Chris Jones on Jason Whitlock

[Moderator1]

Interesting line: Well, here's the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul


http://sonofboldventure.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-be-professional-writer.html

 

[HejiraHenry]

Strong effort.

 

[Small Town Guy]

There's a 100 percent chance Whitlock erupts on Twitter over this, with references to Omar included.

 

[Webster]

The damn thang got done.

 

[JackReacher]

The damn thang got done.

Excellent!

 

[SF_Express]

GolDANG it Moddy, you beat me to it by a few minutes!

Jones on Posnanski ain't bad, either....

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Interesting that he drops a "working the corners" reference in there. That's one of J-dub's faves as I recall.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Wonder what brought this on.

 

[Boom_70]

To sum it up thin skinned writer accuses big time columnist of having no soul. I think it's more a case of jealousy.

Jones and Whitlock have a rich history right here on SJ.

At this point Whitlock probably has forgotten who Jones is and Jones still carries a bug up his ass 5 years later.

Here is a sample:
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/948856/

 

[Jersey_Guy]

Spineless? LOL, wow, Boom, that's ridiculous even for you, and that's a fairly low bar after all our years around these parts.

You can call the blog item many things, but when a guy's name is on it, and he's completely laid out his criticism in a public forum, it's anything but spineless.

 

[DanOregon]

I do think the highest tribute you can get as a writer is to have something you wrote quoted. If you are quoted more from stuff you say on TV or radio, you probably are not a writer.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Spineless? Nah. Jones seems comfortable enough with who he is -- even though he has expressed doubts about himself in a number of ways and places.

I liked the blog entry. The only quibble I have is his invoking Ralph Wiley. Maybe he didn't mean it the way it came off to me. Or maybe he did it subconsciously. But by throwing Ralph Wiley in there, it could have either been -- "now here is a controversial writer who knew his craft," or it could have been "I'm going to find a way to make the Ralph Wiley comparison so no one can say I singled out Whitlock because I am racist."

I may be reaching a bit with that. But not intentionally to find fault. It was really something I thought when I saw Ralph Wiley's name pop in there, instead of say Mike Royko (who Whitlock has often compared himself to; I can't remember Whitlock comparing himself to Ralph Wiley, although I may be wrong).