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Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:04 pm
Posted by PlaySomeHonk
Montegut La and Liberty MS
Member since Jan 2023
599 posts
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:04 pm
I subscribed to them early on, then in 2022ish, they became a woke arse rag and I quit. Their latest stunt misreporting and misrepresenting the CSC’s investigation into a player at LSU furthers their pattern. They misrepresented via their social media post containing their article, which was headlined by a photo of an LSU Football helmet when zero of the investigation involved the football program. They sacrificed the truth for clicks. This is tantamount to what much of the legacy media does in politics today.

So why are they like they are, which is piss poor IMO? Just look who owns them; The NY Times and that likely explains a lot of it.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
50974 posts
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:07 pm to
Lester Earl about to get on your arse
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
37110 posts
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:16 pm to
They were a joke during the Will Wade FBI stuff reporting complete falsehoods and ignored the stuff with bill self etc.


I cancelled my subscription then and didn’t think twice about that dumb rag.


The nerd ken rosenthal loves to sniff his own farts on that app
Posted by DCtiger1
Member since Jul 2009
11420 posts
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:17 pm to
Something something wherewithal something something LE is a gaping pussy
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
11606 posts
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:23 pm to
They had solid long form articles for awhile. The thing Sports Illustrated and Inside Sports magazine used to excel at. It was a breath of fresh air and worth the subscription cost. They went more clickbait the last few years but do occasionally have a solid writeup.
Posted by El Jefe de Tu Mama
Over there by that place
Member since Dec 2024
1175 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:17 am to
They are political activists posing as sports writers.
Posted by PlaySomeHonk
Montegut La and Liberty MS
Member since Jan 2023
599 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:26 am to
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They are political activists posing as sports writers.


Exactly, vis-a-vis their daddy The NY Times.
Posted by PurpleExile
Member since Dec 2020
601 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:23 am to
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They are political activists posing as sports writers.


Seriously? Is that what you're going to go with?
Do you spend your whole day -- and whole life -- putting a political spin on everything, including sports & games? Your life must be miserable these days with all that's happening.

If The Athletic writes a favorable story about a black athlete, does that make it a "woke publication"? Sounds like it, from the way some people here are responding.

Stop and smell the roses, man. Enjoy the games. Celebrate the success the Tigers are enjoying. Quit trying to drag everything down to an us-versus-them hate fest.







Posted by pgaddxn
between here and there
Member since Jul 2008
654 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:09 am to
Who the frick said anything about skin color?? Find that rose you’re talking about and sniff real hard.
Posted by KC Tiger
Member since Sep 2006
4971 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:18 am to
quote:

Do you spend your whole day -- and whole life -- putting a political spin on everything, including sports & games


I think that is a question better addressed to The Athletic and The NY Times.
Posted by DEG
Atlanta
Member since Jul 2009
10772 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:23 am to
Meh. You have to take the good with the bad, unless you're under the false impression that your favorite news sources never clickbait.
Posted by HueyLongJr
Member since Oct 2007
1016 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:31 am to
The Athletic began to suck when the NYT bought it. Their reporter begging Australian Open players to say something negative about the US was typical fare.
Posted by paleoTiger
Washington
Member since Oct 2014
309 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:19 am to
I feel like we can all agree that the football helmet misrepresented the facts they actually reported on in the story.

But, what makes a publication "woke"?

quote:

This is tantamount to what much of the legacy media does in politics today.

First, "tantamount"? Are you so egregiously offended, sir? Also, this is typical of new/digital media coverage of politics.
Posted by PlaySomeHonk
Montegut La and Liberty MS
Member since Jan 2023
599 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:39 am to
But I damn sure won’t pay for clickbait.
Posted by PlaySomeHonk
Montegut La and Liberty MS
Member since Jan 2023
599 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:46 am to
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
289577 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:51 am to
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Something something wherewithal something something LE is a gaping pussy


You wouldn’t have the gumption to say that to my face. I love to splat snowflakes like you
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
38384 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:15 pm to
Truth. Woke leftist journalism loves to hide behind legit sounding names, The Business Insider is another.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18177 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:55 pm to
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They were a joke during the Will Wade FBI stuff reporting complete falsehoods and ignored the stuff with bill self etc.



And not to mention pretending Duke didn't by Zion's Mom a million dollar home in Durham that everyone - and I mean everyone - knew they did, while not stop carpet bombing WW for doing a pittance in comparison.
Posted by LSU Bayou Jim
Houma, LA
Member since Feb 2013
1188 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:27 pm to
I saw where an Excuse Me Miss site flat out stated it was Kiffin and the football program being investigated by the CSC. I guess those buffoons will say anything to deflect attention away from the trouble they are in.
Posted by LSU Bayou Jim
Houma, LA
Member since Feb 2013
1188 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

If The Athletic writes a favorable story about a black athlete, does that make it a "woke


Seriously??? You were the only individual bringing into this. I guess that would make you racist.....
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