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Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Cordell Ave. closed at Old Georgetown Rd. in Bethesda (Photos)
Cordell Avenue is currently closed off at Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda. Montgomery County police officers are on-scene. It appears a wire or cable is down on Cordell.
4:19 AM God forbid you use common sense. There was a line down. Do you need the police to confirm what is evident in front of you? Come on man, you can troll better than this.
While I don't believe it was necessary in this instance, Dyer has a penchant of not actually interviewing persons and quoting them by name in his stories. That alone is an issue, and even more so because of all the outlandish claims he makes, especially with regards to economic development or politics.
No. That is false. Who told you that you had to pay to get your articles on Google News?
As I recall, you were given several very specific helpful suggestions on how to improve your blog so that it would appear in Google News, but you rejected all of them.
7:12: No, that is true. They don't state it publicly, just as Twitter never states publicly that you can buy a verified account for $13000.
None of those changes (many of which I did implement) were actual Google News entry requirements. In fact, those who pay Google News don't even have to meet the stated criteria. The Washington Post doesn't have contact information for its editors, for example. Bethesda Now put sponsored content into Google News, another violation.
I've submitted multiple sites, and never been accepted. I have to wait 3 weeks for a review; those who buy access get approved in a few days (Bethesda Now, and your favorite Silver Spring site), MyMCMedia, a few examples). The only difference? I haven't paid Google to get in.
2:15: Uh, because the first two sites mentioned had approval within days of their launch - the actual Google News approval process takes 3 weeks. #Oops
4:46: At the time Bethesda Now (R.I.P.) bought their verified blue check mark, there was no application process. Twitter at that time was still perpetuating the fantasy that they would contact you when you were officially a notable person or entity (LOL).
5:30: Of course I tracked the day they launched. They were launched to try to knock me out, and divert my readers to MoCo cartel-funded websites. I ended up crushing Bethesda Now, which went bankrupt after the angel investors refused to fund failure any longer.
5:31: That's a fact any insider can tell you. But the burden is on you to explain how a completely unknown website that just started would receive a verified Twitter account, when there was no public application process at that time in 2012. Hence, we know they used the $13,000 paid loophole to obtain it.
Did you talk to anyone at the scene?
ReplyDeleteGod forbid you ask one of the cops what's happening. "reporting"
ReplyDelete4:19 AM God forbid you use common sense. There was a line down. Do you need the police to confirm what is evident in front of you? Come on man, you can troll better than this.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I don't believe it was necessary in this instance, Dyer has a penchant of not actually interviewing persons and quoting them by name in his stories. That alone is an issue, and even more so because of all the outlandish claims he makes, especially with regards to economic development or politics.
You're lying. There are plenty of direct quotes in Dyer's reporting. I loved his quotes in his scoop on the new Japanese restaurant!
Delete#UnsignedDyer said...
ReplyDelete"You're lying. There are plenty of direct quotes in my reporting. I loved my quotes in my scoop on the new Japanese restaurant."
This is the only "direct quote" I could find:
"Chow said, 'we wanted to be part of the neighborhood.'"
And it appears to come directly from a press release from Federal Realty.
Could it be anymore obvious that "Elm" is actually Dyer?
ReplyDelete"You're lying" is Dyer's favorite quote when he hears facts that don't match up with his conspiracy theories.
"Could it be anymore obvious that 'Elm' is actually Dyer?"
ReplyDeleteYep... especially since a previous comment to "Elm" got deleted within minutes of being posted.
Sorry, chump. All of my comments have my name and picture on them, unlike you, hiding behind "Anonymous."
ReplyDelete11:34 AM/12:28 PM I'm not Dyer, but continue your fantasy that Dyer posts every comment.
ReplyDeleteFunny how Robert Dyer and "I'm not Dyer" post within just two minutes of each other.
ReplyDelete12:58 PM Yes, totally hilarious.
ReplyDelete12:30
ReplyDeleteSorry "chump" but you're the one who's hiding from reality behind your poorly conceived aliases.
12:32
Nope just the ones with hilarious names like "Boyce Boyles" and "Elm" and "Friends of Woodmont"
It's funny how you all are always defending Dyer and parroting exactly what he says, in the exact same syntax.
6:47am brilliant investigative skills.
DeleteYou couldn't make it in the FBI so you're analyzing comments on a local news site. Congratulations.
"a local news site"
ReplyDeleteSo why do all Google hits for this site disappear when I change my search from "All" to "News"?
7:14: Very simple - you have to pay Google to get your articles into Google News. Not exactly an ethical journalism policy.
ReplyDeleteNo. That is false. Who told you that you had to pay to get your articles on Google News?
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, you were given several very specific helpful suggestions on how to improve your blog so that it would appear in Google News, but you rejected all of them.
7:12: No, that is true. They don't state it publicly, just as Twitter never states publicly that you can buy a verified account for $13000.
ReplyDeleteNone of those changes (many of which I did implement) were actual Google News entry requirements. In fact, those who pay Google News don't even have to meet the stated criteria. The Washington Post doesn't have contact information for its editors, for example. Bethesda Now put sponsored content into Google News, another violation.
I've submitted multiple sites, and never been accepted. I have to wait 3 weeks for a review; those who buy access get approved in a few days (Bethesda Now, and your favorite Silver Spring site), MyMCMedia, a few examples). The only difference? I haven't paid Google to get in.
"those who buy access get approved in a few days (Bethesda Now, and your favorite Silver Spring site), MyMCMedia, a few examples"
ReplyDeleteReally? How do you know this? How do you know that either was "approved in a few days" and that they "bought access"?
"Twitter never states publicly that you can buy a verified account for $13000."
ReplyDeleteWhy would someone pay $13,000 to get something that is available for free, following just five simple steps?
There is no end to your silly fantasies.
2:15: Uh, because the first two sites mentioned had approval within days of their launch - the actual Google News approval process takes 3 weeks. #Oops
ReplyDelete4:46: At the time Bethesda Now (R.I.P.) bought their verified blue check mark, there was no application process. Twitter at that time was still perpetuating the fantasy that they would contact you when you were officially a notable person or entity (LOL).
#Oops
"because the first two sites mentioned had approval within days of their launch "
ReplyDeleteHow do you know this? Did you track what day those sites were launched, and what day they first appeared on Google News?
"Twitter at that time was still perpetuating the fantasy that they would contact you when you were officially a notable person or entity (LOL)."
Robert Dyer at this time is still perpetuating the fantasy that he is officially a notable person or entity (LOL).
Anyway, how does what you said in any way prove that "you can buy a verified Twitter account for $13000"?
ReplyDelete#DodgingDyer
5:30: Of course I tracked the day they launched. They were launched to try to knock me out, and divert my readers to MoCo cartel-funded websites. I ended up crushing Bethesda Now, which went bankrupt after the angel investors refused to fund failure any longer.
ReplyDelete5:31: That's a fact any insider can tell you. But the burden is on you to explain how a completely unknown website that just started would receive a verified Twitter account, when there was no public application process at that time in 2012. Hence, we know they used the $13,000 paid loophole to obtain it.