The media is at it again.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Both.

If these people REALLY want to look like they understand the process and the players they would have done a nice in depth piece on how this all works.

But they don't really care about reporting, they just want to toss off snotty comments. This is nothing new, it's really simpler to say Busk is dumb, Hillary is a liar, Obama is a Moslem and the refs all suck than it is to think about what's really going on in the world, isn't it?

Correct..it's all about sound bytes and 10 second attention spans. Be controversial, to justify their few minutes in the chair they can't be bland nor do they have the time.

Reflecting, we should take it with a grain of salt, consider the source and lump them into the fanboy category that we as officials have to deal with continually.

[fiasco]

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

Lah, me

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

Piss off, troll.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

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]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

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]

Originally Posted by grunewar

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!!!

[canuckrefguy]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

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

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

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

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by fiasco

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

Lah, me

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]

Originally Posted by truerookie

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]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

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

[fullor30]

A proud member in good standing of the Whistle boys