Chris Jones on Jason Whitlock

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I understand the Wiley reference. I don't understand the Whitlock reference. If you want to take a shot at a guy, there's no shortage of actual Whitlock material to analyze. Why drag him into the (utterly ridiculous) Pearlman thing?

And as for the thread Boom linked above....Jones and Whitlock aside, it should be a case study for Psychotic Episodes 101.

 

[hondo]

Asian transvestite hooker?

 

[JayFarrar]

I've already bookmarked Jones's blog. It is, to say, fantastic.

Surprised to see it took him this long for a shot at Whitlock, who is, as always, a very deserving target.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Whitlock has cited Wiley as a hero and role model many times.

 

[spnited]

Absolutely love this:

"Well, here's the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul. He's neither a good reporter nor a good writer. He's a bloviator who's somehow carved out a niche for himself as a kind of anti-establishment figure by making references to The Wire and pretending he's the second coming of Ralph Wiley, when Ralph Wiley would be forking mortified to be associated with Whitlock's brand of self-serving buffoonery."

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Did anyone read the comments?
I think one is from a former poster/posters of SportsJournalists.com who has his own messeboard.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Did anyone read the comments?
I think one is from a former poster/posters of SportsJournalists.com who has his own messeboard.

Can't be him. No mention of helmets or mac and cheese/cream corn buffet

 

[VJ]

Absolutely love this:

"Well, here's the stone-cold truth, kids: Jason Whitlock has no soul. He's neither a good reporter nor a good writer. He's a bloviator who's somehow carved out a niche for himself as a kind of anti-establishment figure by making references to The Wire and pretending he's the second coming of Ralph Wiley, when Ralph Wiley would be forking mortified to be associated with Whitlock's brand of self-serving buffoonery."

I kind of hate that part. Unless Jones talked to Wiley and knew how he felt about Whitlock, I hate seeing the unsourced opinions of dead people. It's like having a dead celebrity appear in a commercial for a company they never endorsed.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Did anyone read the comments?
I think one is from a former poster/posters of SportsJournalists.com who has his own messeboard.

Can't be him. No mention of helmets or mac and cheese/cream corn buffet

The commenter right below his mentions his "little messageboard."

 

[dooley_womack1]

Damn, I gotta get that blue font looked at

 

[Boom_70]

I guess Jones never read Whitlock's beautiful tribute to his friend and mentor - Ralph Wiley:

http://books.google.com/books?id=uSEpjUH7DNIC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=jason+whitlock+%28ralph+wiley%29&source=bl&ots=2JyhJoB6ab&sig=aLnx1664QS30xE3zQnKtTADp1HY&hl=en&ei=oRs-Tdb7CIa8lQe2n-HnBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=jason%20whitlock%20%28ralph%20wiley%29&f=false

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Whitlock ready to go full Marlo:

http://twitter.com/#!/WhitlockJason/status/29704242956599297