The Busch Light guy and the Des Moines Register

Awwww, poor Gannett is upset:

Operating entity for new cross-Iowa bike ride was launched more than a year before RAGBRAI director left his job

 

Gannett just doesn’t get it do they?

 

No one outside Iowa cares about this story.

RAGBRAI will be just fine.

I can't think of too many entities where the leadership is ("was") more self-important than the leadership of RAGBRAI.

 

But why does the handling of the Carson King story bleed over to this bike thing? The employee couldn't talk about the story so why would he resign the as director of something unrelated? And what part of the story is he upset about, mentioning the subject's twitter comments or the writer getting canned because of his twitter comments?

 

Because the "R" in RAGBRAI is Register's.

So it's easy to associate with -- even though the newscast and the bicycle ride really aren't that connected, from a logistical standpoint.

I have no issue with Gannett reporting about the former ride leaders bolting and, apparently, making plans a year before. They already had a foot out the door and, with the King story, decided to jump right away.

This could turn into a bizarre business civil war. RAGBRAI is a major brand for bicyclists, one with multi-year contracts. Are these businesses/sponsors going to pull out of this race for another race that might not have the same branding, number of cyclists or fans?

Another element -- and it's no small thing. Security and policing. Will law enforcement or even cities/towns have to "take sides" on this? RAGBRAI usually takes a variation of three different routes every year (north, middle, south). If a city agrees to be an overnight host for the New Race, will RAGBRAI blacklist that city in the future? That's a major economic impact for these little towns.

 

If anyone cares:

Ex-Des Moines Register reporter suggests Carson King shares blame for 'unfair' firing

 

> formerly a trending-news reporter

Honestly, he's better off.

 

That line caught my eye too ...

 

HIS EDITOR SIGNED OFF ON ADDING THE RACIST TWEET BIT TO THE STORY.

Shame on DMR editors for being such cowards.

 

He was treated unfairly, but as someone said, he's better off. Leave newspapers in his rearview mirror as we all should. Get out.
That was a great story by the way. He made some excellent points.
I still say the editors made a big mistake in just tacking on the 3 graphs about his tweets from the past. Once the tweets were discovered, you either go for it and make the story about the tweets or don't mention them at all. Tell the Busch guy to expunge them from his twitter.

 

The DMR reporter is such a stereotype. Points finger everywhere else, doesn't stop to say he handled the whole thing poorly. Blames management, right-wing media - of course - and ignorant readers. He was chasing clicks and wanted to make himself part of the story. It backfired. Move on, take the L, stop blaming the subject when you read the room completely wrong.