The Wire - It's a Bad Time for Newspapers

Executive Editor Whiting delivers to his reporters the news of major budgetary cuts. (Season 5, Episode 3 "Not for Attribution)

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[philateliceun]

One of these guys was infact a major Meth Cook.

[b4rn35y]

this makes me sad having graduated in journalism

[mikebud12]

yea not bad for David Costabile who plays gale, in the two greatest shows ever, breaking bad and the wire.

[Anthony Chaney]

alma is larry gillard's (d'angelo barksdale) wife!

[bighairyballcases]

Alma hot as hell to me. Idk y. But I like her super cute too

[Bill Borden]

scene in a newsroom is all too real...

[Antrizzle2009]

I wouldn't say Scott is low skilled, he just has bigger aspirations than the Baltimore Sun. The conversation he has with Alma at the bar in episode 2 reveals this. He's just using the Sun as a stepping stone to get to the NY Times or some other big paper. In order to do that, you need to win pulitzers or write big stories, hence his motivation to fabricate the serial killer. No different than say a Stephen Glass. Guy is a glory hound.

[Antrizzle2009]

Yea I was shocked when I heard about that. Never would have made that match with D and Alma.

[WrathofKhanII]

One of them married D'Angelo Barksdale...

[Roma9532]

Gale, man I miss that guy.

[Te4RHyP3]

templeton is a journalist with extremely low skill compared to pretty much anyone in the office. only skilled at lying. the bodies that mcnulty tamper with create the image of the killer, so templeton goes after a "copycat" which he's completely made up. there's no deeper interaction between the 2 because the attention to the story is lit up by the higher ups in the news office. escalate worth of said story while brushing off reality, truth and evidence in favor of an award and a better image.

[Tforgiven12]

gail