To Be Fair, Jay Mariotti Is An Expert On The Topic…
Sportress of Blogitude —
... In his latest Fanhouse column, Jay Mariotti states that steroid guessing is bad journalism - and as mentioned above, being a world-renowned expert on bad journalism, Mariotti should be considered the go-to guy on the topic. Before he gets into his diatribe against bloggers, Will Leitch, in particular, and their pet tarantulas who also have blogs (I did not know that), he takes a moment to pat himself on the back in the introductory paragraph. I am one of the fortunate ones. Twelve months a year, I’m paid to dispense information and opinions on a major Web site read by ...
Mariotti: Steroid Guessing Is Bad Journalism
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Mariotti: Steroid Guessing Is Bad Journalism Lipstick traces on a cigarette … I am one of the fortunate ones. Twelve months a year, I’m paid to dispense information and opinions on a major Web site read by millions, not to mention a major TV network watched by millions. I don’t have to STRRRRRETTTTCCH THE TRUTH or make something up to be noticed as a columnist. But in this changing media sphere, where everybody and his pet tarantula has a blog, many do have to compromise facts and fair play to turn heads and maintain some sort of living. And in the sports end of that ...
Creative writing with Jay Mariotti: 'Bad Journalism'
Alana G —
I was warned by my "blogging buddies" that Jay Mariotti's latest piece on FanHouse might make my eyes bleed. 1) It's an attempted assassination of blogs (on a blog... can't we stop this blog-on-blog violence please?) 2) It's completely misguided and about three weeks too late, and 3) It's 1,800 words long. Well, I'll let the other buddies tackle points one and two, but below is your solution to the length problem. I've taken the liberty of editing Mariotti's piece down to less than 300 words. All of the words are from Mariotti's original piece, ...
Links For Wednesday; Mariotti, Red Sox, Zorillia Interview
Around the Majors —
... FanHouse blogger (and former hated Sun Times columnist) Jay Mariotti says that steroid guessing is bad journalism, becoming yet another writer from the "old guard" to call out Midwest Sports Report blogger Jerrod Morris. It didn't take long for Morris, the blogger who penned the infamous Raul Ibanez post, to ...
Drew Rosenhaus Duped Us, Football in the Courts and We’re All Just Lazy Writing Hacks
On the DL —
... Two things came out yesterday that got some people talking. First was Jay Mariotti’s too late take on steroids and speculation. Mariotti’s column, which was a thinly-veiled shot at his old employer in Chicago and his old nemesis ...
Jay Mariotti and the Sports Blogosphere Continue to be BFFs
Midwest Sports Fans —
... I was warned by my “blogging buddies” that Jay Mariotti’s latest piece on FanHouse might make my eyes bleed. 1) It’s an attempted assassination of blogs (on a blog… can’t we stop this blog-on-blog violence please?) 2) It’s completely misguided and about three weeks too late, and 3) It’s 1,800 words long. Well, I’ll let the other buddies tackle points one and two, but below is your solution to the length problem. I’ve taken the liberty of editing Mariotti’s piece down to less than ...
The Jay Mariotti Online Express Could Be Headed Back To Chicago [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
... . The new digs gave him more real estate to spew Mariotti crappage and the clout to piss all over the print industry whenever he got ornery. Yesterday's column was particularly galling because he seemed to forget that he was writing for a blog altogether when he belatedly opined on the ...
Ink Stained: Bill Plaschke destroys Ron Artest and Jay Mariotti teaches bloggers how to use the work of others without giving any credit
It's Just Sports —
... : Innuendo, outrage and questioning the morals of fans who cheered and rooted for Steve McNair -- Classic Mariotti. But overall, the column is pretty boring, other than the fact that a week after chastising bloggers for being speculative, uninformed, unprofessional hacks (guilty ... I'm not gonna lie), Jay, in his McNair column, shows the difference between bloggy hacks and mainstream media hackery: crappy columnists don't link to material that's not theirs while crappy blogs generally do. The first reaction to reading it (other than it really sucks ... seriously. He refers ...
