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Chilichimp posted:tbf, if you're a sports journalist that's active on twitter and you don't know who PFTCommenter is, you deserve whatever is coming to you Seriously, I have no idea how some don't know him yet considering his exploits
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Febreeze posted:Seriously, I have no idea how some don't know him yet considering his exploits They're exactly as out of touch as we have all joked about.
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Mar 26, 2015 16:16
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I think it's reasonable to have never heard of PFTCommenter, but how you can glance at anything he writes and not immediately realize it's satire is pretty incredible.
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Mar 26, 2015 16:44
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Burger Trench posted:I think it's reasonable to have never heard of PFTCommenter Even if your job is literally supposed to be paying attention to pro football stuff?
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Mar 26, 2015 16:47
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I'm sorry but if you ask Pete Carroll point blank about 9-11 football journalists should probably remember you
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Mar 26, 2015 17:11
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Burger Trench posted:I think it's reasonable to have never heard of PFTCommenter, but how you can glance at anything he writes and not immediately realize it's satire is pretty incredible. I'd actually argue the opposite, at least on twitter. Part of what makes his shtick work so well is that on twitter he perfectly blends in with the idiots he's making fun of. No matter how outrageous some of his takes are some people are actually making them for real. It's only his articles that really show he's satire. But at this point he's been doing it for years and probably taunted every major sports journalist so not hearing of him when it's your job to keep up with the scene is pretty unforgivable.
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Mar 26, 2015 17:20
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I am not sure if I would count Bleacher Report as sports journalism though
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Mar 26, 2015 17:29
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I mean, I don't know, I feel like you have to be a 20-something, Twitter-using football fan to be plugged into PFTCommenter's shtick. His highest profile gig is an SB Nation blog post. He's not featured or referenced on any mainstream sports news outlets and his real-life identity isn't known. And I guess it's understandable that a random Twitter user might actually argue Obama is trying to move the NFL to Kenya, but why would a professional sports writer engage with that type of follower in the first place?
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Mar 26, 2015 17:31
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Burger Trench posted:And I guess it's understandable that a random Twitter user might actually argue Obama is trying to move the NFL to Kenya, but why would a professional sports writer engage with that type of follower in the first place? Have you seen professional sports writers?
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Mar 26, 2015 17:33
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Professional Sports Writers engaging in pointless twitter battles with dumb followers happens every week. It's kind of hilarious when some sports guy will respond to an idiot and tweet out burns. Sports writers, especially the B/R kind, are incredibly insecure and it's hilarious.
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Mar 26, 2015 19:46
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I dunno which group is sadder: sports journalists or video game reviewers. I guess video game reviewers are at least experts in their field with first hand experience.
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Mar 26, 2015 19:52
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sweet thursday posted:I dunno which group is sadder: sports journalists or video game reviewers. I guess video game reviewers are at least experts in their field with first hand experience. Sports journalists think they have the impact on sports that video game fans think video reviewers should have on gaming. Febreeze posted:Professional Sports Writers engaging in pointless twitter battles with dumb followers happens every week. It's kind of hilarious when some sports guy will respond to an idiot and tweet out burns. Sports writers, especially the B/R kind, are incredibly insecure and it's hilarious. Probably because the qualifications to be a B/R reporter are one step above examiner.com contributor Mel Mudkiper fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 19:55
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The actual difference is that it's never been about ethics in sports journalism.
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Mar 26, 2015 19:59
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sweet thursday posted:I dunno which group is sadder: sports journalists or video game reviewers. I guess video game reviewers are at least experts in their field with first hand experience. The latter also gave us Gamergate, which has been at least as entertaining to me as PFTCommentator.
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Mar 26, 2015 20:55
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Gamergate is a great comparison to PFTcommenter in a way. We think everyone should know who he is but a lot of people don't. I think people who understand gamergate think everyone on the internet is familiar with it but I seriously have no idea what it is. Almost all of my friends follow football to a degree, have Schefter on twitter, listen to radio, etc. but none of them know who PFTcommenter is, I guarantee it. I also hope it stays that way because they think I am the funniest person alive since I steal all PFT's best work.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:20
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I don't know if that's a fair comparison. I'm not talking about your average joe, who wouldn't know Gamergate or PFTC, we are talking sports journalists, the specific targets of his satire and the very people he has earned a reputation embarrassing these past few years. Like the average football fan on twitter probably has no idea who PFTC is and I can understand that, but the specific people he targets? The very people who's job it is to make these football hot takes and keep up to speed with sports media? A little less sympathy there. He writes for one of the most popular sports blogs on the internet and several others, and these sites all just steal content from one another, so being part of that circle and not knowing him is kind of rare.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:43
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Talking about a comparison between Big Ben and Winston There both big fellas with absolute cannon arms that kind of horse around too much at times,, the only difference is one gets crabs from Publix, and the other gets it in public bathrooms. Internet trolls might try to point out that Browns offense of lineman Joe Thomas skipped the draft, but he stayed home to catch seafood with his dad, not stuff it down his pants at a local supermarket.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:52
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I tried to follow it, as much as one could, but I still have no loving clue what Gamergate is "about", all I know is a bunch of people got into amazing slap fights and had massive meltdowns at SJW's, or being called SJW's, or I don't know what, but it was funny and made everyone involved dumber simply by being present.
