Deadspin with some more solid investigative journalism

[doodah]

You know, some people poo poo Deadspin's work, but I'm a fan of what they do. I also enjoy how they'll tell us their process of investigation even before the final story is complete. Latest example below:

http://deadspin.com/5876913/alabama-tv-station-airs-teabagging-video-that-features-station-sports-guys-son

 

[Gator]

Exhibit A of why I'll always hate Deadspin and blogs in general:

"(By the way, we've gotten emails indicating that the victim is indeed alive. We'll have more on this later, and we apologize for passing on rumors earlier that the man might have died.)"

Oh, and you may want to remove "journalism" from the thread title. Journalists don't "pass on rumors."

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Minor details!

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Exhibit A of why I'll always hate Deadspin and blogs in general:

"(By the way, we've gotten emails indicating that the victim is indeed alive. We'll have more on this later, and we apologize for passing on rumors earlier that the man might have died.)"

Oh, and you may want to remove "journalism" from the thread title. Journalists don't "pass on rumors."

Were you around for Katrina?

 

[Gator]

Exhibit A of why I'll always hate Deadspin and blogs in general:

"(By the way, we've gotten emails indicating that the victim is indeed alive. We'll have more on this later, and we apologize for passing on rumors earlier that the man might have died.)"

Oh, and you may want to remove "journalism" from the thread title. Journalists don't "pass on rumors."

Were you around for Katrina?

Not sure what you mean.

 

[doodah]

Should they ignore the subject? They made a mistake in saying he was dead, so they fixed their mistake.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Is Alabama even in Deadspin's coverage area?

 

[GidalKaiser]

Oh, and you may want to remove "journalism" from the thread title. Journalists don't "pass on rumors."

Really? Do you not have a twitter feed or listen to the mothership's TV programming or radio stuff? It's not just the four-letter network, either.

 

[Gator]

Oh, and you may want to remove "journalism" from the thread title. Journalists don't "pass on rumors."

Really? Do you not have a twitter feed or listen to the mothership's TV programming or radio stuff? It's not just the four-letter network, either.

What does that tell you? I meant what I said.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Already got a thread going on it.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/88165/

 

[imjustagirl]

Is Alabama even in Deadspin's coverage area?

This was well done.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Oh, and as for Chris Kelley, the troll who tried to take credit for the incident, congratulations to him. We tracked down his wife, her place of work, her phone number, and even called her boss. Chris Kelley sent us on a wild goose chase that included our informing his wife's boss that he had confessed to a sexual assault. Successful troll!

Yeah, this is solid investigative journalism

 

[doodah]

Hate on them all you want, but Deadspin has not only possibly the funniest writers on the Internet, but also the greatest amount of user interaction. It's amazing how much they were able to find with the help of their readers. And I like that they disclose everything about their process. Should Deadspin have told his wife's boss that? It's debatable, but at least they admitted it.

 

[Spartan Squad]

BTW, no one has won a Pulitzer Prize because they opened a tip line and printed what responders said. Just sayin'

Funniest writers on the Internet? The Onion writers might have something to say about that.

 

[doodah]

Furthermore, I'm pretty sure 99.9 percent of this board would agree Deadspin is a destination job writers dream of getting.

 

[Ace]

Hate on them all you want, but Deadspin has not only possibly the funniest writers on the Internet, but also the greatest amount of user interaction. It's amazing how much they were able to find with the help of their readers. And I like that they disclose everything about their process. Should Deadspin have told his wife's boss that? It's debatable, but at least they admitted it.

I'll give it too you, doods. They are pretty good at practically investigating random videos showing drunken, obnoxious jerks acting like assholes.

 

[playthrough]

Hate on them all you want, but Deadspin has not only possibly the funniest writers on the Internet, but also the greatest amount of user interaction. It's amazing how much they were able to find with the help of their readers. And I like that they disclose everything about their process. Should Deadspin have told his wife's boss that? It's debatable, but at least they admitted it.

Can you please quantify "greatest amount of user interaction"?

 

[doodah]

Look at all the comments on all the stories, the amount of tips they get to investigate different things. Their coverage area is the whole United States but they don't use credentials or anything. They rely on readers to tip them off.

 

[imjustagirl]

They don't use credentials or anything. They rely on readers to tip them off.

Yep, great "journalism" there.

 

[Pilot]

Furthermore, I'm pretty sure 99.9 percent of this board would agree Deadspin is a destination job writers dream of getting.

I, for one, dream of writing about nothing but who athletes, ESPN cameramen and sons of small Alabama TV stations are having sex with.

Oh, wait, I wouldn't ever want to do that.

What I would love to do, though, is not actually produce anything myself, but instead get emails links to YouTube videos, write a few snarky lines, call and harass some emailer's wife and call myself an investigative journalist. That's what I'd really like to do.

Oh, wait. I wouldn't want to do that either.

What I would REALLY REALLY like to do is get inflammatory tips about minor celebrities or athletes emailed to me from other people trying to get paid, then publish those emails without doing any legwork, allowing me to both spread potentially bull**** rumors AND claim I didn't spread bull**** rumors about anyone because I just passed along this hilarious email from an idiot trying to get a payday.

Oh. Damn, nope. I don't want to do that either.

What part of life at Deadspin am I envious of again?