Politico Performs Deep 'Schlong' Analysis
By P.J. Gladnick | December 23, 2015, 11:09 AM EST
true that Politico got badly schlonged by its former lethargic labor reporter, Mike Elk? A report has ...

By P.J. Gladnick | December 23, 2015, 11:09 AM EST
true that Politico got badly schlonged by its former lethargic labor reporter, Mike Elk? A report has ...

By P.J. Gladnick | October 28, 2015, 5:07 PM EDT
he was "lethargic." However, before we get to that, Wemple describes a Politico settlement ... criticism that he was “lethargic” and didn’t rack up many bylines, Elk responded, “I wrote 12 stories they ... (in addition to his salary) for doing nothing while there. Of course, even someone as lethargic as ...

By P.J. Gladnick | September 17, 2015, 4:59 PM EDT
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. No, just make that the worst of times. That is how the vivid imagination of former lethargic Politico labor reporter, Mike Elk, paints his Dickensian visions of working conditions at that organization. Never mind that Elk wrote a grand total of ...

By P.J. Gladnick | August 20, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT
It isn't completely official yet but when an employee has been removed from a company's list of staff bios, is publicly badmouthing his bosses, and is threatening to sue his employer, it is almost a sure sign that he has in fact been fired. Such is the case with lethargic labor reporter Mike ...

By P.J. Gladnick | July 6, 2015, 10:11 PM EDT
To the barricades! Or rather, to the virtual barricades since that requires much less effort. And in the case of lethargic Politico labor reporter the less real effort the better since according to his "work" schedule, Elk has produced only five Politico stories in fourteen weeks with ...

By P.J. Gladnick | June 17, 2015, 9:04 PM EDT
than their hilariously infamous lethargic labor reporter, Mike Elk, according to his own declaration, ... personal experiences of one of their own writers. The bad news is that the writer is so lethargic that he ...

By P.J. Gladnick | March 26, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT
subscriptions explain why their lounge chair lethargic labor reporter, Mike Elk, is already approaching his ...

By P.J. Gladnick | March 21, 2015, 12:09 PM EDT
Oh, the strain, the horrible strain! Politico reporter Mike Elk is the notoriously lethargic "labor" reporter at Politico, best known for his quote for the ages when the 28 year old of distinctly non-Stakhanovite inclinations complained that “I can’t work the kind of hours I did when I was 24.” To get an idea ...

By P.J. Gladnick | February 22, 2015, 6:20 PM EST
Politico labor reporter Mike Elk continues to set new records in the annals of extreme lethargy. Not only has he written a pathetic total of only five stories since he came on board at Politico in the middle of October, he can't even be bothered to w ...

By Tim Graham | February 13, 2015, 9:14 AM EST
him? The gushing continued from Richards: And on Sunday, West was an agitator at a lethargic Grammy ...

By Ken Shepherd | February 1, 2013, 12:07 PM EST
frustrated and lethargic during much of the hearing. But none of the zingers or missteps appeared serious ...