"Stop enabling Barstool's ****"

[Chef2]

Portnoy needs to be taken out and have the **** beat out of him on a daily basis.
Should be part of a daily checklist...

****, shower, shave? Check.
Cup of Joe on the way into work? Check.
Check emails and thumb through favorite sites for the first little bit at work? Check.
Take Portnoy out into the back alley and pummel him with a 2x4? Check.

 

[Slacker]

This was entertaining on so many levels.

Barstool Sports

The formula:
A: Portnoy to guest: "OK, you can take only one bite before you score it."
2: Portnoy takes two or three bites before he scores it.
iii: Portnoy then ****s all over his guest's score.

Usually worth it to see the guests, but Portnoy needs a side of STFU.
And, this time, neither of them scored it after just one bite. Focus, bro!

 

[Guy_Incognito]

No more DeCourcey rule around here?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Impersonating another reporter, eh?

Joseph Curtatone sues Kirk Minihane and Barstool Sports

 

[justgladtobehere]

Dave Brown, a writer for the Concord Monitor who is also a lawyer, is calling bull****.



His argument is that the issue isn't consent to be recorded, but knowledge of being recorded, which the mayor did have.

I have to agree with a point he made in another tweet, the complaint is filed with extraneous bull**** about Barstool that is irrelevant and designed to make the company look bad.

 

[Chef2]

Dave Brown, a writer for the Concord Monitor who is also a lawyer, is calling bull****.



His argument is that the issue isn't consent to be recorded, but knowledge of being recorded, which the mayor did have.

I have to agree with a point he made in another tweet, the complaint is filed with extraneous bull**** about Barstool that is irrelevant and designed to make the company look bad.

Give Portnoy time. He'll make Barstool look bad all by himself.

 

[typefitter]

Dave Brown, a writer for the Concord Monitor who is also a lawyer, is calling bull****.



His argument is that the issue isn't consent to be recorded, but knowledge of being recorded, which the mayor did have.

I have to agree with a point he made in another tweet, the complaint is filed with extraneous bull**** about Barstool that is irrelevant and designed to make the company look bad.

That extraneous stuff is pretty normal in complaints, I think. Ontario is a no-fault divorce province, so why you broke up has no material effect on anything. I've sat in that court and you still better believe that everyone points out the bad **** the other person did just in case it helps sway the judge when it comes to whatever actual legal decisions he's making.

 

[sgreenwell]

Dave Brown, a writer for the Concord Monitor who is also a lawyer, is calling bull****.



His argument is that the issue isn't consent to be recorded, but knowledge of being recorded, which the mayor did have.

I have to agree with a point he made in another tweet, the complaint is filed with extraneous bull**** about Barstool that is irrelevant and designed to make the company look bad.

But doesn't it matter *who* is doing the recording? Like, I'm way more willing to let my niece record me for a school assignment, vs. TMZ recording me for whatever reason. I'd imagine that the mayor's lawyer will argue that the mayor couldn't properly give consent if the recorder was lying about his identity to begin with.

 

[justgladtobehere]

But doesn't it matter *who* is doing the recording? Like, I'm way more willing to let my niece record me for a school assignment, vs. TMZ recording me for whatever reason. I'd imagine that the mayor's lawyer will argue that the mayor couldn't properly give consent if the recorder was lying about his identity to begin with.

No, that is Dave Brown's point. Consent to be recorded isn't the issue; knowledge that you are being recorded is the issue. A person can give consent on a fraudulent basis, but having knowledge of being recorded cannot be fraudulently obtained. Consent is personal and involves the recorded person's intent. Knowledge is objective and does not involve whether somebody wanted something. "Do you want to be recorded?" is different from "You are being recorded."

 

[bigpern23]

But doesn't it matter *who* is doing the recording? Like, I'm way more willing to let my niece record me for a school assignment, vs. TMZ recording me for whatever reason. I'd imagine that the mayor's lawyer will argue that the mayor couldn't properly give consent if the recorder was lying about his identity to begin with.

The complaint specifically says the recording violated MGLA 272 section 99, which pertains to secret recordings. The recording was not secret. He thought he was being recorded by a news organization and, even if he hadn't consented, it would be allowed under Massachusetts law because he was aware of the recording.

For all I know, there may be a law on the Massachusetts books that prohibits the impersonation of someone else to obtain a recording, but the complaint does not cite one.

Obviously, this is completely unethical and Barstool continues to earn its lowly reputation among the dregs of sports media, but it doesn't appear to be illegal.

 

[justgladtobehere]

The complaint specifically says the recording violated MGLA 272 section 99, which pertains to secret recordings. The recording was not secret. He thought he was being recorded by a news organization and, even if he hadn't consented, it would be allowed under Massachusetts law because he was aware of the recording.

For all I know, there may be a law on the Massachusetts books that prohibits the impersonation of someone else to obtain a recording, but the complaint does not cite one.

Obviously, this is completely unethical and Barstool continues to earn its lowly reputation among the dregs of sports media, but it doesn't appear to be illegal.

Brown has posted some case law on the issue.


BOYARSKY, COMMONWEALTH vs., 452 Mass. 700

and I can't find the other one now.

From the quick look at it, it's a poorly written statute in my view. Its intent is clearly to legalize police wiretaps, but it extends to non-law enforcement individuals recording each other. I don't know whether the standard should be the same, but writing separate statutes for these different circumstances seems better.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Give Portnoy time. He'll make Barstool look bad all by himself.

*is already making Barstool look bad all by himself.

 

[heyabbott]

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

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I only regret that I have but one like to give for this photo.

 

[swingline]

That tip jar needs to buy an apostrophe.

 

[CD Boogie]

That tip jar needs to buy an apostrophe.

You're prawn about that.

 

[swingline]

Might even be a jumbo shwimp.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Saw the profile done by Soledad O'Brien for Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports" on HBO. Guy seems like a real peach.

 

[playthrough]

Saw the profile done by Soledad O'Brien for Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports" on HBO. Guy seems like a real peach.

On more than one occasion that female CEO seemed to bite her tongue before defending Portnoy. But the money's great, so keep on shoveling the b.s. about how he's on-brand and blah blah blah.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

From journalism/production standpoint, shouldnt they have run at least 30 secs of the interview with the Ria kid?

Knowing that cutting it entirely gives an easy piece of criticism for the Minihanes of the world to latch on to and invalidate the entire piece, seems very foolish to leave that door wide open