herself, is fueled by proving people wrong. At one point, she *was* able to turn a nothing story into something compelling. Too bad she peaked in high school like so many small town athletes.

Fantastic piece, thanks Mortizes!

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That is the only piece I remember sounding compelling in the series!

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I love the point on option B, that is such an obvious story for a journalist to cover. I completely forgot about this storyline because I immediately blocked out A Year In A Life after watching it.

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That is a totally fair point. To be honest, this scene is literally the only thing I remember from the entire 83 hours of A Year in A Life or whatever.

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I think you're missing the bigger point, which I may have identified the first time I read this all those years ago. The show was ass. The writing is crap, the characters are shallow husks of people and extremely hateable, and the actors -- by and large -- aren't very good.

The same could be said for Beverly Hills 90210, another show full of vapid characters and craptastic writing with a supposed journalist (Brandon) as a primary character. You knew it going in and no one ever tried to convince you that it was the apex of television greatness. I think some of the fog in your reflection on Rory Gilmore comes back to how the show was framed in the minds of its fans.

Now, you want to talk fictional journalists? You ought to watch the series run of SportsNight.

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SportsNight's on the list for a future post. It's been a minute.

Oh shoot, I forgot about Brandon Walsh, journalist. I'll see that and raise you an A.C. Slater, sports broadcaster.

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Eek.

William Atherton as Richard "Dick" Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.

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I've never watched an episode of Gilmore Girls, but now I may have to.

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