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SMG meets TBL

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Jun 17, 2008.

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  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Personally, I think TBL comes off as a naive doofus in the interview who doesn't seem to know a damn thing about sports or journalism other than how to quickly grab crap that other people have written and slap it on a web page.
     
    Ace, Jun 18, 2008
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  2. JoelHammond

    JoelHammond Member

    Posted this on the other thread about this: the Fozzie stuff just isn't funny anymore.

    It seems to me like he's gotten the gist of the Leinart post, though he still didn't mention the FSU player stuff.

    I don't begrudge him his success; he's certainly found a niche, whatever it might be.

    But yeah, the Fozzie stuff is just dumb now.
     
    JoelHammond, Jun 18, 2008
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  3. BartonK

    BartonK Active Member

    Re: SMG interviews The Big Lead

    Say what you will about the guy, his thoughts on Marriotti were pretty dead-on.
     
    BartonK, Jun 18, 2008
    #15
  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: SMG interviews The Big Lead

    Big deal. I could have written that just from reading this board without ever having met Marriotti or having read his stuff. Which, come to think of it, is probably what happened.
     
    Ace, Jun 18, 2008
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  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    NEWSPAPERS!
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jun 18, 2008
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  6. Diabeetus

    Diabeetus Active Member

    Quality, quality work. :D I hope this catches on.
     
    Diabeetus, Jun 18, 2008
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Joel, Don't forget the false story the guy posted about Billy Donovan, and his edit after the fact that simply said, "EDIT: the story is fake. It’s all satire," followed by the post in the comments section that said, "Damn. Had a hunch it was fake, but it was too funny not to pass on to Imig. This one’s on me, folks"

    If he had a hunch it was fake, why did he put it up on his blog?

    Link is: http://thebiglead.com/?p=4645

    Leinart, DeCody Fagg, Billy Donovan. And posting something unattributed saying that Rick Reilly was making out with a woman who was "looking like a stripper" the whole time, in the press box of the LSU/Florida game, without even trying to talk to Reilly (and his recent explanation that he didn't bother because he knew he would deny it anyhow).

    And those are just the cases I know about of the guy either posting things harmful to someone without any attempt to verify it, or in the case of Donovan, him posting something absolutely false. I am sure there are others. He hasn't gotten the gist of anything. People should know his standards, or lack of them, and how he doesn't want facts to get in the way of page hits.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 18, 2008
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  8. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Re: SMG interviews The Big Lead

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    IJAG, you're a righteous bird, man, but put down the big guns and lay off the heavy shit on my man Fozzie. Everything's coool, babe.

    Fozzie's the shit, man, he never bogarts my cheeba, unless my cheeba happens to be Fruit Roll-Ups. The only time he's jive is when he's borrowing a fin to put down on some funky ass East Carolina basketball game.

    SJ is coool, man. Now how do I turn my sax into a bong?
     
    Bubbler, Jun 18, 2008
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  9. henryhenry

    henryhenry Member

    he seems to work long hours - as in any small business he's got to do everything himself -

    he punted on questions about the blog wars and 'major league' of blogs -

    they're all scratching for market share - it's nastier than he let on
     
    henryhenry, Jun 18, 2008
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  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Well, then, don't laugh and scroll down. Still farking funny. Every time.
     
    dooley_womack1, Jun 18, 2008
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  11. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    I disagreed on the other thread too, dools.

    Funny in the right hands. It's not always in the right hands. Much like eight-second jokes, or spnited is old jokes, or IJAG stalks jokes.
     
    imjustagirl, Jun 18, 2008
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  12. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    The truth isn't supposed to be funny.
     
    BYH, Jun 18, 2008
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