Ann Arbor.com offers apology after Birkett remarks
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/annarborcom-apologizes-for-inappropriate…
I'd like to think this is due to Tater going over there and giving them hell, I'd also like to think that they would fire that asshole, but at least there was an apology.
I didn't see this posted anywhere so I hope I'm not visiting the redundancy dept.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
How about a personal apology to Demar Dorsey? Bet that won't happen.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
Quote:
Demar Dorsey, a blue-chip high school player from Florida who was arrested for burglaries during his teen-age years, but never convicted of any crime. He comes to Michigan with no criminal record and deserves to be treated as such.
Amen - now if only any other reporters acted that way.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
that any other reporter wouldn't make a comment like that in the first place.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
I was wondering how long it'd take to see this.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:13 PM ^
With the track record the Detroit media has going I figured it would be sometime between hell freezing over and pigs flying.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
Must be a chilly day in Hades.
I predicted an apology by about 4:30 yesterday afternoon.
Maybe AA.com had to run it through legal.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
I do not understand how these media types in Michigan get away with some of the stuff they say. He would have been suspended for making comments like that at a real paper.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
hate Birkett. He should have a personal apology instead of one from the paper.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:45 AM ^
I'm fine with the apology but it should have come from Birkett himself like you guys are saying.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:45 AM ^
pussy.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
I hope they hold a press conference so we can badger the hell out of the editor about taking chances on a kid like Birket. The ann arbor website is better than this, they dont need these "types" of reporters around there. They should hold themselves to a higher standard.
bcsblue real good
March 16th, 2010 at 11:47 AM ^
what a little bitch
March 16th, 2010 at 11:47 AM ^
Too late.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
I give them credit for running it.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
He said something dumb, and apparently out of context. Much like you and I have sent an IM without fully thinking about it and hit "post". His employer apologizes on his behalf. What else do you want, blood?
Who is to say that he didn't apologize directly to Dorsey and that we'll never know about it? If he posts an apology, then it would get categorized as contrived and forced.
You got an apology, leave it at that. You think the Freep will ever apologize?
March 16th, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
"What else do you want, blood?"
Unfortunately, yes, some people probably do want that.
I would settle for a trickle from the nose. Who wouldn't laugh if they saw this guy trip and hit the pavement face first? I'm not saying I would trip him myself, but I would stand there clapping, laughing, and pointing at the silly little man.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/asia/17thai.html?src=me
Let's get a blood drive going!!!!
"If he posts an apology, then it would get categorized as contrived and forced. "
Actually, I would categorize that as "manning up."
March 16th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
In other words, this quote was taken out of context, like several posters suggested yesterday, including myself.
Maybe next time people around this board won't be quite so quick to get their panties in a bunch about something like this. Too many of you translate any negative word about Michigan into some sort of challenge to the university's integrity. Step back and take a breath first.
Kudos to AnnArbor.com for offering an apology/explanation.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
When I have kids, I hope they grow up to be just like you.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
Slightly scary men who have a ridiculously intense passion for women in bikinis?
March 16th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
If that's what it takes to be the only voice of reason in a world filled with bias and misinformation, then yes.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:03 PM ^
Whether or not that comment was taken out of context, that was an absolute ridiculous thing for a person calling himself a journalist to say. I'm glad A2.com offered an apology, but to say what he said about an 18 year old kid was shit. He didn't take a shot at U of M, he took a shot at Demar Dorsey.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
Did you read the apology?
Based on your comments throughout this thread, I'm beginning tho think the "b" in joeyb stands for Birkett.
On a completely unrelated Demar note, I'm sitting at home and my window is open, and a car just came down my street bumpin' Wocka Flocka Flame.
Maybe Demar is here to pay Birkett a visit?
Yeah, since he doesn't buy into the mass hysteria on this board, he must be Dave Birkett himself.
If you're not one of us, you're one of them!!!!!!!!!11!!!1
I fail to see mass hysteria
March 16th, 2010 at 12:11 PM ^
Not really. Visit the link again and think through what actually happened. It's not that ridiculous.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^
Do you by some chance, work for annarbor.com?
March 16th, 2010 at 12:13 PM ^
He doesn't have to. He just needs to be able to think from a non-biased perspective.
I'm sorry you're getting negbanged. This is what happens when you disagree with the masses.
Go! Now! Save yourself before it's too late for both of us!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
Adult whose profession requires a high level of ethics conducts chat. Internet prankster who shows up in every chat ever held decides to make stupid remark. Adult whose profession requires a high level of ethics not only responds to internet prankster, he takes it a step further and uses it as an opportunity to ridicule the one internet prankster was taking original potshot at. Even an ounce of restraint would have prevented him from making such an inflammatory comment.
Maybe TomVH's source was right...ethics in journalism really is dead. In that case, fire away Birkett we'll be sure to take everything you say into the fairest context possible.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
Have you never made a comment about a player that has messed up? Or perhaps a joke about MSU's prison yard? Something about casting stones comes to mind here.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
I tend bar and what I say isn't broadcast to the masses. My job is to say what you want to hear so you will give me money.
If that's how Birkett feels about whoever, that's his prerogative. Journalism is a different beast though...he has a code of ethics he has to live by when he's performing his job...therefore he has to keep his personal opinions private if he expects anyone to take him seriously as a respected journalist.
March 17th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
Birkett had a wonderful opportunity, when it happened, to say something about Demar's past, his lack of actual convictions and criminal record, and his entitlement to being treated fairly as a Michigan student athlete.
Birkett blew the opportunity, and ends up looking like almost every other jackass in the MSM.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^
give it a rest.March 16th, 2010 at 12:15 PM ^
If he doesn't, who will?
his sidekick?
March 16th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
I can't see the picture, but I'm assuming it's flattering.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:43 PM ^
the devil's advocate dvd cover...
ed - now looks like it is fixed, but i couldn't see it at first either.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:52 PM ^
mentality you continue to assume is really starting to become annoying. mgopoints should not be confused with authority or even high ground.
They can be exchanged for Krugerrands, though, right? I'm really going to feel like a jerk if the answer is no.
If you go back and look at the thread from yesterday, there were a ton of comments slamming Birkett and about three saying "This was probably taken out of context." I was one of them. I can't go back and erase the fact that many people on this board overreacted.
overreacted. not even close.
You're right.
The point is that you (and others) don't like to be told that the mass hysteria that arises on this board sometimes is all for naught.
I tell people that repeatedly, and you don't like that I do. I get it.
I'm sorry, though. I apologize for pointing out that 80% of the board was wrong. Carry on with your conspiracy theories and Michigan vs. the World attitudes.