The media is at it again.

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 🙄

fullor30

A proud member in good standing of the Whistle boys

Mark Padgett

fullor30 wrote
A proud member in good standing of the Whistle boys

Our leader:

fullor30

Mark Padgett wrote
Our leader:

I thought of that one............ he is in a uniform........

rainmaker

Dan_ref wrote
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,

But Busk really is dumb, isn't he?

JRutledge

rainmaker wrote
But Busk really is dumb, isn't he?

Yes.

Peace

Dan_ref

rainmaker wrote
But Busk really is dumb, isn't he?

Dumb enough to beat Gort & Kenny

JRutledge

Dan_ref wrote
Dumb enough to beat Gort & Kenny

That is because the public is dumb. 😀

Peace

26 Year Gap

JRutledge wrote
That is because the public is dumb. 😀

Peace

Yep. Definitely need better nominees.

Dan_ref

JRutledge wrote
That is because the public is dumb. 😀

Peace

I can't argue with that.

fullor30

Dan_ref wrote
Dumb enough to beat Gort & Kenny

Hey, Gort invented the Innernet

Mark Padgett

I'm voting for Teddy Roosevelt. I don't care if he is dead. Bully for him. Legend has it that not once during the charge up San Juan Hill did he yell "over the back" or "reach". That's good enough for me.

Adam

rainmaker wrote
But Busk really is dumb, isn't he?

I think it depends on whom you ash and what your criteria are.

Dan_ref

fullor30 wrote
Hey, Gort invented the Innernet

...while he and his daughter were running through an airport ducking sniper fire on his way to help Godzilla destroy Mothra.

BillyMac

Mark Padgett wrote
I'm voting for Teddy Roosevelt. I don't care if he is dead. Bully for him. Legend has it that not once during the charge up San Juan Hill did he yell "over the back" or "reach". That's good enough for me.

Here's what he did say:
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

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