Why Scoop's Vegas Column TRUMPS Whitlock's

OK, those defending/criticizing Scoop's writing in vernacular, I have a question. How would you react if ESPN was employing a writer from the Deep South that covered NASCAR and wrote in Southern slang, writing things like, "Did y'all see Jeff Gordon durin' qualifying last weekend? Sure looked like somebody done lit a fire under his britches."?

Would this just be writing that "works for his target demographic" or would it be ignorant writing?

 

Well, doesn't that pride go without saying? For all of us? I see a confererate flag, and I feel so prideful that I wet myself.

 

I'm from Oklahoma, which is kind of the wannabe South, so I get to like all the Southern stuff I want and still hate the Confederacy.

 

The language may be the language that some speak, but as in the rest of life, if you want to be listened to, you first have to be understood.

I feel no societal need to reach out and learn every language spoken in America just so I can be more understanding. English is the language, not ebonics (or Spanish, or German, etc.) and if you don't speak it, I'm going to have a hard time helping you.

 

well said

 

Scoop has the MASTERS DEGREE - Jason barely ascertained his B.A.

I think Scoop knows himself better than Jason.

People who know themselves, and are much more content within themselves. They don't go around CREATING enemies to get attention.

Bottom line: Jason wanted to be ESPN's Houseboy and wanted Scoop (the renegade Darkie - making waves) banished from the plantation. Espn didn't act fast enough so Jason OVER-REACTED and found himself on the outside looking in.

This happens all the time with women.

 

So, whitepages, are you saying that Whitlock wants to be the maid?

 

And now we're comparing college degrees? You've sunk pretty low if this is the direction in which you try to make your point.

 

Hey, Alley, have you ascertained your online PhD yet?

 

All the education in the world doesn't make that column any less a piece of shit. I know plenty of people with masters degrees in journalism who can't write and a few who never finished college that became damn good reporters.

 

I'd say ignorant writing, just like Scoop's.