Ruth Madoff, Eva Braun or Meg Ryan?
Dear Mouthketeers:
If Ruth Madoff isn’t going down as the “Eva Braun” to one of the most disgusting financial terrorists on the planet, she’ll go down as a woman who best resembles Meg Ryan—without the poufy-puffy lips. Why? I had the “pleasure” of seeing not one, but two shots of Ruth Madoff in the New York Times “Sunday Styles” section yesterday, where this woman’s “story” was apparently worthy of a front page. But what is Ruth/Eva/Meg’s revelation these days? Newsflash: She’s waiting for her husband Bernie Madoff/Adolf (Hitler) to await sentencing.
That’s the story. (I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when the publicist pitched this non-story to the writer.) And wait, there’s more to learn: Eva/Ruth/Meg has been ousted from her beauty salon in NYC (they won’t even visit her privately in her penthouse apartment on 64th Street in Manhattan), and from the Amagansett, New York florist who decorated her husband’s annual corporate party in Montauk, the tip of Long Island. Wow.
But what is probably the most shocking news of all is the Times didn’t even have the clout to get an interview with Eva/Ruth/Meg herself. What’s up with that? You write a cover story about someone who doesn’t do anything, hasn’t even committed suicide, and all you can come up with is a few quotes from a wife of another former evil financier and a couple of soundbytes from an attorney, as example? Yadda, yadda, yadda . . . Y-A-W-N.
In a world where the news business is greatly tanking, (because, in my opinion, the public is sick of reading the same old stories over and over again), I think the SundayStyles section is getting desperate for attention. Perhaps I’d be interested if Ruth/Eva/Meg squeals on Bernie/Adolf and tells the truth; however, until then, what clout does she really have except being married to an asshole for 49 years? And the last time I checked, living with a puss-faced criminal for almost half a century isn’t very stylish either. Unless she’s a cloister nun disguised as a rich woman, how could this chick not know what her hubby was up to? She must’ve had a conversation or two with him before ordering his flowers or before she highlighted her hair the color of “Soft Baby Blonde,” according to the paper, no?
Most disgustingly, some yenta image consultant quoted in the piece actually suggested Ruth/Eva/Meg could change her image if she simply devoted her time to a charity, predicting that “an orphanage or a pet shelter would be a good place to start.” Image Consultant: If you get any salary for your advice you should be fired. The American public won’t shed any tear for Ruth/Eva/Meg simply because she sits at the reception desk at the local ASPCA every Saturday. Are you kidding?
My Account Executive, Khuong, and my AAE, Abby, do more charity work than anyone I know, yet no paper features them. And that’s precisely why the New York Times and all the other papers are tanking: Because they’re not putting much news value on the local scene anymore, and in fact, the Metro Section has really shrunk in the Times these days. A current trend on the Internet and on television; however, is to promote real people on the street as iReporters, who can respond to real news as it really happens.
I might cancel my subscriptions to the New York Times because if I wanna read these wannabe news stories, I’ll just go on their website. I’m beginning to pull my news from the Internet anyway; and frankly, I will find more about Ruth/Eva/Meg on Google, than in the Times, so why bother?
It takes too long to drive to Montauk, doesn’t it?
Peace.
The Mouthinator.
Hey Larry,
Good take on how the pubic perceives Ruth Madoff. Personally, I think she should be sitting next to her husband, Bernie/Adolf, in jail waiting to be sentenced as well.
As a side note, my family lost much of our money in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and even though it’s “only money”, it does sting. Although, I am a believer in poetic justice.
Ruth (Frieband)
why do you hate Meg so?