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Rob Parker controversy

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Pulitzer Wannabe, Dec 22, 2008.

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  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Like it or not, it is news.
     
    Drip, Jan 7, 2009
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  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Barf.
    We are not the news and people don't give a shit about us no matter how much we like to think otherwise.
    A lot bigger stuff happened with the Lions than some columnist popping off and getting canned.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 7, 2009
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  3. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    True, but if it wasn't news, then why is so much being made about it? A controversy, like it or not, was created.
     
    Drip, Jan 7, 2009
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  4. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    We're making a deal out of it here because it is OUR industry. The rest of them? As someone said, slow slow day I guess. The public in general could not give a rat's royal red ass about this.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 7, 2009
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  5. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Funny you should say slow news day. Rob said the exact same thing when Fox aired it.
     
    Drip, Jan 7, 2009
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  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Good for Rob.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 7, 2009
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  7. ajp1984

    ajp1984 Member

    Really? Check the comment threads on Parker-related stories that ran on national sports Web sites the past few weeks. Counts are well into the hundreds, if not higher. I'd say there is plenty of interest.
     
    ajp1984, Jan 7, 2009
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  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Comment threads, huh? Yeah, I've checked some of those before.
    Most of those numnuts will comment on anything that's thrown up there. I'm not saying people aren't reading it. People ARE making a story out of it. If it was not written about or talked about, I say there would be no outcry. At all.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 7, 2009
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  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

     
    mustangj17, Jan 7, 2009
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  10. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Oh, I have a cluster of friends who aren't in the business who find Rob's antics
    markedly entertaining.

    But note . . . we're talking about train-wreck-calibre entertainment.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jan 7, 2009
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  11. Buck Hill

    Buck Hill New Member

    Moderator 1, about 99 percent of the time I agree with you. And maybe this didn't deserve time on the Mike and Mike show, but in Michigan this is big news. It's one of the most read stories on the Free Press Web site as well as one of the most commented on stories on MLive. People are passionate about Rob Parker — mostly against Rob Parker.
     
    Buck Hill, Jan 8, 2009
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  12. ajp1984

    ajp1984 Member

    Ummm, wouldn't that apply for just about everything we report on? With that logic, if the Free Press never wrote or talked about Kwame Kilpatrick and his inability to keep his cell phone in his pants, there would be no outcry. And he would still be mayor. Eek.

    Bottom line, the Parker situation is big news in Michigan and intriguing nationwide.
     
    ajp1984, Jan 8, 2009
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