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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 3:21:50 GMT
I wonder if Woj got laughed out of the gym when he wrote this about Lebron. Trump should be so lucky that Woj isn't covering him on a weekly basis.
"There's nothing real about James' world, and never has been. He's a prisoner of a life that his sycophants and enablers and our sporting culture has created for him. He's rich and talented and something of a tortured soul. He's the flawed superstar for these flawed times. He's a creation of a basketball breeding ground full of such twisted priorities and warped principles."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 3:27:29 GMT
I wonder if Cailyn Flannagan got "laughed out of the office" for these sweeping generalizations in a heavily-reported story about a hazing death at Penn State.
Every year or so brings another such death, another healthy young college man a victim of hazing at the hands of one of the nation’s storied social fraternities. And with each new death, the various stakeholders perform in ways that are so ritualized, it’s almost as though they are completing the second half of the same hazing rite that killed the boy.
The fraternity enters a “period of reflection”; it may appoint a “blue-ribbon panel.” It will announce reforms that look significant to anyone outside the system, but that are essentially cosmetic. Its most dramatic act will be to shut down the chapter, and the house will stand empty for a time, its legend growing ever more thrilling to students who walk past and talk of a fraternity so off the chain that it killed a guy. In short order it will “recolonize” on the campus, and in a few years the house will be back in business.
The president of the college or university where the tragedy occurred will make bold statements about ensuring there is never another fraternity death at his institution. But he knows—or will soon discover—that fraternity executives do not serve at the pleasure of college presidents. He will be forced into announcing his own set of limp reforms. He may “ban” the fraternity from campus, but since the fraternity will have probably closed the chapter already, he will be revealed as weak.
The media will feast on the story, which provides an excuse to pay an unwarranted amount of attention to something viewers are always interested in: the death of a relatively affluent white suburban kid. Because the culprits are also relatively affluent white suburban kids, there is no need to fear pandering to the racial bias that favors stories about this type of victim. The story is ultimately about the callousness and even cruelty of white men.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 3:38:56 GMT
I wonder if Ryan Lizza (an old favorite of my friend Dick Whitman, may he RIP) got laughed out of the New Yorker for this paragraph about John Kelly. I mean, how do we KNOW Kelly lied? How do we know his reputation was harmed? In Lizza's opinion? But he fucked a fact checker. Clearly a liar.
Kelly is the chief of staff and a political operative. He held a press conference and told a lie that smeared one of Trump’s political opponents. No government official’s military background, no matter how honorable, makes him immune to criticism, especially given the subject at hand. Sanders’s response was unnerving. But the bigger lesson of the episode is that no matter how good one’s intentions are, when you go to work for Trump, you will end up paying for it with your reputation. For Kelly, not even his four stars prevented that.
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 15, 2018 4:08:24 GMT
Do people write bullshit? Of course they do.
Do people talk like that? No.
Eli claims multiple sources told him about this cocoon Trump had retreated into — though he doesn’t put the phrase in quotation marks.
I can just see it now:
Eli: Tell me your impression of the President’s mood of late
Source: I have to tell you, he’s really retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment.
That didn’t happen.
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 15, 2018 4:16:59 GMT
Trump emerges from cacoon as beautiful butterfly.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 4:18:04 GMT
My guess is Donnie Jr. is next on Mueller’s list and lawyers have already said there is no way to stop it. Is there some reporting to suggest that Don Jr. is "next on Mueller's list?" No, Donald Trump Jr. did not tweet "I expected to be indicted very soon." So I'm sure you will not accept any of this. But it's definitely reporting. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 4:19:29 GMT
Trump emerges from cacoon as beautiful butterfly. <iframe width="11.199999999999989" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 11.2px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 12px; top: 84px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_84942958" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11.199999999999989" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 11.2px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 510px; top: 84px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15145426" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11.199999999999989" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 11.2px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 12px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_19619031" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="11.199999999999989" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 11.2px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 510px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_40506960" scrolling="no"></iframe> Wow, that's now TWO guys from the Daily Caller who say everything's A-OK. I'm sold. |
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Post by lcjjdnh on Nov 15, 2018 4:25:23 GMT
You say that all the time, but your alternative seems to be never using anonymous sources. You’re very righteous about this. So how does, say, a Ronan Farrow or Jane Meyer write about Weinstein or the Koch Brothers without anonymous sources? Should they just burn all the sources AJ Dauliero style to eliminate any confusion? I understand you have to use anonymous sources sometimes, but the sourcing YF pointed out is a joke, and no one will address it head-on. Instead you are all pivoting to anonymous sourcing, generally. I was supposed to just trust Bob Woodward, even when I can’t tell if a quote is on the record, second hand, third hand. Can’t tell. Now I am supposed to trust this guy that Trump has “retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment.” A novelist wouldn’t even write that line. But just trust him. Because. Link for assertion media is “pivoting” to anonymous sources? I actually doubt it’s much worse today than it was in the past. Go back and read Tom Wicker’s “On Press” if you want a history lesson—only difference was the media back then more often used anonymous sources to trumpet govnerment’s line. |
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Post by batman on Nov 15, 2018 4:54:59 GMT
George Lucas wrote better dialogue than, “retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment.” I don't like politics. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and you get it everywhere. |
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Post by DonnyShutsTheFuckUp on Nov 15, 2018 5:18:19 GMT
If I can’t trust eyewitness accounts of two sycophants from unbiased The Daily Caller, who can I trust?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 5:20:32 GMT
I'm just wondering when the Zodiac Killer took over LTL's posts.
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Post by xanadu on Nov 15, 2018 9:27:01 GMT
I get a kick out of folks like Sherman, who have no access to Trump, who write things like, "Trump remained in a dark mood during his weekend trip to France." Or, the LA Times Eli Stokols, who says multiple sources have told him that, "Trump has retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment." www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-absent-20181113-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterA cocoon of bitterness and resentment? LOL. Let's be clear, no one told Eli this. The idea that multiple sources told him this is laughable. No one even talks like that. Meanwhile, a reporter who did spend time with Trump reports just the opposite regarding his mood: Benny! Lol. Without even clicking his Twitter bio ... Benny! Uh-huh, that's who I'm trusting with accurate adverb- and adjective-free reporting. Benny! |
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Post by xanadu on Nov 15, 2018 9:29:39 GMT
I get a kick out of folks like Sherman, who have no access to Trump, who write things like, "Trump remained in a dark mood during his weekend trip to France." Or, the LA Times Eli Stokols, who says multiple sources have told him that, "Trump has retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment." www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-absent-20181113-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterA cocoon of bitterness and resentment? LOL. Let's be clear, no one told Eli this. The idea that multiple sources told him this is laughable. No one even talks like that. Meanwhile, a reporter who did spend time with Trump reports just the opposite regarding his mood: Then I clicked ... Love my God, family and pipe tobacco. Daily Caller. Good one, YF. Benny! Wasn't the short-bus guy on L.A. Law named Benny? |
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Post by xanadu on Nov 15, 2018 9:35:24 GMT
The Chicago Tribne is reporting, based on multiple sources, that in the days before his firing, Hawks coach Joel Quenneville had retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment. LOL. Imagine a reporter writing that. He wouldn’t be able to show his face at the United Center again. He’s be laughed out of town. To be fair it would be fun to hear a bunch of Canadian hockey players say the word cocoon. Especially Barry Melrose. |
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Post by xanadu on Nov 15, 2018 9:39:41 GMT
Trump emerges from cacoon as beautiful butterfly. Daily Caller. Lol. Your erection for the Daily Caller could cut thru steel. |
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