Chris Jones on Jason Whitlock

[Moderator1]

Interesting line: Well, here’s the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul


http://sonofboldventure.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-be-professional-writer.html

 

[HejiraHenry]

Strong effort.

 

[Small Town Guy]

There's a 100 percent chance Whitlock erupts on Twitter over this, with references to Omar included.

 

[Webster]

The damn thang got done.

 

[JackReacher]

The damn thang got done.

Excellent!

 

[SF_Express]

GolDANG it Moddy, you beat me to it by a few minutes!

Jones on Posnanski ain't bad, either....

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Interesting that he drops a "working the corners" reference in there. That's one of J-dub's faves as I recall.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Wonder what brought this on.

 

[Boom_70]

To sum it up thin skinned writer accuses big time columnist of having no soul. I think it's more a case of jealousy.

Jones and Whitlock have a rich history right here on SJ.

At this point Whitlock probably has forgotten who Jones is and Jones still carries a bug up his ass 5 years later.

Here is a sample:
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/948856/

 

[Jersey_Guy]

Spineless? LOL, wow, Boom, that's ridiculous even for you, and that's a fairly low bar after all our years around these parts.

You can call the blog item many things, but when a guy's name is on it, and he's completely laid out his criticism in a public forum, it's anything but spineless.

 

[DanOregon]

I do think the highest tribute you can get as a writer is to have something you wrote quoted. If you are quoted more from stuff you say on TV or radio, you probably are not a writer.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Spineless? Nah. Jones seems comfortable enough with who he is -- even though he has expressed doubts about himself in a number of ways and places.

I liked the blog entry. The only quibble I have is his invoking Ralph Wiley. Maybe he didn't mean it the way it came off to me. Or maybe he did it subconsciously. But by throwing Ralph Wiley in there, it could have either been -- "now here is a controversial writer who knew his craft," or it could have been "I'm going to find a way to make the Ralph Wiley comparison so no one can say I singled out Whitlock because I am racist."

I may be reaching a bit with that. But not intentionally to find fault. It was really something I thought when I saw Ralph Wiley's name pop in there, instead of say Mike Royko (who Whitlock has often compared himself to; I can't remember Whitlock comparing himself to Ralph Wiley, although I may be wrong).

 

[21]

I understand the Wiley reference. I don't understand the Whitlock reference. If you want to take a shot at a guy, there's no shortage of actual Whitlock material to analyze. Why drag him into the (utterly ridiculous) Pearlman thing?

And as for the thread Boom linked above....Jones and Whitlock aside, it should be a case study for Psychotic Episodes 101.

 

[hondo]

Asian transvestite hooker?

 

[JayFarrar]

I've already bookmarked Jones's blog. It is, to say, fantastic.

Surprised to see it took him this long for a shot at Whitlock, who is, as always, a very deserving target.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Whitlock has cited Wiley as a hero and role model many times.

 

[spnited]

Absolutely love this:

"Well, here’s the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul. He’s neither a good reporter nor a good writer. He’s a bloviator who’s somehow carved out a niche for himself as a kind of anti-establishment figure by making references to The Wire and pretending he’s the second coming of Ralph Wiley, when Ralph Wiley would be ****ing mortified to be associated with Whitlock’s brand of self-serving buffoonery."

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Did anyone read the comments?
I think one is from a former poster/posters of SportsJournalists.com who has his own messeboard.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Did anyone read the comments?
I think one is from a former poster/posters of SportsJournalists.com who has his own messeboard.

Can't be him. No mention of helmets or mac and cheese/cream corn buffet

 

[VJ]

Absolutely love this:

"Well, here’s the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul. He’s neither a good reporter nor a good writer. He’s a bloviator who’s somehow carved out a niche for himself as a kind of anti-establishment figure by making references to The Wire and pretending he’s the second coming of Ralph Wiley, when Ralph Wiley would be ****ing mortified to be associated with Whitlock’s brand of self-serving buffoonery."

I kind of hate that part. Unless Jones talked to Wiley and knew how he felt about Whitlock, I hate seeing the unsourced opinions of dead people. It's like having a dead celebrity appear in a commercial for a company they never endorsed.