It gets to the point that one gets tired of the shit and moves serious analysis off site. That point was reached. When I am even attacked on MY PROFESSIONAL achievements, there is a problem.
This has to do with being an "award-wining journo".
They have a journo dinner in San Diego, where everyone gives a certificate to everyone else. Crazy Miriam bought two plaques and a paper certificate. Nutcase nadin got the paper certificate. She was "award-wining".
It reminded me of a hilarious documentary video called "Pursuit of Excellence: Ferrets". It's sort of like "Best In Show" with ferrets replacing dogs, but it's not scripted - the ferret people are deadly serious, not actors. The competition is the Buckeye Bash in Columbus, the annual Super Bowl of the ferret world.
At the end, there's a scroll across the screen saying there were something like 500 ferrets entered in the various competitions, and there were 650 awards given out.
There were 50 or 60 San Diego journos at the dinner, from legit all the way down to Crazy Miriam. They gave themselves 75 awards.