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Mar 27, 2015 04:48
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I've done my damnest to avoid the whole thing and now you people are ruining all my efforts. Its all unraveling.
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Mar 27, 2015 04:58
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Sash! posted:I've done my damnest to avoid the whole thing and now you people are ruining all my efforts. Its all unraveling. PFTCommentor should be celebrated, not avoided
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Mar 27, 2015 06:40
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GeneX posted:PFTCommentor should be celebrated, not avoided He's talking about GamerGate.
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Mar 27, 2015 06:48
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Something about Ethics in Sports Journalism
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Thaddius the Large posted:I tried to follow it, as much as one could, but I still have no loving clue what Gamergate is "about", all I know is a bunch of people got into amazing slap fights and had massive meltdowns at SJW's, or being called SJW's, or I don't know what, but it was funny and made everyone involved dumber simply by being present. Imagine there was a huge uproar about how a  WOMAN that a Congressman was sleeping with was influencing them into introducing bills, with some paranoid about having men be deemed second class citizens forever and ever, knowing full well that politicians are frequently and openly bought out by corporations all the time.Now imagine it's about video games.
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Mar 27, 2015 12:47
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Shut the gently caress up about gamergate
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Mar 27, 2015 13:02
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Shut the gently caress up about gamergate
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Mar 27, 2015 13:54
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Somebody should tell PFTCommenter that he was compared favorably to gamergate
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Mar 27, 2015 14:18
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Gamergate is the Tim Tebow of scandals.
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Mar 27, 2015 15:33
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attn next person planning a post about gamergate, your post is going to be stupid and terrible no offense to the authors of the previous two stupid and terrible posts
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FYI, as of today Skip Bayless is still employed. That is all. Edit Vvvv Someday I'll get to confirm he is gone! Or i will die before that happens. Win-win situation here. Chichevache fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Mar 27, 2015 |
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Mar 27, 2015 15:40
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Chichevache posted:FYI, as of today Skip Bayless is still employed. That's for checking in, Chiche. I wasn't going to, but I'll be sure to still not watch first take.
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Mar 27, 2015 15:42
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 http://nypost.com/2015/03/27/congrats-jets-fan-your-psl-money-goes-to-this-baby-papa/ Mushnick is a race-baiter who called the uproar over Donald Sterling a public lynching.
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Mar 27, 2015 16:19
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Quoting the article so no clicks fill that lich's phylactery. It is good to know that because I use a different vocabulary from him that I will be a terrible baby daddy myself. quote:Thank goodness for extra-large favors.
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Mar 27, 2015 16:23
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Wasn't mushnik the one who said Jay Z making the Nets uniforms black and white was promoting gang culture
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Mar 27, 2015 16:33
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Wasn't mushnik the one who said Jay Z making the Nets uniforms black and white was promoting gang culture quote:“It has come to our attention that some combinations of icons and colors on a select number of our caps could be too closely perceived to be in association with gangs.” quote:For 30 years, inner-city kids have been mugged and murdered for what companies such as Nike, often borrowing inspiration from street and prison gangs, have sold as overpriced, valueless status symbols 
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Mar 27, 2015 16:41
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he's right that gangs wear team apparel to match the gang colors but that is probably more suited to a wikipedia article than his column also that column on Cromartie is a loving terrible thing to write
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Mar 27, 2015 21:22
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football fuckerman posted:he's right that gangs wear team apparel to match the gang colors Yes, gangs adopt and co-opt all the time, and that would be a totally normal statement for him to make! However he goes further and seems, to me at least, to be implying that New Era specifically designed these caps to appeal to those gangs. I feel like that is a leap in logic that is unsupported.
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Mar 27, 2015 23:56
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Just don't design clothes that are any shade or color at all, easy.
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Mar 28, 2015 00:39
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Dutchy posted:Just don't design clothes that are any shade or color at all, easy. Easy there, Chairman Mao
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Mar 28, 2015 00:59
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Dutchy posted:Just don't design clothes that are any shade or color at all, easy. then the gangsters will be dressed just like us!
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Really a gang is just a type of team when you think about it
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