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Simmons vs. Pierce?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, Dec 13, 2010.

  1. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Well said, but is it not fair for someone to wonder why an individual beholden to the art, as it were, would waste time exchanging catty twitter exchanges with an obvious lesser?
     
  2. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    That should be the essay question on the SportsJournalists.com application for membership.
     
  3. inthesuburbs

    inthesuburbs Member

    Who is Bill Simmons?
     
  4. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Some guy whose career started in his parents' basement, but since his parents' basement was in Boston instead of Des Moines some people took him seriously.
     
  5. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    You'll get old, waiting.
     
  6. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    That's pretty funny.
     
  7. inthesuburbs

    inthesuburbs Member

    Thanks, old_tony. Had never heard of Bill Simmons until this thread appeared.
     
  8. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Them mouthbreathers stick together.
     
  9. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    God, please.. Life's too short. CPP probably said or wrote something cranky in an email...which we all know he's done... which Simmons took in the worst possible way.. Then it escalated.. Then there was the Tiger Woods dustup.. Now this.

    Two talented people.. Just with strengths in different areas...

    Let it go, both of you. Apologize, hug, twitblog, just get it over with.
     
  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Pierce is clearly the better writer, but sometimes he tends to go on screeds that kinda leave nuance out. And the low-hanging fruit comment someone made earlier seems to fit.
     
  11. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Should Simmons be jealous of any of those people you mentioned?

    Was it really Simmons' goal to be like them?
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    If they were already trading emails, then it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Out of the blue? Sure.
     
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