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Jason Whitlock vs. fake black guy/Peyton accuser Shaun King

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Kayaugstin Kott, Feb 17, 2016.

  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I seriously thought that was him all the way until the "Is he black?" question surfaced.
     
  2. Just the facts ma am

    Just the facts ma am Well-Known Member

    So Shaun King is another person Whitlock interviewed for The Undefeated that he goes out of his way to beef with on twitter along with Greg Howard of Deadspin and Ta-Nehishi Coates of the Atlantic. (I don't know the issue with Bomani Jones but at least Bomani has the good sense not to beef back)

    Shaun King was smeared by right wing press who uncovered a birth certificate with both parents being white and a police report with him described as white in a check box. King responded that the his biological father was part black and a post reportedly from the police officer stating there was no "mixed race" box on the police report and white was a better fit for this light skinned dude that everybody in town knew was mixed. He also posted numerous twitters from people he grew up with saying he always identified as black and was thought of as black.

    Here's the thing, King did not do any additional reporting other than being the first person to put the court record on record. He went on and on about his opinions on racial dual standards which is a columnist's right. Whitlock makes it personal by repeating that he is pretending to be black (so did Clay Travis) so he is a liar. Mr. King's credibility is not an issue, why are his critics making it so?
     
  3. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Because King is just the type of "citizen journalist" the suits had in mind when they started kicking that around as Plan B.
     
  4. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Whitlock is a child.
     
  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    "The Undefeated" is kind of a perfect name for his dead plaything.

    Because if you never play a game you're technically still undefeated too.
     
  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Dude will coon for cash.

    Every so often you run across phraseology that stops you in your tracks and makes you think, Really now.
     
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