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AP dumps voter ... and it isn't Whitlock

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by jay_christley, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    If I were an editor at the Times Picayune, I would hope that this particular reporter doesn't go about his regular business writing stories filled with "facts" that are plucked out of thin air, which -- to be honest -- is much easier than spending five minutes or so confirming them.
     
  2. Editude

    Editude Active Member

    There's been some back and forth about the Times-Picayune and and a restaurant owner upset with an article of the city's eating scene. The owner referred to the T-P as a third-rate newspaper; this kind of disregard for basic fact-checking (randomly asking a score in a busy pressbox?!) doesn't help a defense.
     
  3. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Check your own facts. It was an Esquire writer who was taken to task for his review of New Orleans eateries by a Times-Picayune columnist. The Esquire writer then referred to the T-P as a third-rate newspaper.
     
  4. kokane_muthashed

    kokane_muthashed Active Member

    Didn't Whitlock post a couple of weeks ago that he voted a team low because he thought they lost when, in fact, they won?
     
  5. Idaho

    Idaho Active Member

    ;)
     
  6. kokane_muthashed

    kokane_muthashed Active Member

    Yup, I went searching after I posted to find out. . .

    But Idaho bet me to it.

    You da man, Idaho. ;)
     
  7. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Hey kokane, give credit where credit is due. All Idaho had to do was quote what someone else looked up. ;)
     
  8. HoopsMcCann

    HoopsMcCann Active Member

    jesus, you folks really have some problems
     
  9. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Do explain.
     
  10. HoopsMcCann

    HoopsMcCann Active Member

    i'm constantly amazed at the virulence directed at the man, that's all
     
  11. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Hoops, in this case, I think it's legit. If a T_P writer gets dropped by AP for the exact same thing Whit did, then it's a legitimate comparison to mention. That it happens to be someone who's earned a lot of disdain on this board is, I'm guessing, coincidental, even if it is convenient.
     
  12. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    No, I'm da man. Jeez, haven't I've been around long enough for people to have figured that out by now? :)
     
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