This is a pro BQ board over here. The Quinn torch and pitchfork club is over on 247 my friend.
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What you have to realize is these writers come in to the press conferences with some outline of what they want to write already. Theyāre just looking for quotes to fill in the gaps. I wish writers would come in with a blank slate and simply ask questions that they are interested in hearing the answer to, but thatās not what gets them paid at the end of the day.
BQās been covering UM basketball for so long that heās run out of content to write about the team 10x over.
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and MGoBlog crowd as well. They think BQ hates Michigan bc heās not a Michigan grad lol
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Now that Iāve started watching the pressers, reading the articles seems so pointless. @tmackie and @ethansears always bring something from outside of the pressers and BQ is such a storyteller that his are typically still worth the read, but itās sad to know what each story is going to be about just from how the question is worded.
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247 has a crusade going on with BQ over the cell phone tweets. Ole Dot gets triggered about Mr. Quinn content.
You should read it.
I agree that you can take the argument a few steps further, and thatās something BQ should do in the summer. Really test the theory out a little more and see what further refinements can be made. But thatās not going to happen in between two tourney games. Most journalism is the first draft of history, not the last word. We could get into a media-ownership structure column if you want to do that too, because for-profit entities have metrics about the volume of content they want to put out to please subscribers and all, and maybe thereās a non-profit model that never publishes anything until itās been fully bulletproofed, or maybe weād prefer they have BQ doing that all summer rather than double-dipping with golf, but that sounds more like an offseason discussion too.
Wrong. I get triggered by poor writing period.
Especially writers who make up stories, something Quinn decided to do a little while back but certainly nothing unique to him or his profession. In fact message board posters often practice the same way.
Anybody who has been paying full attention knows that about me. Accuracy has always been my watchword. The lack of journalistic standards and the failure to hole irresponsible journalists accountable has frequently been an expressed topic of mine without any reference to Quinn whatsoever.
Such that as long as Quinn has been writing Iām supremely confident that during my ācrusadeā that you will not find a criticism by me of his writing other than regarding the stunt he pulled a couple of weeks ago. Not a single one.
Trust you will make the proper notation/correction.
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You would benefit from require a better understanding of what journalists do, how, and how that is changing. Thereās a good conversation to have about accuracy, accountability, Michigan athletics, and where journalists stand there. This season and some of its plot twists would make a great case study. I would propose the offseason for that, because Michigan plays tomorrow.
BQ and Dylan are partners. but I will not pay for BQās content.
So about Colin Castletonā¦
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I teach defamation Hack. I regularly have hard discussions about how journalists operate, especially when it comes to matters of public concern and public figures.
Been around the message board game for a while too so quite familiar with the practice that posters have to cherry pick instances and or take totally out of context discussions that are had elsewhere. Something too that is totally unnecessary. Well maybe shouldnāt say too cause I often get the impression that writers are compelled to embellish (shade the truth) either because they think that it makes for a more interesting read or because of money. Personally Iām not interested in reading stuff from people I canāt trust to be truthful or thorough or not reckless no matter how warm I might feel by what it said. I suspect however most donāt really give a damn though. And writers know that.
In fact right know Iām having a text conversation with a good friend who just informed me that Graham Couch just commented that MSU recruited Gabe Brown over Brandon Johns. And anybody who remotely knows anything about either recruitment knows how inaccurate that is. But Iām sure Couch is a good guy so who gives a crap about whether he accurately reports. Well other than people who demand better.
Anyway would love to engage in a serious discussion about the state of journalism. Something more than the lazy āwell heās a good or bad dudeā analysis.
Let me know when and where.
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Probably not here out of respect for Dylan who Iām sure would rather us find a different setting, but Iām certainly interested. There are some things about The Athletic that may speak to the problem youāre suggesting, but what I see here in this thread is something different. You appear to be taking a dump on the guy for things he cannot control.
This thread is completely off topic. If you guys want to keep having this debate, please take it offline or somewhere else.
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Everyone knows that professional journalism is like a kidsā game of telephone.
For good or for bad, itās just what it is.