The media is at it again.

Jurassic Referee

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

Piss off, troll.

fullor30

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

I was in the industry on the TV side for 10 years and now happen to freelance on the print side.

I also have several friends who are national names on the sport side you're very familar with.

A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

That would be an industry.

grunewar

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

But, we're doing it on OUR site, amongst ourselves.....we're not going to the media or a fan or media forum and throwing the hand grenade over the wall and leaving. JMO.

fullor30

grunewar wrote
But, we're doing it on OUR site, amongst ourselves.....we're not going to the media or a fan or media forum and throwing the hand grenade over the wall and leaving. JMO.

BINGO!!!

JugglingReferee

Mark Padgett wrote
Actually, I feel somewhat qualified to comment on the sports media since I used to be one. In fact, I would bet there are more officials who used to (or still do) work in the media than media people who used to be officials.

Yup. Very good point, Mark. Count me in as one.

Raymond

fiasco wrote
:rolleyes:

It's funny to hear this board rant and rave about the media just as "fanboys" come here and rant and rave about officiating.

JRut is making a sweeping generalization about the media based on one failure by one reporter.

Maybe you guys should try finding a journalism message board and see if you receive a similar greeting that "fanboys" get when they come on here and run their mouths about things they know nothing about.

JRut is complaining about inaccurate facts being reported. If a fanboy complained about inproper rules application by an official I know I wouldn't have a problem with that.

And if JRut made his post on a media website I'm confident he could have a rationale, reasonable, and intelligent conversation with someone on that site who disagreed. Fanboys are those folks on this site who are incapable of such.

IREFU2

Well, I am definitely not an Insurance Salesman, but I got an email to put in an application for a D-League try-out camp and I am going. The experience alone is worth it!!!!

Raymond

IREFU2 wrote
Well, I am definitely not an Insurance Salesman, but I got an email to put in an application for a D-League try-out camp and I am going. The experience alone is worth it!!!!

But I'm sure you've stayed in a Holiday Inn Express or 2. 😉

IREFU2

BadNewsRef wrote
But I'm sure you've stayed in a Holiday Inn Express or 2. 😉

Or 3, but it was more pleasure than business!!!!

Mark Padgett

Can we all agree that "fiasco" is the most aptly named poster on this board? Or is that just a "sweeping generalization"? 😛

canuckrefguy

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

OK, lost me there, moron....enjoy the wrath 😛

Adam

IREFU2 wrote
Or 3, but it was more pleasure than business!!!!

You didn't use campaign funds to pay for the pleasure, did you?

rockyroad

Snaqwells wrote
You didn't use campaign funds to pay for the pleasure, did you?

Only when he stayed in Hackensack!:eek:

Oops...was that a sweeping generalization?? Sorry about that.😉

Adam

Bad rocky.

JRutledge

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

It is clear to me that you have no point. It is clear to me that you do not want to address what has already been said or what was in my OP. I do not understand why your focus is a fan that will claim officials are cheating for some underhanded reason to a reporter that is in the information business where their job is to inform the public. My job is not to inform the public and I am talking on an officiating website where most people are officials. It is odd to me that you want to compare what we say about a fanboy (which BTW is an internet term to signify how unreasonable someone is about a team or subject). And it is not a pot shot to give a specific example about a very specific situation and give the person who is responsible for the criticism. I guess had been critical of politicians that get in legal trouble, it would have been wrong to talk about the Spitzer case in detail. I do not think you know what the term "general" means.

Peace

Adam

I think it's apparent that Fiasco is a frustrated journalist who doesn't like criticism. Perhaps it's Stephen Glass?

Camron Rust

fiasco wrote
Why am I not surprised. A bunch of "whistle boys" taking pot shots at and industry they know nothing about.

Lah, me :rolleyes:

Except you missed one very important point. The only area where we are criticizing them is in their coverage of our specific area of expertise. That is far different than criticizing them on their coverage of some activity we've seen on TV and maybe tried in our backyard.

truerookie

It very clear to me that fiasco is a journalist who frequent this forum to better understand the avocation.

JRutledge

truerookie wrote
It very clear to me that fiasco is a journalist who frequent this forum to better understand the avocation.

That is fine with me just be intellectually honest about it when you post your opinion. And if he does have a problem with what I said, where are his examples of good stories by the "media" that show they are being factual about rules or NBA hiring? Bob Delaney was all over ESPN when he wrote his book about being an undercover cop and he helped bring down the mob. You mean that someone at ESPN could not use Delaney has a source to find out how the NBA hires their official? You mean there is no one that can tell Doug Gottlieb what the rule is before he goes off about how the officials blew a call based on a rule? If what I had to say was unfair, give one example that debunks my point of view of this kind of story.

Peace

SWMOzebra

JRutledge wrote
If what I had to say was unfair, give one example that debunks my point of view of this kind of story.

Since everything you've said in this thread has been very fair, I'd like to think you'd be waiting a long time for someone to come along and try to give you an example. But I think I know better.

To coin a phrase: Lah, me 🙄

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