Dr. V's magical putter

Please comment more about how being transgendered is a con.

 

Might as well. They both happened before he wrote a word.

 

Exactly.

The author doesn't seem to understand his own story:

And, he seems to take glee in both discovering that she was born a man anatomically, and in relating this fact to the investor:

A "chill" ran up your spine because you realized she was a transgendered? Really? Why?

You can hear the author giggling to himself as he types this paragraph, remembering the original conversation:

And, what was the point of disclosing this fact to the investor, other than to find out if he too would get a chill up his spine? "Surprisingly", he took the news calmly:

Would the article have been any different if all it disclosed was that Dr. V had legally changed her name, and did not possess the credentials she claimed?

 

Would anyone like to take a guess at what percentage of transgendered women attempt suicide?

If a 16-year-old high school kid had outed a transgendered classmate, who then committed suicide, we would call it bullying, and demand prosecution.

And, forgive me if I think the board would be more sympathetic under different circumstances. I remember a time when the suicide death of a person struggling with their gender identity elicited sympathy:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/74653/

 

Gregg Doyel ‏@GreggDoyelCBS

The guy's story led a person to commit suicide. I'm just. I can't.

As a reporter, you find out you have hounded a subject into suicide. And so you write the story ANYWAY? OK, I'm done. Losing it here.

 

Caleb Hannan admits to outing Dr. V's transgendered status to at least one person in the article.

I'm left wondering how many other people did he out her to? Will he tell us? Will anyone ask him?

 

George O'Leary won football games and represented himself as a football coach. Oh, the horrors! Right?

 

ESPN really has its ducks in a row.

KVV agrees that the article "might be the best I've read this month"

Jones is defending, and lashing out at anyone who is criticizing it.

And, the best MacGregor can muster is to see it as a "Good opportunity for a bunch of us to argue craft and best practices."

 

This was a good read: http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2014/01/18/caleb-hannan-gender-identity-and-journalistic-ethics

So I'll ask this: Where are the editors or ESPN legal in a story like this? Hannan did great reporting. Reporter's chops. But *someone* had to have edited it, right? Were there discussions by higher-up editors? Legal?

 

Are people suggesting this wasn't worthy of a story? Or that it should have been spiked?

 

Is that the choice? This article, as reported, and written, or no article?

Do you believe it's "the tale of a troubled man"?

Do you believe it should have been framed where her gender is equated with the lies regarding her education and work credentials? Should the author have outed her to her investor?

And, should the story have been written so that the big reveal is that, She's a man baby!

 

I got it: Hannan was used as a pawn by the golf industry to out Dr. V into suicide so it could steal her recipe.