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ESPN writers/editors - do any of them know how to write?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:10 am
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:10 am
I constantly see headlines, taglines and sentences like this on the ESPN site:
WTF? Did anyone read it before or after it was published to the site?
WTF? Did anyone read it before or after it was published to the site?
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Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:12 am to cwill
Mike Reiss is probably their best writing talent.
I busted out laughing when he ripped his editor a new one during a live fan chat for his shitty headlines during the Deflategate fiasco.
I busted out laughing when he ripped his editor a new one during a live fan chat for his shitty headlines during the Deflategate fiasco.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:13 am to cwill
Sports journalists are below-average in intelligence and trending lower in terms of quality.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:18 am to cwill
Most game recaps, or things like this are generated by an algorithm that writes based off of box scores.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:21 am to McCaigBro69
TYFYS
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:23 am to Lou Pai
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Sports journalists are below-average
This. Even at its peak, sports journalism wasn't very good.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:26 am to McCaigBro69
No excuses bro. Maybe we should have writing sweat shops in China.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:26 am to cwill
None of them know how to write sports, but they'll blast trump on twitter any chance they get.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:33 am to cwill
but they still have Jamele Hill 
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:44 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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None of them know how to write sports, but they'll blast trump on twitter any chance they get.
So one fricking person?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:19 am to cwill
What is so crazy about that headline that you snipped and posted?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:32 am to LSU Coyote
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What is so crazy about that headline that you snipped and posted?
I was wondering the same thing.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:34 am to CocomoLSU
Only thing I can think of is the bolded part kinda runs right into the second sentence and the second sentence might make it sound like this game was played right after the super bowl comeback.
I didn't think it was bad though.
I didn't think it was bad though.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:42 am to LSU Coyote
I'm not sure he can read.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 11:13 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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None of them know how to write sports, but they'll blast trump on twitter any chance they get
I know how to write and I don't blast Trump on Twitter. What does that make me?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 11:57 am to Lou Pai
I enrolled at LSU intending to be a sportswriter and I realized it would be a total waste of time and brain power within my first semester.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 11:58 am to LSU Coyote
Kept the scoreboard uneven? What kind of ridiculous phrasing is that? I assume that’s the noteworthy part.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:04 pm to Lou Pai
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Sports journalists are below-average in intelligence and trending lower in terms of quality.
As long as they provide a "clever" headline, their bosses are happy. Like "Patriot Games". Because that's never been used before.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:56 pm to TheWalrus
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Kept the scoreboard uneven? What kind of ridiculous phrasing is that? I assume that’s the noteworthy part.
Understand.
Just not the best example.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 1:03 pm to cwill
Keep in mind, a large chunk of them are Patriot fans that work there. So they were probably too giddy to worry about grammar and verbiage. They were just ready to shite post ASAP.
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