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Spot On is the best way to describe it. Spot the !@#$%^&*] on.

And as the article states people need to understand IT'S OK to criticize. I'm already regretting reading some of the comments because it's like some fans will do whatever it takes to excuse the bullshit that's going on.

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Sorry, but it started off as crap, so it's difficult to lend credibility to anything else said.

Anyone who begins an article with "FrankenRon saved GH" is an idiot. The Revolution tanking and the subsequent tanking of GMIA saved GH. Brought back the vets? Where are they? Carlypalooza to showcase the great CarSon bond/hoax while AJ is dead when they never acknowledge what was done to him by CarSon?

Yawn!

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Andrea, the last part is accurate (and very good points are made), but I get what you're saying. And to be honest, those shows tanking probably did save GH to some degree. Don't fool yourself. GH was GONE. Not to say that I'm going to just sit back and appreciate the show is on with the [!@#$%^&*] I'm being fed. And Ron needs to be told to get off of Twitter.

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I agree that some of it was spot on, but the article started off very faulty, and it's difficult to get past that.

I know when writing an article, you have to appear to be objective, but you also have to state facts! 52 contracted characters was not mentioned at all. The OFFSCREEN "storytelling" was not mentioned. Yeah Ron is an asswhipe on Twitter, but that is not worth mentioning.

Tell me why FrankenTodd is a fail. Go into that detail. Why O as COS goes against everything a credible soap should be. I need more.

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Oh I agree. There needs to be WAY more because I could probably write a small novel on what's wrong with this show. And the few things they do right shouldn't be used to excuse the [!@#$%^&*].

I love how one commenter said that Nathan's paternity should have waited. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL!

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I hope he does (sort of) so he can make a fool out of himself trying to excuse and defend everything. But at the same time I also pray he doesn't because he comes off delusional. He has to realize that criticism is OK. The problem has been that his ego has been built up for years now and he's way too far up in the clouds to ever come down from it.

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I can't believe that idiot started the article by saying RC and FV have done many things right. RC and FV are both damn fortunate to have jobs. There's no professionalism when it comes to RC.

Jim Reilly was a joke of a writer but he was so superior to Carlivati in every way.

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By the time HacknHack came to GH, it was already saved. Not sure who recalls but Sweeney wanted all 3 gone with one bullet then decided that one show would be salvaged in case the replacements didn't work. Frons made the decision that GH would be survivor.

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