Veiled TomVH reference in Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/football-news/headlines/2…
This is yesterday's news, but a) I just read the paper and b) I searched and didn't see it posted, so I think I've satisfied the flow chart criteria. Anyway, note the reference to "a Michigan blogger." I have to believe the article author is referring to this post from TomVH:
http://mgoblog.com/diaries/tomvh-te-chris-barnett-visit-reaction
I suppose more attribution than "a Michigan blogger" might have been nice, but at least it's good to see that at least some reporters still do a bit of research on their subject prior to writing an article.
February 4th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
MSM reporters are not allowed to give specific credit to bloggers. causes universe asplode.
February 4th, 2011 at 8:13 PM ^
I love that.
February 5th, 2011 at 8:01 AM ^
.......dividing by zero.
February 4th, 2011 at 4:39 PM ^
That would have required the reporter do some research to figure out what VH stands for.
February 4th, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
1. Go to Google
2. Type "TomVH"
3. Look at 1st result
February 4th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^
Didn't your teacher ever tell you that Twitter is not a reliable resource of information?
February 4th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
Back to Wikipedia + Ctrl C
February 4th, 2011 at 4:52 PM ^
do research. That stopped about 3 years ago
/at least with the Freep, and most MSM
February 4th, 2011 at 5:12 PM ^
The Freep did a ton of research for their story. But that wasn't the issue. What was the issue was that they manipulated, misrepresented, and vastly overstated the findings. The media were originally intended to be conveyors of facts and truth, but the Freep had a particular agenda and said to hell with the truth in order to fulfill it.
"Michigan spent 30 min/week stretching beyond NCAA limits" does not make for a very compelling headline and would have rendered all the time spent researching the story pretty meaningless (and at a significant cost to the paper, which they would not have recouped by being honest).
February 4th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
Most MSM stopped long before that...long before...but I understand the Freep ref.
February 4th, 2011 at 5:29 PM ^
you forgot steps 1 through 1,000,000
1. turn on computer
2. ask what a computer is
3. turn on monitor
4....
February 4th, 2011 at 4:39 PM ^
Booyah TomVH!
February 4th, 2011 at 4:45 PM ^
Sounds like the writer is implying that blogger is a dirty word.
February 4th, 2011 at 5:41 PM ^
The author is writing for 'The Dallas Morning News'...part of the old guard of national news circulations. I'll give a shout out and mad respect to their Pulitzer Prize Winners but Corby's no prize winner...This wreaks.
Yeah, he feels it's beneath him to give credit or source.
My Haiku for the day:
Holding rope for the past...
Will not last...
Only the future promises an improvement in circulation.
=)
February 4th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
To be fair, it is the safe word used by Drew Sharp and Michael Rosenberg when they are engaged in coitus with other members of the MSM.
February 4th, 2011 at 8:19 PM ^
The writer treats it like an old episode of L&O when Lenny Briscoe goes out on the street and shakes down an anonymous junkie for information about a murdered Wall Street executive who had a habit.
These newspaper writers are still completely, blitheringly, mind-bogglingly clueless about how much hard work and old-fashioned reporting TomVH and others like him put in. It's amazing how lazy and uninformed MSM reporters are, but I guess it's more important that they figure out where to go for lunch.
February 5th, 2011 at 2:48 AM ^
They are still reeling from the internet gaining steam. In another five years there will be hardly any print media left and it's simply because TomVH (and others in different markets) can provide the same or better services without the same overhead.
They'll learn their lesson when they're all looking for jobs provided by people like TomVH.
February 4th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
He's a godsend! Go TomVH!
February 5th, 2011 at 8:58 AM ^
This means we're all famous by association in the Dallas area.