NYT Obliterates Lolo Jones

Ward Cleaver thinks there's a lesson to be learned from all this.

 

Burt Ward?





Holy hurdles, Batman!

 

Did the NYT obliterate Dan O'Brien in 1992 when he didn't make the Olympics?

 

Given that Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells were the U.S. medalists, I've had to slow down to avoid calling either of them Dawn Wells.

 

She's just pissed that coquette Ginger gets all the coverage.

 

Just looking at her, it's pretty evident she has little coverage.

 

It looks like she was the model for the current female sprinter outfits.

 

Jason Whitlock answers, throwing Serena Williams into the mix: http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/track/story/lolo-jones-serena-williams-defenders-need-to-stop-crying-about-critics-080812

From the column:

<i>One of my favorite writers at Deadspin, Emma Carmichael, wrote a long “how-to guide” for Crip Walking, explained how the dance has gone mainstream and described Serena’s two critics as “crusty” and “panicky.”</i>

Later: <i>If Emma Carmichael wants to prove how un-racist and cool she is, spend the day crafting a how-to guide for black writers looking to get a job at Deadspin. White folks defending black folks' right to dance and entertain is so 1920s. You want to break some new ground, demand that Gawker put some dark faces in the limo all the cool Deadspin liberals are filling up to defend Serena.</i>

 

Totally not getting what the fuss is all about

 

The Times' public editor responds: Too harsh.

http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/lolo-jones-article-is-too-harsh/

 

I like Jason Whitlock's stuff a bunch ... but Jennifer Floyd Engel? Really? She's one of your favorite sportswriters? My word ...

 

Good for the Public editor:

I queried the sports editor about it, and his response was that “One person’s harsh is another person’s tough minded,” and that the writer, “while acknowledging Jones’s accomplishment and qualities of perseverance and candor, thinks this female athlete fell short.”

Who is the NYT Sports Editor now? Last we knew Joe Sexton was the interim SE also running the Metro desk.