Media/Journalism Cringe Megathread - Hot off the Presses

[Cherico]

Well if your throwing everything you have into the fight why not throw in a gay combat unit?

 

[SchrodingersWehraboo]

Good old Daily Fail.

 

[Rocinante]

Good old Daily Fail.

I don't think a baby would make a good bomb shelter

 

[Husky_Khan]

New York Magazine's Will Leitch has decided that penalizing athletes (and who knows maybe even lesser people) for being unvaccinated should come to an end even if it feels good.

Lets see this de-evolution...

But as much pleasure as we might derive from dunking on the likes of Novak Djokovic, who allowed Rafael Nadal to pass him as the all-time leader in majors titles because he doesn’t believe in modern science, we have reached a juncture where penalizing vaccine holdouts has become less about public health and more about punishment for the sake of punishment. And at this point, it’s not just the usual vaccine-skeptical dead-enders making this point. Last week, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who wanted a vaccine mandate for his league’s players but couldn’t get the players association to agree, said on ESPN that New York City’s rule barring Irving from playing games in the city, either in Brooklyn or at Madison Square Garden, “doesn’t make sense to me.”

Mmmm yes so much pleasure is derived on dunking on celebrities who don't even register your existence because of a stance on vaccination. I mean we all enjoy dunking on celebrity stupidity but I'm also not a journalist writing for a nationwide magazine.

Djokovic has now said he won’t play in Wimbledon or the French Open if they require vaccination. As tempting as it is to say “Sounds good!,” one still has to wonder what keeping the best player out of the biggest tournaments is supposed to do, particularly if he’s tested during the proceedings, which he would be. It doesn’t keep any other competitors safer. It doesn’t slow the spread of the already-slowing virus. It doesn’t encourage anyone who hasn’t gotten shots to get one. All it does is punish Djokovic. Which, again: I get it. Screw that guy! But is Schadenfreude a good enough reason to keep this policy afloat?

Sooooo frustrating. Why can't we engage in Schadenfreude?

Watching Djokovic play in a major after all the chaos his vaccine hesitancy has caused would be annoying (it’s already somewhat annoying that he’s playing in a lower-level tournament), as would seeing Irving lead the Nets in the playoffs. It would feel like they got away with all their bullshit. But sports has moved on from COVID, as the Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game have made clear. The rest of society — even the cautious slice of it — is headed that way too. So maybe it’s time to let the unvaccinated athletes do the same. Know that it hurts me as much to say this as it hurts you to hear it. But it’s true.

It hurts... IT HURTS!!!

But it's true.... *collapses*

Unfortunately, It’s Time to Let Kyrie Irving Play in NYC

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[Tiamat]

Sigh....the sad state of journalism these days depresses me. That and the ever twisting logic some of these activists, er journalists seem to employ, after going through the last several pages of this thread.

My brain matter is twisting itself into so many knots, I think its beginning to resemble a pretzel...you know, a really big, fat, GERMAN PRETZEL.

Guess there's only one thing left to say to the media then...

EAT ME!!


(Okay, that was kind of lame, but hey, at least give me a gold sticker for the humor effort. )

 

[SchrodingersWehraboo]

Daily Caller getting into the fake news game. Trust no-one but youself.

 

[Cherico]

I think we will have an accurate view of this war in ten years

 

[Tiamat]

Too much dust getting kicked up by both sides. Both intentional and unintentional. Add to that the fog of war and just plain chaos on the battlefield. I concur, we won't have a more accurate picture until after it's all over.

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

Will Leitch

I support prosecuting (in the "harass and shun" meaning of the word) his breed. He loves it doing it to "outsiders" so much, surely he won't mind if we do it to him.

 

[Bacle]

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

Follow the money. Someone had to set this up, by buying materials or "experts".

 

[Cherico]

Follow the money. Someone had to set this up, by buying materials or "experts".

So basically this is now a federal case instead of a state case.

This just escalated for the idiots involved.

 

[PsihoKekec]

Did it? Because the feds are just as likely to intentionally fail the investigation as they are likely fail it unintentionally.

 

[Cherico]

Did it? Because the feds are just as likely to intentionally fail the investigation as they are likely fail it unintentionally.

having it known that their the active hitmen of any one who feels like it is a much bigger hit to their rep then investigating this. We will likely get some low level activist prick then anyone with money but we will likely get some one.

 

[Duke Nukem]

💀 💀 💀

 

[Cherico]

💀 💀 💀

yep hilarious

 

[Bassoe]

The Rise of ‘Weaponized Autism’ What happens when trolls invoke disability in the name of alt-right politics? by Miles Klee on medium magazine. AKA, "reee, only we're allowed to identify ourselves with disorders!"

 

[Sobek]

So much fucking crying. So many straight up lies and slander. Delicious.

 

[SchrodingersWehraboo]

 

[Bacle]