Chris Jones on Jason Whitlock

Um ... did I miss something yesterday?

 

Yes, unrest in North Africa continued, and some politician made a speech in Washington and a lot of other politicians talked about it.

 

Some of them even looked into the camera.

 

By the way, Jones' second piece is a great example of how a positive opinion piece is much easier to substantiate than a negative one. When he writes about his love for the craft, he doesn't need to convince me.

Now compare that to his post about Andy/Whitlock. Same amount of persuasive evidence (that is to say, little to none), but it's flaws are more glaring because I see negativity and respond with skepticism. Just as I saw his positivity and responded with belief.

 

Maybe so but, I gotta be honest, the reason I keep checking back on this thread is to see if Whitlock has fired his return volley yet. Like it or not, the negative warfare shit sells.

 

Substantiate: Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Not saying we should all kiss babies here. Just positive declarations slip by easier without supporting evidence. If you go negative, you've gotta bring the goods.

 

Whitlock returns fire:
http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2011/01/ksk-super-bowl-celebrity-pickakke-jason-whitlock.html

 

I am sure that went over the heads of 90 percent of the people who read it.

 

If you follow JW on Twitter, that Magary thing was fucking hilarious.

You do have to give credit to Whitlock for the ability to laugh at himself.

Whitlock on Twitter:

I wanted to hate this, but I literally have tears in my eyes from laughing. Drew Magary does the damn thang!!! http://bit.ly/gCsu69

 

That was hilarious.

 

Good column by Whitlock on Cutler and athletes tweeting.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/chicago-bears-qb-jay-cutler-might-have-quit-way-before-sunday-012711

I’m good at Twitter. I’ve been earning a living as a writer for 20 years. I’ve hosted radio and TV shows. I’ve learned the art of condensing my thoughts to a short sound bite.

Athletes haven’t. For the most part, athletes need to be interpreted. I’m not calling them stupid. I was once an athlete. Factory workers, doctors, nurses, policemen, etc. haven’t been trained in the skill of tight, concise communication, either.

Hell, many accomplished writers have little skill in tight, concise communication. Take away their plethora of editors, give them three or four hours to craft a well-constructed argument rather than three to four months to pen a single story and you’d be shocked at how poorly they write and the immaturity of their critical thinking.

They'd sound as disingenuous and inarticulate as Antonio Cromartie, the cuss-word-happy Jets cornerback who I called out earlier this week for undermining his union’s labor negotiations because he has nine kids by eight women (that we know of).

 

Point Whitlock. Well struck.