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The Oklahoman's "Mr. Unreliable" headline

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by NDJournalist, May 1, 2014.

  1. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Typical response from the new resident board asshole. Sure, I'll do my homework on your insider knowledge. I have criticized the headline on this very thread, but to say there is no rebounding from it is just ridiculous. Keep calm and troll on.
     
  2. Decadent

    Decadent New Member

    Another dimwit with butthurt because he can't argue an inarguable, dimwit position.

    It'll sting for years. You'll never be right if you claim otherwise. Accept it.
     
  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Maybe they can just rename the paper and hope no one will notice?
     
  4. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Or just shut the damn place down. There's no coming back from that.
     
  5. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Man, your comebacks are starting to sound achingly familiar.
     
  6. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Was thinking the same thing.
     
  7. Decadent

    Decadent New Member

    If you've had butthurt before, I can't say I'm surprised.
     
  8. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    My, aren't you clever. And smart. And an asshole. Why some people get their kicks ruining a message board with this bullshit I will never figure out. Of course, because I am not smart enough.
     
  9. Decadent

    Decadent New Member

    Obviously not. Not sure what you're trying to deduce, but one piece of the puzzle continually eludes you.
     
  10. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    I'm done feeding the troll. Keep up the good work, though.
     
  11. Decadent

    Decadent New Member

    So no counterargument then. Much what I expected.

    At the risk of creating more butthurt, I wonder these things. Clearly there were many people at many levels who thought the original headline was a bad idea. The clear move would have been to pick some prominent position in the paper and then offer some sort of remorse/retraction with some brief explanation of what happened. As it stands now, the writer is accused of something he had nothing to do with. Admittedly, some of the people doing the accusing are dumb shits, but that's the fallout of a bad decision like this one.

    Plan B -- ass-covering, dodging, planning for some sort of "makeup" down the road -- was a poor one.
     
  12. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    No. And I'm not going to engage in it either but to say this.

    The fact that people get sick of nyah-nyah bullshit on here doesn't mean they don't have arguments to counter yours. It means that they're already tired of this garbage.
     
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