Em Espey is the new Bethesda Beat MCPS reporter

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

[Anonymous]

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Everyone is embarrassed for you if your training makes you think a press release is reporting. The whole county has a beef with Bethesda Magazine putting out press releases and pretending they are newsworthy. By the way, their writers are getting paid. It's their job. It's not courage, it's a paycheck.

Nope, just you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

I have no idea why you keeping coming back here to post the same complaints about someone who's already moved on to another job. Why don't you move on too?

[Anonymous]

Just ignore the troll with an axe to grind, folks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

Caitlynn did not exclude parents. I am one she talked to and texted with frequently. I know of many others, some on the same side of an issue as I was, and others who were on the opposite side of what I was advocating for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

I don’t know what her personal position was, either. But I do know that Smith and Turner could say anything and she’d print it without questioning the veracity of the statement. That seems worse than being up front about personal opinions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

Caitlynn did not exclude parents. I am one she talked to and texted with frequently. I know of many others, some on the same side of an issue as I was, and others who were on the opposite side of what I was advocating for.

Except she wasn’t talking to you as a parent. She was talking to you as an MCEA leader.

[Anonymous]

BB sucks now. When Bethesda Magazine bought it it started going down hill and now the new owners have ruined it.

It used to be a great local blog. Totally sucks now and the comments were great back in the day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BB sucks now. When Bethesda Magazine bought it it started going down hill and now the new owners have ruined it.

It used to be a great local blog. Totally sucks now and the comments were great back in the day

And get of my lawn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

Caitlynn did not exclude parents. I am one she talked to and texted with frequently. I know of many others, some on the same side of an issue as I was, and others who were on the opposite side of what I was advocating for.

Except she wasn’t talking to you as a parent. She was talking to you as an MCEA leader.

DP. I have no relationship to MCEA (I am a PTA member, but make like 1 out of 2 monthly meetings) and I also spoke with her a few times. I don’t know why you find it hard to believe other than perhaps your views that were not represented are outré and you don’t realize it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

Caitlynn did not exclude parents. I am one she talked to and texted with frequently. I know of many others, some on the same side of an issue as I was, and others who were on the opposite side of what I was advocating for.

Except she wasn’t talking to you as a parent. She was talking to you as an MCEA leader.

DP. I have no relationship to MCEA (I am a PTA member, but make like 1 out of 2 monthly meetings) and I also spoke with her a few times. I don’t know why you find it hard to believe other than perhaps your views that were not represented are outré and you don’t realize it.

Journalists don't discriminate. You might be happy with a one-sided source of information, but many people prefer to get the whole story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow one poster sure has an axe to grind with Caitlynn. Bethesda Beat with its shoestring budget had the strongest reporting on MCPS in the region. Very happy to have Em take over.

Which means nothing when the stories are just reworked press releases.

Keep grinding. Soon you'll have no axe left.

I am a professionally trained and experienced journalist. Caitlynn hustled and she broke stories and she had enough courage to back her assertions with her name. You clearly have a personal beef with her and I’m a little embarrassed for you.

She did, but she also did a lot of parroting for Smith and Turner during the pandemic.

I don’t know. I feel like I read everything she wrote (and tweeted) but I’m not sure what her personal feelings are re: the length of the closure.

You could tell me she was on either side, and I’d believe you. I think that’s a sign of a good journalist

+1. I felt very well-informed by reading Caitlynn's articles and the newsletters. She never seemed one-sided to me.

That's the beauty of excluding parents. You have no idea what she censored.

Caitlynn did not exclude parents. I am one she talked to and texted with frequently. I know of many others, some on the same side of an issue as I was, and others who were on the opposite side of what I was advocating for.

Except she wasn’t talking to you as a parent. She was talking to you as an MCEA leader.

I posted that (the parent who talked/texted with Caitlynn), and have nothing to do with MCEA or any other initialed group, other than having given some money to my local PTA. So you can keep making stuff up and bashing Caitlynn, but you are in the minority: the rest of us know that she did a great job in a tough environment.