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Chris Jones on "Animals," his Zanesville Zoo massacre story

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by brandonsneed, Feb 7, 2012.

  1. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    Having already taken on "people trying to save a man who's declared he will kill himself," Piotr Rasputin aims his laser-like wit at that dreaded "young, eager, passionate writer who's trying his best to figure out writing and life" demographic.

    Seriously, Pill. Time for a moment of self-reflection, if you can bear it.
     
  2. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    Lost in this is that GQ suffers no real harm even if Jones gets every person in Zanesville to go all Chief Broom on GQ. These are not news magazines; they make unpredictable and sometimes inexplicable decisions about what to run each month. The randomness is the only reason I read a monthly. If GQ had no Zanesville story at all and Esquire does, I would not wonder why. That Esquire is better than GQ almost every month is no surprise to me, but it has zero impact on my decision to read both every month. It is a competition for the participants but not necessarily for the customer.

    Confronted with the bizarre coincidence of a GQ writer being in Zanesville at the exact same time, Jones perhaps overreacted to the whole mano-a-mano fantasy, but I can't say I blame him. To expect otherwise would be like telling my housecat, "just kill the goddamn mouse already; don't make it suffer." She doesn't see wild game often, she's gonna go at it for all it's worth when she does. Instinct.
     
  3. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    I was lauding the kid for taking after you.

    Most of us take a few years before we can't handle any kind of disagreement.

    Anyway, glad you enjoy my posts. At least one of us is reading what the other has to say.
     
  4. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Laser-like indeed.
     
  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

  6. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Oh, he read and understood what you said.

    He just also sees through your recent attempts at passive-aggressive posting.

    Unfortunately, self-reflection has not proven to be your strong point.
     
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    PR, my buddy, my friend.

    You do realize the folly of quoting someone's post and replying to it with a comment about how you don't read what he writes, yes?
     
  8. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    When a post is a direct response to me and mentions me by name . . . well, you understand message boards.

    OK, anyone else want to hop in?

    Let me know. I've got a long day ahead.
     
  9. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Yup, those ketchup bottles don't fill themselves, folks.
     
  10. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    If you're getting together, let me know - I'd like to pop down for that.
     
  11. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Sure you would. Fanboi. :)
     
  12. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Nah ... he just wants the free beers. :D
     
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