hey gawker dudes. what the fuck is wrong with you?

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It was a great national opportunity to talk about the role of the news media and about human memory. Kidding! Mostly it was people being total jerks online.

Jesus the writing in that Choire Sicha piece

I don't remember which came first, being unable to pay attention cos it ws too annoying or not knowing what I ws even meant to be attending to cos the tone ws so mercilessly "jokey"

Gawker: a tight ship

is it a gawker thing or a US thing to report on methods of suicide?

a tabloid thing in general? maybe there are laws or something in Britain where some topics are harder to cover for reasons of privacy?

uk editors' code of practice says When reporting suicide, care should be
taken to avoid excessive detail about the method used. but the gutter press frequently ignores this

you dont even report it as suicide here. "tragically" is a codeword.

well now that wd depend who it was surely?

tragically not

The Tragically Not

Don't all newspapers report the method of suicide?

AP style on it is as follows according to the most recent updates, fwiw:

Generally, AP does not cover suicides or suicide attempts, unless the person involved is a well-known figure or the circumstances are particularly unusual or publicly disruptive. Suicide stories, when written, should not go into detail on methods used.

that said more than a few papers/publications don't observe strict AP style the most obv example being the new york times

journalistic ethics guidelines are more than a little like medieval usury laws

no really, it's like . . . hemiola

... Plz, bring it

This is the most passive aggressive thread lol

Nah I feel like the two of us have done a pretty good job making it aggressive-aggressive

aggressive-regressive

it was a fun thread to drink to, anyway

as the sun rises in the east, so must the denton-smith pissing contest rage on
http://gawker.com/vice-and-bank-of-america-are-making-overdraft-fees-cool-1699215602

xps lol there's no point in 'bringing it' -- the world doesn't need several dozen more posts of your relentless stupidity -- i was just a lil frustrated after having caught up on the thread

when you talk nonsense about music and musicians tell you you're full of shit and then you keep going anyway, it's kind of cute in a look-at-the-seven-year-old way. when whiney zings you he's just playing peekaboo with a baby! when you talk nonsense about other things it isn't cute, just dumb

that amy pascal jezebel piece whoa

http://jezebel.com/this-is-amazing-amy-pascals-cheap-crotch-intensive-bea-1698863025

that is a sterling example of the kind of blithe, pious sociopathy a pro-blogging gig can encourage, right down to the "no it's a compliment, besides who cares they're rich and famous!"

xps lol there's no point in 'bringing it' -- the world doesn't need several dozen more posts of your relentless stupidity -- i was just a lil frustrated after having caught up on the thread

when you talk nonsense about music and musicians tell you you're full of shit and then you keep going anyway, it's kind of cute in a look-at-the-seven-year-old way. when whiney zings you he's just playing peekaboo with a baby! when you talk nonsense about other things it isn't cute, just dumb

― mookieproof, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 12:55 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Stop beating around the bush-- I literally don't know what your problem is not what you're even talking about most of the time here-- if you have an issue stop being a vague punk and tell me wtf the problem is

"Relentless stupidity" I call bullshit ... You're clearly angry about something specific

first para here breaks it down to an extent http://www.fastcompany.com/3045297/today-in-tabs/today-in-tabs-lemon-aid

when you talk nonsense about music and musicians tell you you're full of shit and then you keep going anyway

Like wtf is this even a reference to? A three year old argument you're clearly misremembering? (I was a musician you dumb fuck)

I thought this stupid argument is over but Mookie is picking at the scab

as the sun rises in the east, so must the denton-smith pissing contest rage on
http://gawker.com/vice-and-bank-of-america-are-making-overdraft-fees-cool-1699215602

― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:48 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

if you think criticizing a major journalism organization for teaming up with bank of america for a show about teach finance to young people is about a CEO pissing match you need to take a step back from the internet for a second

As far as the Amy pascal thing I wonder if I'd be more offended if I could make it through a post devoted to someone's Amazon drug store shopping cart without Finding something better to read

xp a soft poke (at worst) about a rivalry between new media organizations does not mean i think vice deserves a pass for doing that, either, but alright

What, this thread?

yeah what is the deal with people reading vile posts to the end? xxp

Xpost

"jesus stop being offended by dumb shit and focus on what's important, now where was i...FUCK YOU MOOKIEPROOF FUCK YOU"

BoA-Vice post reads more like somebody who got an overdraft fee

BREAKING: parking tickets EXTREMELY profitable for your county

"jesus stop being offended by dumb shit and focus on what's important, now where was i...FUCK YOU MOOKIEPROOF FUCK YOU"

― da croupier, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:42 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Plz get off my nuts your entire presence is pointless

will somebody think of the poor disgraced rich celebrities who speaks for them i ask you who

oh c'mon, clover, don't go there

this thread is crowded enough without intentional misreads

(anyone else sing the thread title to the tune of "Wham Rap!"?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msKI1T9i710

What, this thread?

― da croupier, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:40 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And to answer your question, yes

Mookie sending aimless shots two days late is just an unfortunate side effect

sorry

i was busy

xp "besides who cares they're rich and famous!" is the worst defence. That Jezebel writer is a real piece of work.

i don't really think that piece needs a defense? its celebrity tabloid journalism about somebody who already had all their emails picked over in public for good cause, and compared to that the various personal beauty products they bought on amazon are hardly... noteworthy? it reads as a sort of silly ridiculous piece to me, not like a vicious mean-spirited one. this is just typical celeb gossip in the scheme of things -- wtf am i missing?

did we all of a sudden decide that very rich famous people now get to have strong protection of privacy overnight? this has basically never been the case. are people unfamiliar with the concept of a tabloid?

actually "they're famous" is a good defense btw, in that there are legal rulings that specifically say that people in the public eye have less of an expectation of privacy vis a vis news stories, etc. so it is in fact literally a defense.

What was the "good cause" of making these things public? I wasn't aware anyone genuinely believed that there was one.