When the Cameron Crazie is on press row

[Della9250]

Sportswriter’s credentials revoked after racial tweet at Duke basketball game

 

[Cosmo]

I didn't know the dude, but I interacted with him on Twitter often. Usually very funny. This clearly was not one of those times.

 

[playthrough]

You might not want to type offensive tweets when your subjects are close enough to read over your shoulder.

Or you just might not want to type offensive tweets, but that's crazy talk.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

That was a stupid thing to do. But God help me, the Cheap Trick line made me laugh.

 

[Big Circus]

That was a stupid thing to do. But God help me, the Cheap Trick line made me laugh.

It made me laugh, too.

Dude clearly understood the tweets would **** someone off - the preemptive reference to his Korean mother was evidence of that. It was his version of "My best friend is black!"

 

[jr/shotglass]

... and I'm going to do roughly the same thing, I imagine.

Because I'm going to preface this by saying Greta's outrage is absolutely valid.

But when you see someone write "My hurt is valid," isn't the first urge to tell them, "No, it's probably not as valid as you think it is if you have to explain it"?

 

[User 4332]

According to the N&O, he got the press pass by saying he works for College Insider, which says he hasn't worked for them in years. Story is getting even crazier:

Banned sportswriter shouldn’t even have had Duke credentials, College Insider says

 

[playthrough]

According to the N&O, he got the press pass by saying he works for College Insider, which says he hasn't worked for them in years. Story is getting even crazier:

Banned sportswriter shouldn’t even have had Duke credentials, College Insider says

So the guy's presumably in his 40s or 50s and he's scheming to get a pass to Cameron for a game against South Dakota. Well done, bro.

 

[Cosmo]

Oh Lonely Tailgater, not like this.

 

[Doc Holliday]

This is what's wrong with today's media. Fanboys gaining access to press row. It happens all over. I'm surprised **** like this doesn't happen more often.

 

[Gator]

"Attaching a photo of her and her friends without their permission?" Since when do you need permission to post a photo of somebody in public?

 

[Doc Holliday]

"Attaching a photo of her and her friends without their permission?" Since when do you need permission to post a photo of somebody in public?

Yeah, I kind of wondered about that myself. She obviously doesn't realize he doesn't need her permission.

 

[Tweener]

This is what's wrong with today's media. Fanboys gaining access to press row. It happens all over. I'm surprised **** like this doesn't happen more often.

I'm surprised Duke's athletics deptartment didn't vet this guy before issuing a credential. Most places I've been around do, to avoid fanboys taking up space on press row.

 

[Doc Holliday]

I'm surprised Duke's athletics deptartment didn't get this get before issuing a credential. Most places I've been around do, to avoid fanboys taking up space on press row.

Yeah, very surprising for a school like Duke. Of all the places I've been, Virginia Tech was the best at cutting this kind of **** out. They run that ship tight and clean. I'm highly impressed with the folks in Blacksburg.

 

[jr/shotglass]

"Attaching a photo of her and her friends without their permission?" Since when do you need permission to post a photo of somebody in public?

Google must think you do ...

 

[MNgremlin]

Google must think you do ...

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[Old Time Hockey]

Ah, getting a credential under false pretenses. A long (and usually unsuccessful) fanboy tradition.

I was once working an NBA game and just before tipoff, the media relations person (who happened to be sitting next to me) got a call that someone was asking for a credential, claiming to be from my paper. We decided to walk out to see who it was (I was really looking forward to saying "Hi, I'm from the Podunk Daily. Who are you?") but the person apparently realized his scam wasn't going to work and took off before we got to will call.

 

[Tweener]

Someone once tried to get a credential to a rock concert using my name and publication. The person issuing the credential didn't just push every request through -- she actually did her homework, thought it was odd that a sports reporter would need a credential and called me at my office to confirm.

I thought it was particularly odd because you typically need photo identification when you pick your credential up. I'm not sure how that was going to work, and the guy never showed up to find out.

 

[Flip Wilson]

I think I've told this story here before, but it fits:

When I was SID at a mid-major, we typically had just a few media folks at most games. The one game each season against our in-state rival always brought out lots of media. I got a request from some guy who said he was working for a publication, but something just seemed sketchy. I called the SE at the publication, and when I mentioned the guy's name, he said, "What's he done now?"

So I left an envelope at will call with the guy's name on it, and inside was a nicely-typed note telling him that his request was denied because I had talked to the SE, and he was welcome to go to the box office and buy a ticket.

 

[Cosmo]

Someone once tried to get a credential to a rock concert using my name and publication. The person issuing the credential didn't just push every request through -- she actually did her homework, thought it was odd that a sports reporter would need a credential and called me at my office to confirm.

I thought it was particularly odd because you typically need photo identification when you pick your credential up. I'm not sure how that was going to work, and the guy never showed up to find out.