Troy Woolfolk is displeased with journalists misinterpreting his tweets (title edit)
Uh oh...T-Woolf (@TWoolf29) is on the prowl. Two tweets from the last hour:
Yall journalist disgust me, y'all read someones tweets and shape a story based off of what you think is being said. Find out the facts!
and, minutes later,
I'm going to find out the lazy reporter who wrote that article and do something cause they got me in trouble over something I didn't say.
I am reminded of a similar situation . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_qXkCPvr6A
(tried and failed to embed...)
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
What article is he referring to?
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:04 PM ^
Unfortunately, the most likely answer is Brian's article. Troy sent the 'bad news for Michigan fans' tweet last night, and within two hours complained "What are yall talking about JT? I am lost right now????"
The only article I can surface on the subject posted between those hours was Brian's, speculating that "Player on team saying bad news + two different sources with identical stories about what that bad news is == 99% true e-rumor."
Although I am not good at surfacing articles, my guess is that Troy Woolfolk is disgusted with our own Brian Cook.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
I don't get it... why tweet then? The timing was mighty coincidental... and Brian quickly updated once it was brought to his attention that this was a mistake.... I'm hoping he's not referring to Brian. Athletes twitter, they need to realize when they do so, it's just like being a the Podium now.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:18 AM ^
Exactly! If he didn't want to "get in trouble" then he shouldn't have written "bad news for Michigan fans."
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
how the "internets" work.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:30 PM ^
He tweets something that may or may not be cryptic
people who live vicariously through T-wolf follow their social networking cites and miss-interpret what was said
Other sites trying to break a story run with it without validating the story
Everyone realizes that step one is wrong/ or right
If wrong, people blame the social network update and not the people running the story
T-wolf jacks all Free Press reporters he sees (prediction)
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
I miss you.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:52 AM ^
My exact sentiments.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^
Don't tweet if you don't want them read. Actions of the journalists are pretty shitty, but to think that people aren't going to be watching this program like hawks is naive. Everyone wants to pump more negativity into Michigan, and they'll go to any length to do so.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:21 PM ^
It's a bad title and he doesn't say he was mad they were read by a journalist.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
He does make a good point. We all know what happens when we assume...
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
Well, dood, if you want to keep your Tweets out of the public eye, you probably should not be publicly tweeting in the first place.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
Sadly Journalists would pick up a chewed piece of gum near the playing field and concoct some sort of odd story involving midgets and a bag of coke.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
That's why you should just quit Twitter.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
Im really not looking forward to the long winded pointers about privacy issues and Twitter. This falls under the category of "Waste of Time."
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:34 PM ^
exactly. We can blame the person for posting something that he may or may not know for sure, but its the irresponsible websites that run it without further validation just to say they broke the story
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:04 PM ^
And the head coach has already had an inservice/meeting with all of the players about all the issues, risks, etc. You know better.
Seriously, blaming a reporter, fan or a blogger for picking this up is just lame.
"WE DIDN"T LISTEN!!!!!"
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
Agreed. What do you expect when you post something about more bad news for Michigan when rumors are swirling about another serious injury?
November 4th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^
Taking ANYTHING from Troy's tweet and posting it as gospel is worse than Troy taking someone to task for making said assumptions.
Seriously, calling Troy a dumbass? Get a life.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
Imagine if Troy plays for Alabama or Florida... Our media is nothing compared to them.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
SEC teams generally have very acquiescent local reporters.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
Local media to us means trying to destroy a coach and program.
November 4th, 2010 at 2:43 AM ^
If Troy played for Alabama or Florida there would at least be other players to replace him, hence not as big of a deal as it is to us.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:19 PM ^
He's not complaining about them being reported, he's complaining about them being reported incorrectly or applying them to a different story.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
The title is not perfect, but I did not intend it to be misleading. I thought it was close enough. The long title would have to be, "Troy Woolfolk is displeased with journalists reading his tweets, making assumptions based on those tweets, and then reporting those assumptions in print using Troy Woolfolk as the source."
November 3rd, 2010 at 11:34 PM ^
Which was true BTW, what WAS it that was all bad news for Michigan and fans weren't going to be happy about? Does he have more info to "report"? Something else going to happen?
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<br>Just sounds like he got caught speaking out of turn and now is deflecting it.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
fuckin journals...im sorry but they are scum...just like paparazzi...they lie and mislead the truth.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:26 PM ^
Everyone lies and misleads the truth...everyone murders...everyone....
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:25 PM ^
Change the title to "Troy Woolfolk is not pleased with journalists misinterpreting his tweets" or something similar. The way you brought up the topic is doing him a disservice. I would call it irony, but it's not really irony.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
The title is doing the exact same thing to Troy that the journalist did to Troy- incorrectly reporting/applying his tweets.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:33 PM ^
No harm was meant by the post. I don't think "misinterpreting" is perfectly accurate, either (see my response above), but I agree it is closer.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
I am taken aback that you both read my post and followed my suggestion. Thanks for reading and bringing up the subject.
As for the facts of the matter, it's hard for me to pick a side until T-Wolf says a bit more on the subject.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:46 PM ^
I am not a frequent poster, and the few posts I make I try to craft rather carefully. There are a lot of intelligent, thoughtful people here, so I believe it's worth some time trying to create clear and accurate comments or topics. I don't have a strong opinion either way about the tweets; I saw them in my feed and thought they were interesting, given Troy's experiences at Big Ten media days.
Plus I thought the "Rambo" quote was apropos.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:36 PM ^
Are we sure the journalist in question was talking about Woolfolk?
Or did they happen to attribute their source to a "Tloy Woorfork" ?
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:46 PM ^
They were probably talking about pr0n.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Sounds like Troy may be someday heading for a career in politics :)
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:15 PM ^
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:48 PM ^
by their purpose "not very well thought out"? its like giving the world a plug directly into your brain the way some people use it and its meant to be instantaneous stuff.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:35 PM ^
he's talking about the Free Press article by Mark Snyder
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
that was the point of twitter...an application that limits how many characters you're allowed to post at once? isn't it all based on being short and open to interpretation?
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:01 PM ^
Maybe Troy should worry more about his rehab instead of his tweeting...We sure need him out there...
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:21 PM ^
... die by the tweet.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:22 PM ^
I would hope that a reporter wouldnt write a story off of a tweet. At least not a respectable reporter...oh wait! Freep? Nevermind. Nough said.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:41 PM ^
Unfortunately most athletes fail to realize that tweeting is not controlable and they seem to be surprised when things they tweet get out beyond the people following them. It really is no different than posting on one own personal webpage.
November 4th, 2010 at 6:50 AM ^
beyond the pale. Please recall it before every snap next year and take it out on the offense. Thank you!