Chris Byron, our Scrooge
by Andrew Ritchie
Chris Byron, business columnist and author of the flaccid bio "Martha Inc.", has emerged as a kindof year-round Scrooge on the Martha Stewart scene, Bah-humbugging every aspect of her life from his little podium at the NY Post.
Byron's career, over the last few years at least, can be reduced to the title of "Martha head-hunter extraordinaire" - a pathetic, malicious job that involves digging up long-buried skeletons in Martha's past, spray-painting them fluorescent pink for shock value and putting them on display so slack-jawed onlookers can marvel in awe.
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Why I Save Martha
by Andrew Ritchie
I offer this glimpse into my personal past (and it is only just a glimpse at a magnitude of emotion and trauma he and I experienced in that time) because I want to convey to you the reason I help John Small with this site every day.
I help him because I have been in the shoes of Alexis Stewart. I have been in the shoes of a person who feels helpless as they watch someone they love endure month after month of finger-pointing, villification, humiliation and embarrassment - a person you love, accused of criminal activity when the facts in the case are either so murky or so trivial that you wonder why the world allows this to happen. You watch them, helpless, as they lose money, respect, friends and colleagues. And it breaks your heart. (Read More)
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Fans urged to rally on website--Winnipeg Sun
This is un-be-lieve-able...
Hillary gives up Martha's campaign donation...
Martha forced to take drug test--NY Post
Martha Stewart confronted the indignity of her new life as a convicted criminal yesterday - supplying urine for a drug test, answering personal questions about her finances and posing for a new mug shot during her first meeting with her probation officer.
And the federal officer will dig deeper into Stewart's formerly high-flying life in the weeks ahead: Martha was handed a questionnaire demanding to know how much she spends each month on clothing, laundry, groceries and prescription medication.
MARTHA PAYING FOR SINS OF REAL BIG-BIZ CROOKS --NY Post
By LINDA STASI
WHILE the titans who undermined the entire economy of the United States to satisfy their own personal, unquenchable greed were smugly sitting in courtrooms nearby yesterday, Martha Stewart was reporting for probation - crucified for their sins. Ruined, really, for not being humble enough.
Nothing infuriates a jury like a woman who refuses to cry, to cave, to kneel before them. But make no mistake. There's a world of difference between Martha and the CEOs who raped their own companies. They ruined their companies, the feds ruined hers.
THE STEWART VERDICT: DID SHE DESERVE IT? --NY Post
I don't know which is worse, Martha Stewart's misdeeds, or the glee everyone seems to be taking in her downfall. In a word: ugly.
Kurt Gibson
Martha Pleads with board to continue role in signature firm --NY Daily News
By NANCY DILLON and GREG B. SMITH
Martha Stewart made a desperate pitch to the directors of her company yesterday, begging to stay on as a key employee of the empire she founded and named for herself.
Appearing before the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for the first time as a prison-bound felon, Stewart asked five fellow board members to let her remain a "creative force" in the company she took public in 1999.
In a crucial hour-long performance, Stewart, clad in a black pantsuit, quietly but aggressively presented her case - saying it would help the 550-employee company if she stuck around, said a source familiar with the matter.
Martha has her (next) day in court, thanks supporters --NY Daily News
Martha Stewart thanked her supporters Monday after meeting for about an hour with federal probation officials who will recommend the length of her prison sentence to a judge.
I want to thank my readers, my viewers and the Internet users, Stewart said just before closing the door behind her. I just want to thank everyone for their support. "
The System Served Martha an Injustice--BusinessWeek
The trial of Martha Stewart was always about more than telling the truth.. But the case never should have ended up in criminal court, much less with felony convictions on four counts. By plowing ahead with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, lying, even securities-fraud charges without accusing her of a serious underlying crime, the U.S. Attorney's office has twisted a potent weapon that's supposed to preserve justice -- not undermine it. |