>>Thought it worth reporting that Rick Schummer recently said this over in Profox:
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>>I personally think the UT is the center of the negative energy in the Fox Universe
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>>Rick is of course the leader who appeared in UT for a few days last year to deny ownership of the community lifetime achievement award and to defend his buddies who escalated an interpersonal dispute into real-life damage for a UT member. Presumably theirs was a "positive" act. ;-) He is also involved in the SednaX program and is an author for FoxRockx.
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>SNIP
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>I can't find the proper words to describe how I feel about the apparent fact that the letter-writing-duo are both as tight as they ever were with our community elites.
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>It's like once you've been given the secret handshake you are IN forever, regardless of deeds done.
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>It is unfortunate that they will be writing for the new magazine. Their articles may be of excellent quality, but my position was (and is) to shun the two of them, so I will not be subscribing.

It's a clique, Jim, pure and simple. They thrive at trying to stay at the imaginary top and feeding each others' egos.